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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 54.3% (859th of 1072)

Based on 398 user benchmarks.  Model: SDM8SI240A
Poor: 28%Average: 54.3% Great: 91%

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Average average bench

The SDM8SI240A 240GB averaged 45.7% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 22.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 454MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SDM8SI240A 240GB is 63.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SDM8SI240A 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 15.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 398 samples)
Rank 85954.3%
Min Avg Max
343 Read 454 507
133 Write 363 441
7.49 Mixed 203 392
44.8 SusWrite 155 415
65.4% 294 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.47 4K Read 22.1 31.7
3.59 4K Write 50.2 112
0.2 4K Mixed 10.7 28.6
73.7% 27.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
61.1 DQ Read 110 194
10.2 DQ Write 172 335
0.5 DQ Mixed 15.7 45.9
47.2% 99.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
110GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 39 18 44 45 35 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 511
Write 394
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 79
55% 250 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 0.7
37% 10.4 MB/s
DQ Read 89.9
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 0.7
13% 34.1 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 18 9.8 37 17 28 MB/s
35.3% Below average
Read 486
Write 425
Mixed 17.4
SusWrite 57.6
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 10.1
4K Mixed 0.7
38% 10.6 MB/s
DQ Read 92.5
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 0.8
14% 34.6 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 7.3 50 12 45 40 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 490
Write 414
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 57
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 0.8
37% 10.6 MB/s
DQ Read 75.9
DQ Write 12.1
DQ Mixed 1.2
12% 29.7 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0831B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 41 7.7 8 34 12 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 475
Write 392
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 53.4
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 0.7
37% 10.1 MB/s
DQ Read 80.7
DQ Write 11.2
DQ Mixed 0.8
12% 30.9 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 44 3 9.7 23 19 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 470
Write 400
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 49.8
51% 234 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 0.7
35% 10.1 MB/s
DQ Read 99.2
DQ Write 12.3
DQ Mixed 1.1
15% 37.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,702,489 SSDs tested

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Typical SDM8SI240A 240GB Builds (Compare 4,178 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-R R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,863x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples862x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples188x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples459x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples391x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples356x
SSD
SDM8SI240A 240GBBench 54%, 398 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples496x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBTeamBench 73%, 9,275 samples165x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples116x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $257

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