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FER240GS3-S7 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 57.6% (827th of 1072)

Based on 153 user benchmarks.  Model: GLOWAY FER240GS3-S7
Poor: 28%Average: 57.6% Great: 88%

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Average average bench

The Gloway FER240GS3-S7 240GB averaged 42.3% 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 Random Read Speed 21.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 444MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Gloway FER240GS3-S7 240GB is 59.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Gloway FER240GS3-S7 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 153 samples)
Rank 82757.6%
Min Avg Max
357 Read 444 505
145 Write 353 453
10.4 Mixed 276 472
64.5 SusWrite 148 398
68% 305 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.1 4K Read 21.6 35.7
3.24 4K Write 53.5 109
0.27 4K Mixed 11.2 37.1
75.5% 28.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 DQ Read 124 309
10.4 DQ Write 186 330
0.7 DQ Mixed 50.7 217
67.6% 120 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
127GB free
Firmware: F1EC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 438 436 437 437 436 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 492
Write 431
Mixed 365
SusWrite 432
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 77.3
4K Mixed 19.7
99% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 24.3
78% 162 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM91.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 113 115 116 118 117 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 434
Write 412
Mixed 324
SusWrite 132
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 75.6
4K Mixed 28.8
130% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 171
161% 245 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: R0123A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 12 76 85 13 102 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 500
Write 424
Mixed 26.9
SusWrite 102
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 14.8
4K Mixed 1
44% 13 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 32.2
70% 138 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F1EC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 87 49 52 52 61 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 487
Write 382
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 93.9
54% 247 MB/s
4K Read 8.2
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 10.3
30% 8.9 MB/s
DQ Read 109
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 0.8
66% 151 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F1EC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 72 66 5.5 5 61 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 468
Write 379
Mixed 350
SusWrite 91.1
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 1.2
36% 10.4 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 16.6
DQ Mixed 0.6
18% 46.1 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 58 44 28 11 13 MB/s
35.8% Below average
Read 475
Write 410
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 82.4
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 10.1
4K Mixed 0.7
35% 9.93 MB/s
DQ Read 98.9
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 0.7
14% 36.8 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Intel S5520SC

CPU
Xeon E5620IntelBench 59%, 3,527 samples14x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56801stBench 71%, 2,389 samples5x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples4x
GPU
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples4x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples3x
SSD
FER240GS3-S7 240GBGlowayBench 58%, 153 samples1x
RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples11x
12x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 575 samples8x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples8x
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