PNY

ELITE 241GB

ELITE 241GB
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Effective Speed -78%Effective Speed -78%Average Score -87%Read -42%, Write -70%, 4K Read -108%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -55%, 4K Mixed -173%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score -53%Read -23%, Write -27%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -106%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -131%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -126%DQ Read -132%, DQ Write -121%, DQ Mixed -157%, ADQ Read -194%, ADQ Write -129%, ADQ Mixed -204%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total -105%

Average Bench: 55.5% (846^th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks. Model: PNY PNY ELITE PSSD

Poor: 42%Average: 55.5% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The PNY ELITE 241GB averaged 44.5% 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 85.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY ELITE 241GB is 23.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY ELITE 241GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 111MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 232MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)

Rank 84655.5%

Min	Avg	Max
165	Read 322	411
92	Write 238	382
80.7	Mixed 232	404
43.3	SusWrite 285	373
60.4% 269 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.9	4K Read 16.5	24.8
16	4K Write 33.9	59.4
5.8	4K Mixed 16.5	25.2
64.1% 22.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.7	DQ Read 111	158
15.4	DQ Write 126	162
13.3	DQ Mixed 85.7	129
73.6% 107 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

102GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 363 369 376 371 370 MB/s

67.8% Good

Write 374

Mixed 291

SusWrite 367

80% 357 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 20

73% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 161

DQ Mixed 127

104% 149 MB/s

USA-User, 21 months ago.

194GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 75 81 75 23 17 MB/s

59.1% Above average

Write 363

Mixed 308

SusWrite 84

65% 289 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 59.4

4K Mixed 25.2

101% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 127

104% 148 MB/s

USA-User, 17 months ago.

98GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 370 353 358 367 331 MB/s

42.5% Average

Write 92

Mixed 94

SusWrite 354

40% 176 MB/s

4K Read 7.9

4K Write 17.9

4K Mixed 8.5

32% 11.4 MB/s

DQ Read 74.8

DQ Write 122

DQ Mixed 110

80% 102 MB/s

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	433x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	294x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	177x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	86x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	84x

SSD
ELITE 241GBPNYBench 55%, 31 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	174x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $106

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ELITE 241GB

Average Bench: 55.5% (846^th of 1072)

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