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Zenith A3-PRO 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 88.4% (356th of 1071)

Based on 63 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL Zenith A3-PRO 240GB
Poor: 53%Average: 88.4% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Geil Zenith A3-PRO 240GB averaged just 11.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Geil Zenith A3-PRO 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 143MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil Zenith A3-PRO 240GB is 55.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Geil Zenith A3-PRO 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 321MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 175MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)
Rank 35688.4%
Min Avg Max
344 Read 475 514
252 Write 386 425
200 Mixed 321 460
185 SusWrite 362 427
86.6% 386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.8 4K Read 25.6 34.3
16.2 4K Write 74.4 115
11.2 4K Mixed 35.4 48.6
124% 45.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.2 DQ Read 225 278
20.4 DQ Write 175 291
19.3 DQ Mixed 143 206
123% 181 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 428 429 428 428 427 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 426
Mixed 332
SusWrite 428
95% 425 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 51
182% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 206
165% 228 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 427 427 428 427 427 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 424
Mixed 337
SusWrite 427
95% 425 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 50.6
180% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 207
166% 234 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 427 428 427 427 426 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 426
Mixed 333
SusWrite 427
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 46
154% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 17.3
DQ Mixed 164
113% 147 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 344 384 362 318 328 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 407
Mixed 312
SusWrite 344
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 43.6
149% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 200
160% 222 MB/s
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Typical Zenith A3-PRO 240GB Builds (Compare 2,864 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples543x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples293x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples454x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples220x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples181x
SSD
Zenith A3-PRO 240GBGeilBench 88%, 63 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples108x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples103x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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