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SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 41.2% (940th of 1072)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD
Poor: 29%Average: 41.2% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk SSD 240GB averaged 58.7% 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. Sequential Read Speed 422MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.4MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SSD 240GB is 23.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SSD 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 88.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 58.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 94041.2%
Min Avg Max
348 Read 422 502
28 Write 222 356
71.8 Mixed 203 300
31.4 SusWrite 88.6 153
51.6% 234 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.17 4K Read 17.4 24.3
1.3 4K Write 24 44.6
1.41 4K Mixed 11.8 19.3
54.2% 17.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
50.5 DQ Read 105 121
12.2 DQ Write 58.9 88.5
6.84 DQ Mixed 30.5 44.6
36.5% 64.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 52 50 53 60 66 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 424
Write 174
Mixed 200
SusWrite 53.5
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 17.9
69% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 54.7
DQ Mixed 43.7
44% 71.9 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: UF87
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 162 129 134 130 129 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 412
Write 305
Mixed 172
SusWrite 153
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 28.4
4K Mixed 7
51% 17.8 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 86.5
DQ Mixed 34.5
45% 81 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 111 95 112 107 99 MB/s
44% Average
Read 410
Write 318
Mixed 168
SusWrite 126
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 25.4
4K Mixed 12.3
53% 17.8 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 60.4
DQ Mixed 31.9
39% 69.1 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 67 65 49 31 30 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 392
Write 356
Mixed 300
SusWrite 59.8
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 28.3
4K Mixed 15.4
64% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 91.6
DQ Write 40.4
DQ Mixed 33.8
34% 55.3 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 86 105 132 142 101 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 372
Write 321
Mixed 244
SusWrite 134
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 6.9
30% 8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,738,957 SSDs tested

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Gaming 22%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VH PLUS (MS-7A15)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples720x
Core i3-7100Intel  $41Bench 57%, 79,299 samples419x
Pentium G4560Intel  $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples299x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples406x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples317x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples186x
SSD
SSD 240GBSandiskBench 41%, 81 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples52x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples51x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $154

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