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Mercury Elec 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 35.9% (981st of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Mercury Elec
Poor: 28%Average: 35.9% Great: 61%

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Poor average bench

The OWC Mercury Elec 240GB averaged 64.0% 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 56.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.6MB/s

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 108MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 134MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 98135.9%
Min Avg Max
86.3 Read 134 200
23.7 Write 135 192
85.5 Mixed 121 164
66.1 SusWrite 108 139
28% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 14.6 25.5
1 4K Write 35.1 78.5
1.5 4K Mixed 16.4 33.3
61.6% 22 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 DQ Read 96.1 186
33.9 DQ Write 112 182
5.78 DQ Mixed 56.1 108
55.5% 87.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 110 108 102 108 107 MB/s
31.1% Below average
Read 117
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
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 106 106 106 106 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 113
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
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 97 88 99 85 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 108
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
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 108 107 108 107 107 MB/s
30.2% Below average
Read 99.9
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
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 111 94 94 108 107 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 112
Write 119
Mixed 103
SusWrite 100
24% 108 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 20.8
4K Mixed 14.4
49% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 86
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 72.2
58% 81.4 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 110 108 104 108 101 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 90.7
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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Typical Mercury Elec 240GB Builds (Compare 71 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 15%
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System: Fujitsu CELSIUS R670-2

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples14x
Xeon E5540IntelBench 63%, 486 samples9x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56801stBench 71%, 2,389 samples5x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples9x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples9x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples6x
SSD
Mercury Elec 240GBOWCBench 36%, 15 samples9x
RAM
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples11x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples8x
12x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 575 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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