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ST1000LX015-1U7172 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 78.4% (512th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: ST1000LX015-1U7172
Poor: 67%Average: 78.4% Great: 87%

Good average bench

The ST1000LX015-1U7172 240GB averaged 21.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ST1000LX015-1U7172 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 167MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 272MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST1000LX015-1U7172 240GB is just 19.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ST1000LX015-1U7172 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 161MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 309MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 51278.4%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 442 509
137 Write 309 482
254 Mixed 375 499
140 SusWrite 161 205
71.9% 322 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.39 4K Read 25 39.4
46.3 4K Write 66.8 82.4
10.1 4K Mixed 26.4 38.7
107% 39.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
218 DQ Read 273 304
203 DQ Write 272 329
65 DQ Mixed 167 219
155% 238 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 190 208 214 206 197 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 339
Write 264
Mixed 254
SusWrite 205
60% 265 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 49.4
4K Mixed 28.7
98% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 219
172% 238 MB/s

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