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Best Bench: 353% 383GB free
Worst Bench: 159% 72GB free (System drive)

Poor: 159% Great: 353%

SPEED RANK: 49^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 113% 110GB free
Worst Bench: 69% 211GB free

Poor: 69% Great: 113%

SPEED RANK: 280^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		266 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +181%		94.8 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2013 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +373%	426 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1359 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +231%	411 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	46.7 MB/s	Much faster random read. +67%	28 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	132 MB/s	Much faster random write. +52%	86.7 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	799 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +134%	342 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	62.3 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +59%	39.3 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1222 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +253%	346 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2601 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +453%	470 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	1921 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +309%	470 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	55.5 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +70%	32.6 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	208 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +73%	120 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	995 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +160%	382 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	80.1 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +68%	47.7 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1915 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +318%	458 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.09 %	Hugely higher market share. +80%	0.05 %
Value Value For Money	46 %	Hugely better value. +368%	9.84 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	55 %		55 %
Price Price (score)	$139		$134	+4%


Age Newest	90+ Months	More recent. +19%	111 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1318 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +249%	378 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1327 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +265%	364 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	4,171 Pts	Hugely stronger server IO. +238%	1,234 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1142 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +343%	258 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1107 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +243%	323 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	852 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +187%	297 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	881 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +297%	222 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			512GB			250GB

Samsung’s NVMe SSD flagship, the 960 Pro, is one of the fastest consumer SSDs on the market, currently second only to Intel’s 900P Optane SSDs. This PCIe SSD offers high-end performance at a premium price and therefore, as the name suggests, is may be more suited towards professional users. Our real world benchmarks show that the 960 Pro has read/write speeds in excess of 4 times faster than the Samsung 850 Pro which is the next best SATA SSD. Compared to the now two year old NVMe 950 Pro the 960 Pro offers significantly higher write throughput and is less susceptible to thermal throttling. The 960 Pro is based on a denser version of Samsung’s V-NAND (3D) technology, featuring more layers of memory cells. The 960 Pro also features an upgraded and faster 5 ARM Polaris controller, compared to the 950 Pro’s 3 ARM UBX controller. The smallest capacity for the 960 Pro is 512 GB, which may make it prohibitively expensive for some. Fortunately, for those that still want the superb NVMe performance, the 250 GB Samsung 960 Evo offers a more affordable choice, albeit with lower sustained write speeds when compared to the 512 GB 960 Pro. The 960 Pro is based on MLC (2-bit) V-NAND whilst the 960 Evo is based on the slightly lower enduring TLC (3-bit) V-NAND, and this accounts for Samsung’s reduced warranty for the 960 Evo (3 years/200 TBW versus 5 years/400 TBW for the 512 GB versions of the 960 Evo and 960 Pro respectively). Unlike the 960 Evo, the 960 Pro doesn’t have an SLC cache which results in more consistent sustained write speeds. ^{[Nov '17 SSDrivePro]}

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The 250GB Crucial MX200 is successor to the hugely successful MX100. Both drives use the same NAND and controller but the new MX200 features Dynamic Write Acceleration (DWA) which is a new dynamically sized SLC cache. Samsung were the first to introduce SLC caching on the 840 Evo nearly two years ago so Crucial are somewhat late to the party. SLC caches generally only help performance in corner case real word scenarios and benchmarks. I prefer drives without SLC caches because they offer more consistent and sustainable real world IO. Comparing the MX100 and MX200 shows that the newer MX200 has a significantly faster peak write speed which is of course explained by the new DWA cache. Price is the deciding factor between the MX100 and MX200 so although the MX200 isn't priced aggressively yet, it will almost certainly move up the value rankings when retailers build stocks and subsequently cut prices. ^{[Feb '15 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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