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Shark

-240G 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 40.2% (948th of 1072)

Based on 47 user benchmarks.  Model: Shark -240G
Poor: 27%Average: 40.2% Great: 81%

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Below average average bench

The Shark -240G 240GB averaged 59.7% 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 461MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Shark -240G 240GB is 54.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Shark -240G 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 5.14MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 3.09MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 47 samples)
Rank 94840.2%
Min Avg Max
51.5 Read 461 510
1 Write 358 423
5.5 Mixed 164 391
57 SusWrite 114 420
60.8% 274 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.4 4K Read 20.1 33.2
1.8 4K Write 21 110
0 4K Mixed 3.09 17.6
45.6% 14.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
67.2 DQ Read 88.6 112
3.1 DQ Write 84.6 315
0.2 DQ Mixed 5.14 24.5
26.2% 59.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 7.8 98 6.8 39 32 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 318
Write 296
Mixed 273
SusWrite 39.5
52% 232 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 54.2
4K Mixed 15.4
73% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 83.9
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 16.7
62% 129 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 214 12 21 16 5.7 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 507
Write 417
Mixed 391
SusWrite 72.3
77% 347 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 0.7
55% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 82.3
DQ Write 11.4
DQ Mixed 0.8
12% 31.5 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 9.5 22 38 32 11 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 443
Write 254
Mixed 18
SusWrite 52.7
42% 192 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 0.7
32% 9.1 MB/s
DQ Read 69.6
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 0.7
11% 27.1 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 234 0.8 29 44 7.9 MB/s
24.7% Poor
Read 379
Write 352
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 66.3
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 6.8
4K Mixed 0.3
20% 6 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 6.1 44 27 7.7 MB/s
4.3% Terrible
Read 51.9
Write 332
Mixed 10.2
SusWrite 29.2
24% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.2
2% 0.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,815,960 SSDs tested

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Desktop 86%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF H310M-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 299,482 samples193x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples182x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples129x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples79x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples64x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples62x
SSD
-240G 240GBSharkBench 40%, 47 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples32x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples25x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $256

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