Intel SSDSC2BW240A4

530 Series 240GB

530 Series 240GB
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Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -36%Read -24%, Write -70%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -58%Peak Score -39%Read -18%, Write -73%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -49%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite -66%Value & Sentiment -362%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,456%, Price 54%, Value -34%Nice To Haves -50%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -43%, DQ Mixed -105%, ADQ Read -26%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -85%, Age -46%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 76.4% (530^th of 1058)

Based on 17,128 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4, INTEL SSDSC2BW24, INTEL SS DSC2BW240A4

Poor: 58%Average: 76.4% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Intel 530 Series 240GB averaged 23.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel 530 Series 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 139MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 530 Series 240GB is 32.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 530 Series 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 188MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17,128 samples)

Rank 53076.4%

Min	Avg	Max
307	Read 372	430
165	Write 238	280
203	Mixed 258	284
116	SusWrite 188	233
58.9% 264 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.2	4K Read 29.7	36.6
38.1	4K Write 75.8	106
23.3	4K Mixed 34.7	43
130% 46.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
191	DQ Read 256	284
111	DQ Write 207	251
94.7	DQ Mixed 139	161
129% 201 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

POL-User, 9 hrs ago.

223GB free

Firmware: DC32

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 221 234 247 254 247 MB/s

87.5% Excellent

Write 258

Mixed 280

SusWrite 236

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 93.2

4K Mixed 39.5

152% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 279

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 149

142% 222 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC12

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 200 143 196 150 115 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 226

Mixed 263

SusWrite 169

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 33.2

122% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 135

128% 202 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC12

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 188 177 149 205 199 MB/s

73% Very good

Write 226

Mixed 256

SusWrite 182

57% 255 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 69.7

4K Mixed 31.5

124% 44.1 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 143

128% 192 MB/s

SWE-User, 5 hrs ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC32

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 124 140 160 131 165 MB/s

54.1% Above average

Write 155

Mixed 241

SusWrite 142

47% 212 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 29.9

4K Mixed 23.1

83% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 78.6

DQ Mixed 117

100% 152 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 240,410 samples	2,643x
Core i7-2600Intel $203Bench 71%, 163,868 samples	2,295x
Core i5-2400Intel $20Bench 69%, 152,914 samples	1,610x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 130,456 samples	2,142x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 843,846 samples	1,760x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 123,664 samples	1,313x

SSD
530 Series 240GBIntel $80Bench 76%, 17,128 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 397,171 samples	1,561x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 166,611 samples	1,022x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 153,892 samples	622x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $377

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $394	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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530 Series 240GB

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