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SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 116% (196th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: S3+ SSD
Poor: 68%Average: 116% Great: 162%

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Outstanding average bench

The S3+ SSD 240GB averaged 15.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the S3+ SSD 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 528MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,147MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the S3+ SSD 240GB is 94.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the S3+ SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 248MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 51.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 196116%
Min Avg Max
234 Read 1,147 1,507
66.9 Write 537 912
82.3 Mixed 375 897
110 SusWrite 248 510
127% 577 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 41.8 58.1
4.2 4K Write 77 160
0.7 4K Mixed 25.6 39.9
137% 48.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.2 DQ Read 276 393
127 DQ Write 528 874
1.7 DQ Mixed 51.4 206
139% 285 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0507A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 327 450 478 822 867 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1382
Write 66.9
Mixed 397
SusWrite 510
128% 589 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 30.1
181% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 809
DQ Mixed 44.7
172% 362 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0507A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 177 272 267 117 131 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 1,444
Write 314
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 187
109% 507 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 34.4
4K Mixed 31.1
120% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 9.2
104% 247 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0507A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 211 36 288 106 65 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 1,389
Write 102
Mixed 271
SusWrite 133
101% 474 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 35.9
4K Mixed 7.7
99% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 1.7
89% 219 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0507A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 128 115 124 161 50 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 1,502
Write 860
Mixed 245
SusWrite 133
150% 685 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.7
86% 19.9 MB/s
183GB free
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 382 406 246 225 139 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 466
Write 411
Mixed 399
SusWrite 284
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 26.3
114% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 45.4
96% 192 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0629AT
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 203 104 38 55 56 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 304
Write 298
Mixed 272
SusWrite 122
56% 249 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 1.1
80% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 204
166% 234 MB/s
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Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples773x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples612x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples482x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples208x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples187x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples166x
SSD
SSD 240GBS3+Bench 116%, 11 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples80x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 116% - Outstanding Total price: $800

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