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S11 240GB

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Effective Speed +13% Effective Speed 13%Average Score +14% Read -20%, Write 3%, 4K Read 67%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 40%Peak Score +24% Read -1%, Write 1%, 4K Read 107%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite 26%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -12%, DQ Write -12%, DQ Mixed -8%, ADQ Read -37%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -19%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total -2%

Average Bench: 112% (212^th of 1074)

Based on 85 user benchmarks. Model: FIRM S11

Poor: 59%Average: 112% Great: 149%

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Outstanding average bench

The Firm S11 240GB averaged 11.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Firm S11 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 218MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 57.3MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Firm S11 240GB is 89.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Firm S11 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 381MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)

Rank 212112%

Min	Avg	Max
35.1	Read 381	502
253	Write 418	491
66.7	Mixed 387	494
278	SusWrite 414	487
90.4% 400 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.8	4K Read 57.3	89.1
37.8	4K Write 71.4	103
14.9	4K Mixed 54.3	80.4
194% 61 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.3	DQ Read 238	329
88.9	DQ Write 265	319
30.8	DQ Mixed 218	307
174% 240 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 19 days ago.

35GB free

Firmware: SBFM71W1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 484 480 479 483 483 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 469

Mixed 440

SusWrite 482

99% 435 MB/s

4K Read 84.6

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 72.7

265% 79.8 MB/s

DQ Read 320

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 292

223% 302 MB/s

ESP-User, 5 days ago.

103GB free

Firmware: SBFK71W1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 359 393 406 361 354 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 466

Mixed 434

SusWrite 358

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 63.6

4K Write 64.7

4K Mixed 64.6

213% 64.3 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 297

226% 305 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

161GB free

Firmware: SBFK71W1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 449 437 441 461 456 MB/s

55.6% Above average

Write 437

Mixed 45.8

SusWrite 447

56% 243 MB/s

4K Read 7.4

4K Write 74.9

4K Mixed 13.1

68% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 11.4

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 20.3

54% 106 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock H61M-DGS - $68

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	159x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	102x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	78x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	116x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	80x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x

SSD
S11 240GBFirmBench 112%, 85 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	22x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	13x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	12x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $127

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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S11 240GB

Average Bench: 112% (212^th of 1074)

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