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DONKEY JD240 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 62.8% (770th of 1072)

Based on 457 user benchmarks.  Model: JAMES DONKEY JD240 240GB
Poor: 36%Average: 62.8% Great: 99%

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Above average average bench

The James DONKEY JD240 240GB averaged 37.1% 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 27.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 67.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the James DONKEY JD240 240GB is 62.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the James DONKEY JD240 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 457 samples)
Rank 77062.8%
Min Avg Max
346 Read 456 510
80 Write 354 467
14.9 Mixed 242 427
55.6 SusWrite 144 439
66.5% 299 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.1 4K Read 27.2 43.8
7.9 4K Write 49.7 111
0.63 4K Mixed 20.6 47.4
93.8% 32.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
119 DQ Read 182 224
12.9 DQ Write 184 346
0.7 DQ Mixed 67.5 232
82.6% 145 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 65 70 91 90 93 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 396
Write 306
Mixed 356
SusWrite 126
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 65
4K Mixed 34.6
120% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 238
173% 219 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: JD2018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 88 70 74 56 57 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 455
Write 352
Mixed 371
SusWrite 124
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 21.4
92% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 19.1
DQ Mixed 1.3
28% 72.7 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2019
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 96 132 100 92 84 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 511
Write 452
Mixed 421
SusWrite 143
85% 382 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 1.3
55% 15.9 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 1.1
65% 155 MB/s
130GB free
Firmware: JD2018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 70 112 112 112 66 MB/s
53.9% Above average
Read 506
Write 455
Mixed 425
SusWrite 155
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 17.1
4K Mixed 1.3
54% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 46.7
83% 162 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 90 55 54 52 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 381
Write 85.5
Mixed 130
SusWrite 71
36% 167 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 22.7
84% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 88.3
DQ Mixed 113
84% 112 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2019
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 45 46 51 62 51 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 500
Write 424
Mixed 418
SusWrite 107
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 12.5
4K Mixed 2.3
48% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 18.8
DQ Mixed 10.5
35% 82.3 MB/s
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Typical DONKEY JD240 240GB Builds (Compare 7,665 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples818x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples784x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples749x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples773x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples447x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples414x
SSD
DONKEY JD240 240GBJamesBench 63%, 457 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples259x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples197x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples145x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $389

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