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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 60.2% (801st of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: S3+
Poor: 25%Average: 60.2% Great: 175%

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Above average average bench

The S3+ 240GB averaged 39.8% 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 550MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 233MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the S3+ 240GB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the S3+ 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 80160.2%
Min Avg Max
347 Read 550 1,658
167 Write 425 1,135
8.06 Mixed 246 965
37 SusWrite 158 435
76.6% 345 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.2 4K Read 22.4 50.7
3.12 4K Write 54.2 178
0.2 4K Mixed 9.61 32.7
74.9% 28.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.7 DQ Read 176 767
6.8 DQ Write 233 958
0.42 DQ Mixed 65.3 471
88.2% 158 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 444 484 404 307 495 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1644
Write 1,162
Mixed 971
SusWrite 428
234% 1,051 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 30.3
173% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 759
DQ Write 562
DQ Mixed 477
406% 599 MB/s
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 322 360 289 408 457 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 1,280
Write 874
Mixed 747
SusWrite 376
182% 819 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 61.1
4K Mixed 18.9
106% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 340
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 308
225% 297 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFQKA.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 374 304 361 328 20 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 393
Write 381
Mixed 330
SusWrite 291
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 30.3
112% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 131
129% 198 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,723,561 SSDs tested

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Typical S3+ 240GB Builds (Compare 4,240 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: MSI B360 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B22) - $108

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples745x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples585x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples474x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples327x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples298x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples243x
SSD
S3+ 240GBBench 60%, 80 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples254x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples180x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $401

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The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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