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SX950 480GB

SX950 480GB
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Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score -3%Read 7%, Write 4%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score -2%Read 3%, Write -1%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 18%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -16%DQ Read -16%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -23%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -32%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 93.6% (291^st of 1072)

Based on 78 user benchmarks. Model: ADATA SX950

Poor: 63%Average: 93.6% Great: 114%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Adata SX950 480GB averaged just 6.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata SX950 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 197MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata SX950 480GB is 51.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Adata SX950 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)

Rank 29193.6%

Min	Avg	Max
420	Read 490	523
290	Write 423	480
53	Mixed 368	500
105	SusWrite 319	462
89.7% 400 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.5	4K Read 28.4	31.8
19.8	4K Write 83.6	122
21.1	4K Mixed 38.2	49.7
136% 50.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.1	DQ Read 265	317
27.1	DQ Write 232	324
23.2	DQ Mixed 197	269
162% 232 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 5 months ago.

160GB free

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 470 470 470 470 468 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 469

Mixed 415

SusWrite 469

105% 467 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 47.5

165% 62.1 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 267

216% 303 MB/s

EGY-User, 15 months ago.

294GB free

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 453 454 454 455 453 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 406

SusWrite 453

102% 453 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 38.2

130% 47.2 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 265

210% 292 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 months ago.

374GB free

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 397 433 424 441 452 MB/s

98% Outstanding

Write 415

Mixed 376

SusWrite 413

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 77.6

4K Mixed 38.7

130% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 314

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 270

214% 298 MB/s

BEL-User, 4 months ago.

174GB free

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 409 407 405 405 406 MB/s

97.4% Outstanding

Write 391

Mixed 386

SusWrite 404

94% 420 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 84.3

4K Mixed 41.8

140% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 185

143% 196 MB/s

EGY-User, 4 months ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 258 274 299 301 338 MB/s

71.7% Very good

Write 388

Mixed 332

SusWrite 302

80% 353 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 43.8

4K Mixed 24.1

80% 28.4 MB/s

DQ Read 291

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 240

192% 268 MB/s

DNK-User, 17 months ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 133 99 99 63 87 MB/s

62.9% Good

Write 451

Mixed 217

SusWrite 120

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 20.1

4K Mixed 26.5

89% 25.4 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 38.5

DQ Mixed 225

152% 193 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
SX950 480GBAdataBench 94%, 78 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $999

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

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SX950 480GB

Average Bench: 93.6% (291^st of 1072)

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SX950 480GB

Average Bench: 93.6% (291st of 1072)

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