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CS1211 240GB SSD

CS1211 240GB SSD
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -28%Read -4%, Write -43%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -51%Peak Score -25%Read -1%, Write -61%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write 8%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -36%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -55%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -24%, DQ Mixed -81%, ADQ Read -44%, ADQ Write -28%, ADQ Mixed -199%, Age -4%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS1211 240GB SSD

Poor: 62%Average: 82.1% Great: 95%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus Z97-AR (1)

Very good average bench

The PNY CS1211 240GB SSD averaged just 17.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1211 240GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 86.9MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1211 240GB SSD is 32.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY CS1211 240GB SSD performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 196MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 280MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 45582.1%

Min	Avg	Max
311	Read 441	503
182	Write 283	301
18.5	Mixed 280	366
136	SusWrite 196	284
66.9% 300 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.1	4K Read 25.4	30.9
30	4K Write 97.3	132
12.2	4K Mixed 30.8	44.8
129% 51.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25	DQ Read 226	279
10.3	DQ Write 225	288
11.7	DQ Mixed 86.9	183
103% 179 MB/s

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USA-User, 24 months ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS12

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 272 161 290 287 291 MB/s

90.7% Outstanding

Write 279

Mixed 17

SusWrite 263

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 41.1

145% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 178

161% 244 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	561x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	324x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
CS1211 240GB SSDPNYBench 82%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $688

Popular CS1211 240GB SSD compatible motherboards:

Asus Z97-AR (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CS1211 240GB SSD

Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)

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CS1211 240GB SSD

Average Bench: 82.1% (455th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)