Intel SSD 730 240GB Review

Written by Matthew Lambert

March 7, 2014 | 08:20

Tags: #240gb #enterprise-storage #imft #mlc #nand #nand-flash #ssd-530

Companies: #intel #micron

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Results

Website: CrystalDiskMark

CrystalDiskMark is similar to AS SSD in its use of incompressible data files, although it does use a different data pattern. We report the read and write results of the sequential and 4KB random tests

Sequential Performance


CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 1,000MB Sequential Read

  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
    • 1029
    • 872
    • 839
    • 544
    • 539
    • 537
    • 530
    • 526
    • 523
    • 513
    • 498
    • 478
    • 476
0
250
500
750
1000
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 1,000MB Sequential Write

  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
    • 1060
    • 1002
    • 581
    • 525
    • 525
    • 520
    • 518
    • 517
    • 456
    • 448
    • 424
    • 340
    • 288
0
250
500
750
1000
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Write Speed

Random Performance


CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Read, Single QD

  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
    • 76.67
    • 44.44
    • 43.89
    • 41.23
    • 39.60
    • 38.61
    • 37.80
    • 37.72
    • 36.56
    • 30.72
    • 28.64
    • 26.83
    • 24.64
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Write, Single QD

  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
  • Corsair Neutron 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
    • 337.30
    • 131.90
    • 129.60
    • 125.60
    • 120.10
    • 119.70
    • 119.40
    • 118.20
    • 118.00
    • 117.60
    • 116.60
    • 110.50
    • 109.80
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Write Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Read, 32 QD

  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
    • 666
    • 646
    • 407
    • 405
    • 405
    • 401
    • 391
    • 372
    • 361
    • 356
    • 348
    • 336
    • 207
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Write, 32 QD

  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 1TB (Rapid Mode)
  • 2 x Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB (RAID 0)
  • 2 x Intel SSD 730 240GB (RAID 0)
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB
  • Crucial M500 480GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • Intel SSD 530 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
    • 700
    • 688
    • 573
    • 374
    • 372
    • 372
    • 371
    • 346
    • 346
    • 312
    • 287
    • 260
    • 180
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Write Speed

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