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Savage 960GB

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Controller: Phison PS3110. NAND Memory: Toshiba A19 MLC. Release date: Q2 2015.

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Average Bench: 87.3% (233rd of 959)

Based on 559 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A960G
Poor: 67%Average: 87.3% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The HyperX Savage 960GB averaged just 12.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the HyperX Savage 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 76.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.5MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HyperX Savage 960GB is 39.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the HyperX Savage 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 17.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 48.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 559 samples)
Rank 23387.3%
Min Avg Max
409 Read 499 527
352 Write 457 501
282 Mixed 441 509
192 SusWrite 386 477
100% 446 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.3 4K Read 25.5 31.9
34.1 4K Write 76.3 109
10.5 4K Mixed 17.9 39.9
102% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.6 DQ Read 211 349
61 DQ Write 247 348
10.3 DQ Mixed 48.9 175
86.8% 169 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
786GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 421 415 432 445 451 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 456
Mixed 349
SusWrite 436
98% 433 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 40.5
154% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 177
177% 285 MB/s
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 435 431 477 482 463 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 443
Mixed 311
SusWrite 456
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 39
147% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 30.7
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 67
52% 68 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 9,080,066 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 104%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 77%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $418Bench 88%, 17,875 samples304x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $440Bench 94%, 10,378 samples237x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $370Bench 85%, 36,644 samples85x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 124%, 285,789 samples202x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $666Bench 153%, 185,206 samples161x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 100%, 365,950 samples141x
SSD
Savage 960GBHyperX  $268Bench 87%, 559 samples1x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 98%, 1,749 samples21x
CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 95%, 1,787 samples20x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $164Bench 91%, 13,705 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $1,136

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