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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% (325th of 1071)

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 32590.3%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
249GB free
Firmware: SAFM001B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 457 465 468 440 460 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 475
Mixed 324
SusWrite 447
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 35.6
128% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 68.4
129% 254 MB/s
700GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 370 369 369 371 370 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 415
Mixed 352
SusWrite 369
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 32.4
120% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 178
176% 279 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 65,311,629 SSDs tested.

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MSRP ≈ $325 @ launch in Apr '15
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples51x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples41x
FX-6100AMD  $54Bench 54%, 44,863 samples30x
GPU
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples17x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples15x
SSD
Savage 960GBHyperX  $397Bench 90%, 1,581 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples58x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 25% - Poor Total price: $788

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