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Mercury Elec 240GB

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Effective Speed -1,433%Effective Speed -1,433%Average Score -1,924%Read -3,054%, Write -3,378%, 4K Read -517%, 4K Write -506%, Mixed -2,593%, 4K Mixed -574%, SusWrite -2,846%Peak Score -1,950%Read -2,865%, Write -3,250%, 4K Read -653%, 4K Write -382%, Mixed -2,747%, 4K Mixed -557%, SusWrite -3,193%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,329%DQ Read -1,147%, DQ Write -944%, DQ Mixed -1,843%, ADQ Read -1,704%, ADQ Write -1,042%, ADQ Mixed -2,500%, Age -347%, AS-SSD Total -1,104%

Average Bench: 35.6% (992^nd of 1080)

Based on 16 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Mercury Elec

Poor: 28%Average: 35.6% Great: 61%

Popular builds with this SSD

Fujitsu CELSIUS R670-2 (8)

Poor average bench

The OWC Mercury Elec 240GB averaged 64.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 57.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.4MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury Elec 240GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OWC Mercury Elec 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 107MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)

Rank 99235.6%

Min	Avg	Max
86.3	Read 133	200
23.7	Write 134	192
85.5	Mixed 120	164
66.1	SusWrite 107	139
27.9% 124 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	4K Read 14.4	25.5
1	4K Write 34.2	78.5
1.5	4K Mixed 16.4	33.3
60.9% 21.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.1	DQ Read 94.8	186
33.9	DQ Write 110	182
5.78	DQ Mixed 57.1	108
55.6% 87.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IRL-User, 3 years ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 110 108 102 108 107 MB/s

31.1% Below average

Write 118

Mixed 105

SusWrite 106

25% 111 MB/s

4K Read 13.2

4K Write 22.5

4K Mixed 15.4

52% 17 MB/s

DQ Read 85.6

DQ Write 87

DQ Mixed 67

56% 79.9 MB/s

IRL-User, 3 years ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 106 106 106 106 MB/s

30.7% Below average

Write 119

Mixed 110

SusWrite 106

25% 112 MB/s

4K Read 12.7

4K Write 23.9

4K Mixed 15.4

52% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 78.2

DQ Write 86

DQ Mixed 71.8

57% 78.7 MB/s

IRL-User, 12 months ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 97 88 99 85 MB/s

30.4% Below average

Write 120

Mixed 112

SusWrite 93.2

24% 108 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 27.8

4K Mixed 16.1

53% 18.5 MB/s

DQ Read 84.9

DQ Write 86.1

DQ Mixed 70.8

57% 80.6 MB/s

IRL-User, 3 years ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 108 107 108 107 107 MB/s

30.2% Below average

Write 118

Mixed 103

SusWrite 105

24% 106 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 23.7

4K Mixed 14.1

52% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 84.5

DQ Write 87.1

DQ Mixed 71

57% 80.9 MB/s

IRL-User, 3 months ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 103 97 103 101 102 MB/s

30.1% Below average

Write 119

Mixed 106

SusWrite 103

25% 111 MB/s

4K Read 12.9

4K Write 20.9

4K Mixed 15.2

50% 16.3 MB/s

DQ Read 76

DQ Write 85.9

DQ Mixed 72.4

57% 78.1 MB/s

IRL-User, 3 years ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 110 108 104 108 101 MB/s

29% Poor

Write 119

Mixed 99.4

SusWrite 105

24% 104 MB/s

4K Read 12.7

4K Write 23.4

4K Mixed 13.5

49% 16.5 MB/s

DQ Read 85

DQ Write 87

DQ Mixed 71

58% 81 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 15%

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System: Fujitsu CELSIUS R670-2

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	14x
Xeon E5540IntelBench 63%, 486 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56801stBench 71%, 2,389 samples	7x

GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	9x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	9x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $144Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	6x

SSD
Mercury Elec 240GBOWCBench 36%, 16 samples	10x

RAM
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples	11x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	8x
12x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 575 samples	6x

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Value: 9% - Terrible

Total price: $440

Popular Mercury Elec 240GB systems:

Fujitsu CELSIUS R670-2 (8)

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Mercury Elec 240GB

Average Bench: 35.6% (992^nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 35.6% (992nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 35.6% (992^nd of 1080)