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Savage 960GB

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

Average Bench: 90.6% (310th of 1058)

Based on 1,274 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A960G
Poor: 62%Average: 90.6% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The HyperX Savage 960GB averaged just 9.4% 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 282MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HyperX Savage 960GB is 49.4%. 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 306MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 382MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,274 samples)
Rank 31090.6%
Min Avg Max
316 Read 451 508
184 Write 404 486
231 Mixed 306 354
196 SusWrite 382 478
86.7% 386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 4K Read 25.7 34
32.4 4K Write 72.8 109
17 4K Mixed 32.4 42.2
119% 43.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
68.7 DQ Read 293 377
70.6 DQ Write 282 355
35.9 DQ Mixed 111 176
132% 229 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
889GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 477 477 476 467 465 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 475
Mixed 348
SusWrite 472
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 39.7
149% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 337
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 177
176% 282 MB/s
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 392 368 426 406 444 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 442
Mixed 355
SusWrite 404
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 63.1
4K Mixed 37.6
125% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 174
174% 278 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 41,718,125 SSDs tested.

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MSRP ≈ $325 @ launch in Apr '15
AmazonUS $3972 years
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Typical Savage 960GB Builds (Compare 1,392 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $92

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 60%, 230,102 samples234x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 66%, 300,263 samples177x
FX-6100AMD  $54Bench 57%, 34,203 samples173x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 708,468 samples93x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 679,891 samples56x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 18%, 255,499 samples47x
SSD
Savage 960GBHyperX  $397Bench 91%, 1,274 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 331,252 samples304x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 87,191 samples184x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 182,341 samples112x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 30% - Poor Total price: $734

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