Corsair CSSD-N960GBXT

Neutron XT 960GB

Neutron XT 960GB
BENCHMARKS (202)
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Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score -6%Read 4%, Write 7%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 29%Peak Score -3%Read 3%, Write 2%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed 20%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -1,416%, Value -320%Nice To Haves -31%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 2%, DQ Mixed -63%, ADQ Read -10%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -164%, Age -17%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 93.4% (292^nd of 1072)

Based on 202 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Neutron XT SSD

Poor: 67%Average: 93.4% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The Corsair Neutron XT 960GB averaged just 6.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron XT 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 98.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron XT 960GB is 45.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron XT 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 381MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 202 samples)

Rank 29293.4%

Min	Avg	Max
343	Read 474	523
227	Write 433	495
249	Mixed 362	507
186	SusWrite 381	471
92.7% 412 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20	4K Read 29.7	35.9
34.5	4K Write 72.6	107
13.5	4K Mixed 30.5	44.5
122% 44.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.8	DQ Read 298	386
100	DQ Write 281	367
14	DQ Mixed 98.4	203
126% 226 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BEL-User, 4 months ago.

821GB free

Firmware: SAFC01.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 442 441 444 442 445 MB/s

97% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 306

SusWrite 443

96% 427 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 54.9

4K Mixed 33.9

117% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 75.3

121% 232 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

374GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 397 358 296 122 398 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 374

SusWrite 326

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 65

4K Mixed 35.2

121% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 185

176% 273 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

473GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 146 254 178 129 259 MB/s

75.7% Very good

Write 373

Mixed 302

SusWrite 191

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 48.8

4K Mixed 33.6

106% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 188

180% 283 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus N550JK

CPU
Core i7-4700HQIntel $370Bench 62%, 42,062 samples	526x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	274x
Core i5-4200HIntelBench 57%, 11,882 samples	17x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	552x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	267x

SSD
Neutron XT 960GBCorsair $1,453Bench 93%, 202 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	232x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	103x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 12GBSamsungBench 41%, 874 samples	41x

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Value: 15% - Very poor

Total price: $1,823

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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-N960GBXT

Neutron XT 960GB

Average Bench: 93.4% (292^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 93.4% (292nd of 1072)

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