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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 73.9% (597th of 1072)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: GIGABYTE
Poor: 54%Average: 73.9% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The GIGABYTE 240GB averaged 26.0% 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 133MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the GIGABYTE 240GB is 35.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the GIGABYTE 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 288MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 59773.9%
Min Avg Max
194 Read 419 494
102 Write 288 421
44.5 Mixed 317 364
62.7 SusWrite 127 277
64.2% 288 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.5 4K Read 31.2 43.8
16.9 4K Write 82.6 113
0.8 4K Mixed 30.5 45.4
130% 48.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
150 DQ Read 202 315
17.6 DQ Write 252 336
1.5 DQ Mixed 133 222
126% 196 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 324 425 370 146 34 MB/s
89.2% Excellent
Read 408
Write 413
Mixed 364
SusWrite 277
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 89
4K Mixed 39.5
144% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 135
137% 218 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 129 67 67 67 68 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 462
Write 342
Mixed 346
SusWrite 131
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 93.3
4K Mixed 32.6
143% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 32.8
84% 174 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 162 64 55 87 63 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 453
Write 270
Mixed 329
SusWrite 110
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 94.1
4K Mixed 29.9
132% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 53
DQ Mixed 25.1
44% 91.4 MB/s
0GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 70 31 35 35 36 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 317
Write 305
Mixed 292
SusWrite 79.8
56% 248 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 29.7
112% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 133
114% 165 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,735,921 SSDs tested

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Typical GIGABYTE 240GB Builds (Compare 8,326 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,700x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples613x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples810x
SSD
GIGABYTE 240GBBench 74%, 40 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples160x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $564

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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