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Lexar SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 142% (166th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Lexar SSD
Poor: 94%Average: 142% Great: 182%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Lexar SSD 240GB averaged 41.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Lexar SSD 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,456MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 500MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Lexar SSD 240GB is 88.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Lexar SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 278MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 49.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 166142%
Min Avg Max
1,016 Read 1,456 1,956
41 Write 647 1,105
1.8 Mixed 554 1,067
95.6 SusWrite 278 544
161% 734 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 4K Read 40.7 56.6
2.3 4K Write 99.3 250
1.4 4K Mixed 29.4 45.6
152% 56.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
346 DQ Read 533 777
46.2 DQ Write 500 1,000
17.2 DQ Mixed 49.9 79
166% 361 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R051 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 1052 125 111 111 110 MB/s
182% Outstanding
Read 1,384
Write 986
Mixed 909
SusWrite 389
204% 917 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 250
4K Mixed 37.8
244% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 453
DQ Write 1,000
DQ Mixed 70.5
241% 508 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0515A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 279 202 182 306 330 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1589
Write 269
Mixed 75
SusWrite 267
118% 550 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 36.8
156% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 638
DQ Mixed 79
230% 496 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0515A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 506 237 185 256 331 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1606
Write 267
Mixed 101
SusWrite 319
123% 573 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 54.2
4K Mixed 44.6
157% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 386
DQ Mixed 21.2
164% 393 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0515A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 73 102 353 426 94 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,692
Write 1,105
Mixed 524
SusWrite 216
195% 885 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 13.8
110% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 927
DQ Mixed 79
274% 595 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0515A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 51 143 88 58 209 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 1,956
Write 41
Mixed 128
SusWrite 95.6
117% 555 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.4
70% 15.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,730,943 SSDs tested

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Typical Lexar SSD 240GB Builds (Compare 7,268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 48%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370P D3 - $190

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,306x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples1,306x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,267x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples754x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples524x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples508x
SSD
Lexar SSD 240GBNvmeBench 142%, 18 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples142x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $522

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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