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SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 149% (157th of 1072)

Based on 265 user benchmarks.  Model: PCIe SSD
Poor: 89%Average: 149% Great: 205%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie SSD 240GB averaged 48.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie SSD 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 505MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 648MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie SSD 240GB is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 367MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 756MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 265 samples)
Rank 157149%
Min Avg Max
506 Read 966 1,479
187 Write 816 1,225
232 Mixed 756 1,181
178 SusWrite 367 670
162% 726 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 38.9 52.1
49.9 4K Write 118 190
23.2 4K Mixed 50.9 78.9
187% 69.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
413 DQ Read 679 877
190 DQ Write 648 1,151
160 DQ Mixed 505 851
423% 611 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 28 28 27 27 MB/s
500% Outstanding
Read 6,590
Write 48
Mixed 95.3
SusWrite 27.9
351% 1,690 MB/s
4K Read 581
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 4.7
888% 196 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 384 141 94 105 176 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 935
Write 725
Mixed 470
SusWrite 230
131% 590 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 35.3
129% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 856
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 460
428% 664 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 321 184 235 262 229 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 876
Write 756
Mixed 412
SusWrite 263
128% 577 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 40.7
177% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 446
DQ Write 371
DQ Mixed 366
286% 394 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 266 271 256 263 270 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 611
Write 507
Mixed 542
SusWrite 267
108% 482 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 55
167% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 712
DQ Write 536
DQ Mixed 282
304% 510 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 165 205 199 195 193 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 669
Write 470
Mixed 492
SusWrite 205
102% 459 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 83.2
4K Mixed 29.5
128% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 487
DQ Write 437
DQ Mixed 276
258% 400 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,885,140 SSDs tested

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CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples607x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples489x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples462x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples405x
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SSD 240GBPcieBench 149%, 265 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $468

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