New On sale 20%
ADATA 240GB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND QLC
29 Overall Score
Price CA$88
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average speed (18th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | ADATA 240GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADATA 240GB SSD | 17.5 | 22.9 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 30.1 | 87.3 | 93.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.3 | 82.8 | 95.4 | 53 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 55.3 | 94.8 | 77.6 | 34.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.9 | 80.9 | 94 | 55.3 | 98.5 | 95.4 | 44 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97.1 | 85.4 | 55.3 | 87.1 | 95.4 | 44.2 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.2 | 90.4 | 77.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.4 | 55.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall29.3
- Budget83.3
- Gaming17
- Laptop29.3
- Console9
- Portable7.2
- Workstation18.4
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