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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 258,985 user samples
18,356 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 363% 886GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 168% 115GB free (System drive)
Poor: 168% Great: 363%
SPEED RANK: 45th / 1080
240,629 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 236% 151GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 142% 85GB free (System drive)
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
279 % Much faster effective speed.
+40%
199 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
2017 MB/s Faster read speed.
+15%
1753 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
1426 MB/s Faster write speed.
+13%
1260 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
47.3 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+8%
43.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
139 MB/s 141 MB/s +1%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
881 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+58%
559 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
65.1 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+23%
52.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
1340 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+266%
366 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
2657 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+25%
2121 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
1974 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+34%
1473 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
55.9 MB/s +3% 54.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
215 MB/s +2% 210 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
1106 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+60%
691 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
82.8 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+28%
64.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
2002 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+316%
481 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 77,430,649 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.14 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,300%
Value
Value For Money
52.4 % Hugely better value.
+85%
28.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 56 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Price
Price (score)
$249 $88 Much cheaper.
+65%
Age
Newest
95+ Months 95+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1800 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+46%
1230 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
1344 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+7%
1260 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
4,933 Pts Stronger server IO.
+28%
3,857 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1277 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+37%
929 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1227 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+20%
1025 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
858 MB/s 921 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+7%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
935 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+36%
687 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 250GB

The 960 Evo SSD is one of Samsung’s premier NVMe SSDs, along with their current flagship, the 960 Pro. The Evo variant is available in a variety of capacities including 250, 500 and 1000 GB, each with a commensurate price tag, whilst the 960 Pro is available in 512, 1024 and 2048 GB capacities. The 960 Evo has lower write endurance compared to the 960 Pro due to its TLC (3-bit) V-NAND flash memory (the 960 Pro consists of MLC (2-bit) V-NAND). As a result, Samsung only guarantee 200 terabytes written on the 512 GB 960 Evo, compared to double that on the 960 Pro, however, this volume of data is very unlikely to affect consumers. The 250 GB 960 Evo has a 13 GB SLC cache which boosts initial write speed to roughly match the 960 Pro but writes exceeding 13 GB drop in speed by over 50%. Overall, the 960 Pro offers more consistent write performance than the 960 Evo, however, this will only impact workloads that exceed the 13 GB. [Nov '17 SSDrivePro]

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Solid State Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) November 2024 SSD Rankings

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