S3+

240GB SSD 240GB

240GB SSD 240GB
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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -8%Read 0%, Write -7%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -21%Peak Score -1%Read 2%, Write -2%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite -14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write 0%, DQ Mixed -142%, ADQ Read -8%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -150%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 90.9% (313^th of 1072)

Based on 60 user benchmarks. Model: S3+ 240GB SSD

Poor: 44%Average: 90.9% Great: 118%

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Excellent average bench

The S3+ 240GB SSD 240GB averaged just 9.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the S3+ 240GB SSD 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.9MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the S3+ 240GB SSD 240GB is 73.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the S3+ 240GB SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 244MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 60 samples)

Rank 31390.9%

Min	Avg	Max
322	Read 458	518
81.2	Write 380	476
89.4	Mixed 362	450
50.9	SusWrite 244	339
80.9% 361 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.6	4K Read 34.7	46
3.44	4K Write 74.9	110
4.93	4K Mixed 40.9	59.8
145% 50.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.4	DQ Read 302	389
103	DQ Write 285	359
14	DQ Mixed 104	137
130% 230 MB/s

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

ITA-User, 9 months ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 328 292 293 293 294 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 408

Mixed 368

SusWrite 319

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 40

4K Write 86.8

4K Mixed 52.7

174% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 121

155% 276 MB/s

ITA-User, 6 months ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 304 286 289 290 290 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 440

SusWrite 312

97% 431 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 85.6

4K Mixed 48.4

160% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 358

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 114

152% 275 MB/s

BRA-User, 12 months ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201219

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 246 7.8 13 38 8.5 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 354

Mixed 340

SusWrite 107

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 51.8

4K Mixed 13.9

93% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 19.6

66% 141 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 months ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201219

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 50 3.1 MB/s

30.6% Below average

Write 248

Mixed 6

SusWrite 11.2

38% 178 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

45% 10.3 MB/s

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Asus B250 MINING EXPERT

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Pentium G4400Intel $45Bench 47%, 36,432 samples	42x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	39x
Core i3-7100Intel $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples	34x

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RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	55x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	35x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	19x

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240GB SSD 240GBS3+Bench 91%, 60 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GBKingstonBench 76%, 38,955 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples	6x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $175

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

S3+

240GB SSD 240GB

Average Bench: 90.9% (313^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 90.9% (313th of 1072)

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