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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 69.9% (679th of 1080)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron_M500_MTFD
Poor: 48%Average: 69.9% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Micron_M500_MTFD 960GB averaged 30.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 135MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 217MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron_M500_MTFD 960GB is 34.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Micron_M500_MTFD 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 278MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 362MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 67969.9%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 362 398
224 Write 336 378
148 Mixed 278 315
236 SusWrite 330 376
73.4% 326 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.1 4K Read 18 23.1
13.8 4K Write 47.2 72.2
9 4K Mixed 23.7 32.6
82.5% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
88.7 DQ Read 221 330
182 DQ Write 217 300
84.2 DQ Mixed 135 179
125% 191 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
722GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 378 376 374 373 374 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 387
Write 376
Mixed 310
SusWrite 376
82% 362 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 28.3
106% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 160
146% 223 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 102 178 350 369 361 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 358
Write 313
Mixed 315
SusWrite 236
69% 306 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 30.8
107% 38.9 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 179
172% 270 MB/s
560GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 356 358 367 365 364 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 390
Write 353
Mixed 247
SusWrite 361
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 20.9
94% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 88.7
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 87.6
82% 123 MB/s
574GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 349 337 331 318 329 MB/s
70% Good
Read 366
Write 351
Mixed 305
SusWrite 298
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 24.6
85% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 155
141% 215 MB/s
414GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 324 325 317 309 312 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 351
Write 332
Mixed 290
SusWrite 313
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 10.7
4K Write 14.7
4K Mixed 11.4
39% 12.3 MB/s
DQ Read 97.6
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 84.4
80% 121 MB/s
513GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 331 330 316 303 326 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 298
Write 314
Mixed 183
SusWrite 312
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 14
4K Mixed 9
34% 11.1 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 86.3
83% 127 MB/s
485GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 268 309 189 273 241 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 322
Write 328
Mixed 148
SusWrite 258
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 13.8
4K Mixed 10.6
35% 11.2 MB/s
DQ Read 97.3
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 84.2
80% 121 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,312,935 SSDs tested

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Typical Micron_M500_MTFD 960GB Builds (Compare 556 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Gateway DX4860

CPU
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples175x
Core i7-2600Intel  $171Bench 67%, 185,630 samples141x
Core i3-2120Intel  $88Bench 51%, 77,810 samples86x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples156x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples27x
SSD
Micron_M500_MTFD 960GBBench 70%, 14 samples1x
RAM
HU524303EP0200 4x2GBUnifosaBench 49%, 508 samples47x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 909 samples22x
GU512303EP0202 3x2GBUnifosaBench 39%, 442 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $165

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