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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 58.4% (820th of 1072)

Based on 76 user benchmarks.  Model: P4-240
Poor: 32%Average: 58.4% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The P4-240 238GB averaged 41.6% 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 128MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 236MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the P4-240 238GB is 41.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the P4-240 238GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 213MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 76 samples)
Rank 82058.4%
Min Avg Max
220 Read 345 411
90.4 Write 213 347
143 Mixed 280 338
32.3 SusWrite 72.3 112
50.7% 228 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.62 4K Read 23.5 30.3
13.7 4K Write 63.5 100
6.53 4K Mixed 23.7 31.3
99.6% 36.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
92.9 DQ Read 213 239
16 DQ Write 236 326
16.3 DQ Mixed 128 174
123% 193 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.09.20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 164 2.9 16 56 23 MB/s
67.1% Good
Read 396
Write 209
Mixed 307
SusWrite 48.9
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 29.2
121% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 166
151% 228 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.09.20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 5.6 98 7.3 72 8 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 401
Write 281
Mixed 327
SusWrite 52.6
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 28.5
116% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 26.5
70% 149 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.09.20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 7.4 87 4.7 25 12 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 379
Write 230
Mixed 305
SusWrite 41.5
53% 239 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 18.1
4K Mixed 0.9
52% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 13.8
DQ Mixed 16.1
36% 81.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,782,821 SSDs tested

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Typical P4-240 238GB Builds (Compare 1,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples601x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples574x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples160x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples155x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples146x
SSD
P4-240 238GBBench 58%, 76 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 124% - Outstanding Total price: $428

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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