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Zenith A3 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 77.3% (530th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL Zenith A3 240GB
Poor: 64%Average: 77.3% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Geil Zenith A3 240GB averaged 22.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Geil Zenith A3 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil Zenith A3 240GB is 24.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Geil Zenith A3 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 241MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 53077.3%
Min Avg Max
332 Read 471 516
219 Write 270 284
162 Mixed 292 356
172 SusWrite 241 276
70.9% 319 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.8 4K Read 22.6 28
39 4K Write 78.9 119
16.1 4K Mixed 30.3 41.2
115% 43.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.7 DQ Read 209 280
10.4 DQ Write 151 278
15.8 DQ Mixed 106 192
99.2% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 272 276 273 280 279 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 472
Write 277
Mixed 286
SusWrite 276
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 39.3
140% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 10.4
DQ Mixed 182
122% 156 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 263 215 255 258 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 461
Write 260
Mixed 268
SusWrite 224
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 38.6
133% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 21.7
DQ Mixed 18.2
45% 101 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 261 258 260 262 260 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 468
Write 254
Mixed 282
SusWrite 260
70% 316 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 71.6
4K Mixed 32.1
118% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 45.8
DQ Mixed 186
130% 170 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: O0617A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 269 271 265 275 274 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 445
Write 273
Mixed 267
SusWrite 269
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 62.7
4K Mixed 29.5
106% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 182
152% 218 MB/s
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Typical Zenith A3 240GB Builds (Compare 886 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples227x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples77x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples72x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples69x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples57x
SSD
Zenith A3 240GBGeilBench 77%, 34 samples1x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples36x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples35x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $484

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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