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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 74.4% (514th of 1011)

Based on 10,440 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 41%Average: 74.4% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The SSD 240GB averaged 25.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 154MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 240GB is 53.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 154MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 282MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,440 samples)
Rank 51474.4%
Min Avg Max
287 Read 418 492
106 Write 282 445
129 Mixed 301 380
60.2 SusWrite 154 358
64.4% 289 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 30.8 39.3
16.1 4K Write 69.5 100
8.38 4K Mixed 31.3 42.2
124% 43.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
80.5 DQ Read 232 317
16.9 DQ Write 248 345
12.9 DQ Mixed 154 217
139% 211 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
214GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 128 112 112 110 131 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 476
Write 344
Mixed 345
SusWrite 162
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 37.9
140% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 204
177% 260 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.f
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 205 172 149 211 250 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 457
Write 279
Mixed 204
SusWrite 165
61% 277 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 27.2
95% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 25.6
76% 171 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 59 143 83 40 22 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 475
Write 352
Mixed 343
SusWrite 98
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 62.5
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 12.6
DQ Mixed 123
94% 135 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 86 50 68 36 28 MB/s
36.2% Below average
Read 426
Write 315
Mixed 170
SusWrite 76.7
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 32.7
4K Mixed 15.5
38% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 37.1
DQ Write 44.2
DQ Mixed 149
82% 76.7 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 112 29 124 29 107 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 392
Write 162
Mixed 268
SusWrite 86.8
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.6
48% 11.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,525,148 SSDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $110Bench 75%, 226,420 samples6,270x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $79Bench 62%, 71,395 samples2,574x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  $118Bench 62%, 52,555 samples1,473x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 54%, 267,103 samples2,709x
RX 570AMD  $135Bench 47%, 94,762 samples1,659x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples1,163x
SSD
SSD 240GBBench 74%, 10,440 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 85%, 245,677 samples1,058x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $65Bench 86%, 46,231 samples705x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 19,100 samples482x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $428

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145Nvidia GTX 1660 $210Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
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