Corsair CSSD-N960GBXTI

Neutron XTi 960GB

Neutron XTi 960GB
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Effective Speed -6%Effective Speed -6%Average Score -7%Read 2%, Write 6%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -63%, SusWrite 36%Peak Score -5%Read 4%, Write -1%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite 23%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -282%, Value -49%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -79%, ADQ Read -17%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed -103%, Age 2%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 92.8% (296^th of 1072)

Based on 174 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Neutron XTI SSD

Poor: 67%Average: 92.8% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB averaged just 7.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 128MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 291MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB is 43.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 378MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 403MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 174 samples)

Rank 29692.8%

Min	Avg	Max
344	Read 468	526
331	Write 428	482
273	Mixed 378	502
188	SusWrite 403	478
94.4% 419 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.6	4K Read 26.8	32.3
37.7	4K Write 80.2	109
12.5	4K Mixed 27.6	42.1
118% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.8	DQ Read 278	349
104	DQ Write 291	347
13	DQ Mixed 128	185
140% 232 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 month ago.

561GB free

Firmware: SAFC02.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 465 465 472 472 473 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 359

SusWrite 467

100% 442 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 37.8

138% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 182

179% 285 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

893GB free

Firmware: 02.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 476 475 476 477 477 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 304

SusWrite 475

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 70.9

4K Mixed 36.3

128% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 173

171% 272 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

157GB free

Firmware: SAFC02.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 362 450 470 471 452 MB/s

97.3% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 324

SusWrite 421

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 78.4

4K Mixed 33.7

125% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 184

179% 283 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

499GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 02.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 348 377 416 406 424 MB/s

84% Excellent

Write 411

Mixed 322

SusWrite 393

86% 379 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 55.9

4K Mixed 28.1

100% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 184

172% 263 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

875GB free

Firmware: SAFC02.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 413 418 422 423 426 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 426

Mixed 353

SusWrite 420

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 25.9

88% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 152

129% 189 MB/s

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) - $252

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	203x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
Neutron XTi 960GBCorsair $358Bench 93%, 174 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	10x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $862

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair CSSD-N960GBXTI

Neutron XTi 960GB

Average Bench: 92.8% (296^th of 1072)

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Neutron XTi 960GB

Average Bench: 92.8% (296th of 1072)

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