George, a network engineer, ordered $800$ CAT $5$e Ethernet cables for use at his company's network. After receiving these cables, he decided to randomly test $240$ of these cables before using them. He was alarmed to find out that $83\%$ of these cables failed completely. He returned the entire lot to the manufacturer.

When he tested the cables, what was George's sample? Round to the nearest integer.

Group of answer choices

$560$ cables

$199$ cables

$664$ cables

$800$ cables

$240$ cables