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SanDisk SDSSDXPS-960G-G25

Extreme Pro 960GB

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. Flash Memory: SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL MLC. Release date: Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 95.8% (261st of 1058)

Based on 2,441 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SDSSDXPS960G
Poor: 68%Average: 95.8% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB averaged just 4.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB is 46.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 266MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 397MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,441 samples)
Rank 26195.8%
Min Avg Max
361 Read 470 510
317 Write 417 474
199 Mixed 266 319
194 SusWrite 397 475
87% 388 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 4K Read 29.6 36.3
35.1 4K Write 76.6 114
21.9 4K Mixed 34.2 43.1
129% 46.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
207 DQ Read 328 377
99.7 DQ Write 267 335
84.6 DQ Mixed 146 163
151% 247 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
894GB free
Firmware: X212T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 467 476 468 472 476 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 481
Mixed 285
SusWrite 471
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 43.5
170% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 162
172% 286 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: X212T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 469 474 474 475 473 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 461
Mixed 302
SusWrite 470
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 38.5
145% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 158
167% 278 MB/s
276GB free
Firmware: X211T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 430 431 432 431 427 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 478
Write 430
Mixed 283
SusWrite 430
91% 406 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 28.6
99% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 136
121% 183 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,555,228 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $340 @ launch in Jun '14
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Typical Extreme Pro 960GB Builds (Compare 4,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 125%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 113%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Extreme4 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $300Bench 92%, 620,223 samples2,178x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 92%, 249,943 samples1,234x
Core i7-8700Intel  $285Bench 89%, 255,093 samples263x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,089Bench 136%, 696,708 samples613x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 979,077 samples612x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $359Bench 96%, 351,209 samples355x
SSD
Extreme Pro 960GBSanDisk  $430Bench 96%, 2,441 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 83%, 500,937 samples348x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $80Bench 86%, 219,821 samples252x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $98Bench 86%, 208,862 samples161x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $2,149

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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