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HyperX SHSS37A/960G

Savage 960GB

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

Average Bench: 92.8% (255th of 1026)

Based on 1,040 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A960G
Poor: 67%Average: 92.8% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The HyperX Savage 960GB averaged just 7.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 296MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HyperX Savage 960GB is 44.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the HyperX Savage 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 314MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 381MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,040 samples)
Rank 25592.8%
Min Avg Max
334 Read 452 507
251 Write 414 485
244 Mixed 314 353
180 SusWrite 381 476
87.7% 390 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 26.5 32.7
38.3 4K Write 79.1 112
18.4 4K Mixed 33.7 41.5
125% 46.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
77 DQ Read 293 354
92.7 DQ Write 296 360
42.6 DQ Mixed 111 177
134% 234 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
809GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 485 482 480 482 482 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 486
Mixed 334
SusWrite 482
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 47.7
181% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 76.1
138% 272 MB/s
774GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 420 422 416 447 453 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 455
Mixed 308
SusWrite 426
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 32.7
119% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 154
147% 232 MB/s
861GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 355 396 409 410 411 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 423
Write 454
Mixed 313
SusWrite 357
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 32.2
118% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 52.8
113% 228 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 26,872,461 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $325 @ launch in Apr '15
AmazonUS $39716 months
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Typical Savage 960GB Builds (Compare 1,451 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 94%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $328Bench 84%, 29,323 samples590x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $370Bench 87%, 18,866 samples367x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $198Bench 83%, 73,834 samples188x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 671,330 samples369x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $408Bench 78%, 833,809 samples272x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $719Bench 127%, 503,168 samples259x
SSD
Savage 960GBHyperX  $397Bench 93%, 1,040 samples1x
RAM
CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 2,461 samples26x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 28,896 samples24x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 93%, 3,934 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,265

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