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Savage 960GB

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

Average Bench: 90.3% (333rd of 1080)

Based on 1,581 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A960G
Poor: 62%Average: 90.3% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The HyperX Savage 960GB averaged just 9.7% 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 113MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 283MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HyperX Savage 960GB is 48.9%. 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 308MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 381MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,581 samples)
Rank 33390.3%
Min Avg Max
310 Read 442 510
214 Write 403 487
228 Mixed 308 354
216 SusWrite 381 477
86.2% 383 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 4K Read 25.7 33.9
33.9 4K Write 73.2 110
19.2 4K Mixed 32.6 41.7
119% 43.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
100 DQ Read 291 373
79.1 DQ Write 283 355
34.2 DQ Mixed 113 178
133% 229 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
86GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 399 376 418 424 389 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 484
Mixed 355
SusWrite 396
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 38.5
139% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 175
177% 285 MB/s
836GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 414 425 439 422 421 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 446
Write 439
Mixed 304
SusWrite 419
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 36.3
131% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 66.9
116% 224 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,509,494 SSDs tested

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MSRP ≈ $325 @ launch in Apr '15
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Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $127Bench 61%, 313,196 samples61x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples47x
FX-6100AMD  $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples34x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples18x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples18x
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples18x
SSD
Savage 960GBHyperX  $397Bench 90%, 1,581 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples64x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples60x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 36% - Below average Total price: $733

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