Raid 240GB

Raid 240GB
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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average Score -32%Read 39%, Write -28%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score +43% Read 99%, Write 104%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write 68%, Mixed 109%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -67%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -40%DQ Read 47%, DQ Write 38%, DQ Mixed -45%, ADQ Read -104%, ADQ Write -55%, ADQ Mixed -222%, Age -27%, AS-SSD Total 49%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (443^rd of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: Raid

Poor: 46%Average: 82.8% Great: 128%

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Very good average bench

The Raid 240GB averaged just 17.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Raid 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 636MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 77.3MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Raid 240GB is 81.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Raid 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 178MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 160MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 44382.8%

Min	Avg	Max
318	Read 636	1,009
147	Write 317	989
139	Mixed 335	885
85.9	SusWrite 178	232
81.1% 366 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	4K Read 24.7	41.4
11.9	4K Write 77.3	206
10.9	4K Mixed 21.5	52.8
106% 41.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.3	DQ Read 160	541
34.4	DQ Write 186	496
10.4	DQ Mixed 80.9	229
86.5% 142 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 4 years ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 207 187 200 181 128 MB/s

55.1% Above average

Write 273

Mixed 290

SusWrite 182

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 30.7

4K Mixed 20.8

71% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 158

119% 159 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 years ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 175 83 246 180 52 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 148

Mixed 139

SusWrite 156

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 24.2

4K Mixed 14.4

56% 18.4 MB/s

DQ Read 32.2

DQ Write 34.4

DQ Mixed 30.3

24% 32.3 MB/s

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	80x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	58x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	16x

SSD
Raid 240GBBench 83%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	75x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	44x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $159

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Raid 240GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (443^rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

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Raid 240GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (443rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 82.8% (443^rd of 1072)