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ZENITH R3 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 80.5% (479th of 1072)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL ZENITH R3 240GB
Poor: 53%Average: 80.5% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The Geil ZENITH R3 240GB averaged just 19.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Geil ZENITH R3 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil ZENITH R3 240GB is 53.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Geil ZENITH R3 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 199MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 203MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 47980.5%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 467 512
28.8 Write 371 449
21.8 Mixed 370 426
25.9 SusWrite 199 429
78.7% 352 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.6 4K Read 32.1 42.9
21.3 4K Write 84.1 123
12 4K Mixed 28.3 53.1
129% 48.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.8 DQ Read 203 302
32.9 DQ Write 287 333
0.8 DQ Mixed 56.2 217
95.3% 182 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 430 427 433 429 437 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 434
Mixed 370
SusWrite 429
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 53.1
184% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 77.1
DQ Mixed 167
111% 134 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 352 183 196 198 198 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 480
Write 430
Mixed 369
SusWrite 249
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 65.4
4K Mixed 40.3
132% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 217
173% 240 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: R1001A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 223 78 74 72 72 MB/s
84.6% Excellent
Read 496
Write 439
Mixed 415
SusWrite 161
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 84.1
4K Mixed 31.9
143% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 48.8
98% 195 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 202 196 215 209 217 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 462
Write 409
Mixed 332
SusWrite 228
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 36.8
120% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 215
152% 191 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1001A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 240 56 46 52 62 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 468
Write 408
Mixed 384
SusWrite 148
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 27.7
123% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 47.1
96% 190 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0510B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 44 43 38 40 38 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 485
Write 79.1
Mixed 21.9
SusWrite 45.8
34% 158 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 55.9
4K Mixed 0.6
55% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 193
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 2.4
57% 135 MB/s
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Typical ZENITH R3 240GB Builds (Compare 2,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Intel X99

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples221x
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 71%, 6,301 samples176x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples110x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples138x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples116x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples97x
SSD
ZENITH R3 240GBGeilBench 80%, 40 samples1x
RAM
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples229x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples133x
Atermiter 2x16GBUnknownBench 65%, 839 samples88x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $130

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