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Lexar

SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 106% (184th of 1012)

Based on 590 user benchmarks.  Model: Lexar SSD
Poor: 62%Average: 106% Great: 198%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar SSD 240GB averaged 5.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar SSD 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 715MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar SSD 240GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 378MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 431MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 590 samples)
Rank 184106%
Min Avg Max
359 Read 715 1,674
125 Write 476 1,095
167 Mixed 431 1,014
169 SusWrite 378 529
112% 500 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19 4K Read 34.4 51.2
33.4 4K Write 85.5 180
14.2 4K Mixed 29.3 50.4
135% 49.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
96.5 DQ Read 301 770
96.7 DQ Write 315 928
19.8 DQ Mixed 75.6 285
121% 230 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0515A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 172 168 128 160 162 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,518
Write 1,039
Mixed 978
SusWrite 276
212% 953 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 39.4
158% 56.2 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 78.4
136% 268 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: R1127A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 432 430 426 435 392 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 419
Mixed 346
SusWrite 422
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 24
128% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 35.7
74% 148 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0824F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 398 393 405 407 406 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 471
Write 408
Mixed 411
SusWrite 397
95% 422 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 29.9
98% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 210
155% 208 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0824F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 393 392 399 395 395 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 453
Write 397
Mixed 399
SusWrite 395
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 25.4
87% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 147
DQ Mixed 177
138% 192 MB/s
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Gaming 56%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 76%, 268,861 samples4,588x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $78Bench 67%, 82,623 samples1,278x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $145Bench 79%, 130,327 samples1,190x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $171Bench 57%, 291,202 samples2,305x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 49%, 120,465 samples948x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $289Bench 57%, 731,336 samples765x
SSD
SSD 240GBLexarBench 106%, 590 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples1,115x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 87%, 53,154 samples342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 86%, 154,422 samples337x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $433

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200AMD RX 590 $180Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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