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PNY SSD7SC240GOPT-RB SSD2SC240G1SA754D117

Optima 240GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 81.7% (461st of 1072)

Based on 788 user benchmarks.  Models: SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-443, SSD2SC24 0G1SA754D117-443
Poor: 58%Average: 81.7% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The PNY Optima 240GB averaged just 18.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY Optima 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY Optima 240GB is 39.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY Optima 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 257MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 788 samples)
Rank 46181.7%
Min Avg Max
366 Read 472 515
226 Write 281 300
75.3 Mixed 257 298
136 SusWrite 239 293
69.5% 312 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.7 4K Read 24.9 29.8
15.7 4K Write 74.1 113
16.1 4K Mixed 33.7 42.6
120% 44.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
152 DQ Read 265 302
70.9 DQ Write 239 292
39.8 DQ Mixed 146 196
138% 217 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 195 233 216 192 180 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 507
Write 288
Mixed 282
SusWrite 210
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 37.4
134% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 195
172% 258 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 177 143 144 128 132 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 497
Write 292
Mixed 281
SusWrite 160
68% 308 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 77.9
4K Mixed 36.6
130% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 42.9
93% 192 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 294 295 298 298 298 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 487
Write 296
Mixed 275
SusWrite 294
75% 338 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 27.4
91% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 155
131% 191 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 179 161 197 152 158 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 472
Write 304
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 163
55% 250 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 27.6
97% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 196
174% 263 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 191 126 126 128 127 MB/s
65% Good
Read 443
Write 279
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 161
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 43.1
4K Mixed 26.5
88% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 98.4
108% 183 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 0 0 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 420
Write 180
Mixed 268
SusWrite 4.9
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 33
119% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 32.1
DQ Mixed 154
115% 160 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: N0307A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 228 262 266 280 278 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 368
Write 270
Mixed 251
SusWrite 252
64% 285 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 39.9
4K Mixed 23.2
84% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 24.5
DQ Write 59
DQ Mixed 26.9
25% 36.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 - $200

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples149x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples137x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples80x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples52x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples45x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples37x
SSD
Optima 240GBPNY  $64Bench 82%, 788 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples15x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $584

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