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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 61.7% (782nd of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: SQUARE ES550 240GB
Poor: 29%Average: 61.7% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The Square ES550 240GB averaged 38.3% 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 26MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 449MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Square ES550 240GB is 71%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Square ES550 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 137MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 263MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 78261.7%
Min Avg Max
381 Read 449 509
114 Write 378 444
9.7 Mixed 263 428
56.5 SusWrite 137 310
68.3% 307 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.4 4K Read 26 38.5
5.5 4K Write 55.3 96.6
0.4 4K Mixed 19.9 51.9
94.2% 33.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.5 DQ Read 195 379
9.9 DQ Write 195 333
0.7 DQ Mixed 50.9 144
78% 147 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 340 273 285 286 283 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 439
Mixed 403
SusWrite 300
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 45.5
149% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 112
148% 266 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1001A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 67 67 71 71 72 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 497
Write 439
Mixed 418
SusWrite 125
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 96.6
4K Mixed 32.6
151% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 49.5
109% 222 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1001A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 129 48 55 39 112 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 482
Write 114
Mixed 404
SusWrite 133
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 81.1
4K Mixed 27.5
119% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 42.9
91% 180 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 253 262 259 258 249 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 381
Write 406
Mixed 392
SusWrite 244
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 28.4
93% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 110
133% 231 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0831B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 321 13 13 31 29 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 431
Write 365
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 68.4
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 0.7
40% 10.9 MB/s
DQ Read 71.4
DQ Write 11.2
DQ Mixed 0.7
11% 27.8 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0831B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 36 30 25 5 11 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 446
Write 398
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 70.1
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 0.7
36% 9.97 MB/s
DQ Read 76.8
DQ Write 11.3
DQ Mixed 0.8
12% 29.6 MB/s
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Typical ES550 240GB Builds (Compare 194 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-DS2-CF

CPU
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $100Bench 57%, 83,528 samples33x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples25x
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD  $131Bench 66%, 70,038 samples17x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples39x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples13x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 37,078 samples12x
SSD
ES550 240GBSquareBench 62%, 12 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples8x
Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 37%, 8,300 samples7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $159

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