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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 74.5% (585th of 1072)

Based on 96 user benchmarks.  Model: SB2
Poor: 47%Average: 74.5% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The SB2 240GB averaged 25.5% 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 175MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB2 240GB is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SB2 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 285MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 96 samples)
Rank 58574.5%
Min Avg Max
247 Read 399 479
143 Write 285 382
219 Mixed 301 350
75.3 SusWrite 181 346
65.1% 291 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.58 4K Read 29.4 38.9
37.3 4K Write 67.1 91.6
14.1 4K Mixed 29.8 37.8
118% 42.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
146 DQ Read 248 320
111 DQ Write 269 327
29.8 DQ Mixed 175 204
155% 231 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 401 418 409 411 415 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 385
Write 412
Mixed 302
SusWrite 406
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 34.1
138% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 197
183% 282 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 100 88 92 90 92 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 461
Write 233
Mixed 339
SusWrite 145
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 37.4
147% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 181
159% 235 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 97 118 93 60 79 MB/s
80.7% Excellent
Read 448
Write 142
Mixed 336
SusWrite 105
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 37.3
148% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 179
154% 226 MB/s
202GB free
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 295 310 318 326 325 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 402
Write 349
Mixed 296
SusWrite 318
77% 341 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 25.4
98% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 185
165% 250 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 127 78 90 80 76 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 387
Write 307
Mixed 295
SusWrite 135
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 22.1
87% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 170
146% 215 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 49 28 25 32 31 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 354
Write 247
Mixed 302
SusWrite 40.1
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 62.3
4K Mixed 1
81% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 23
DQ Mixed 25.4
46% 96.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,764,016 SSDs tested

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Typical SB2 240GB Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Motherboard H87ITX-A-E

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples11x
Core i7-4770SIntel  $102Bench 71%, 13,157 samples4x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples3x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples10x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples4x
GTX 780Nvidia  $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples2x
SSD
SB2 240GBBench 74%, 96 samples1x
RAM
Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 2,340 samples7x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 54 samples3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $135

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