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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 77.7% (527th of 1072)

Based on 1,660 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 45%Average: 77.7% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The SSD 960GB averaged 22.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 144MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 960GB is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 237MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,660 samples)
Rank 52777.7%
Min Avg Max
176 Read 358 500
99.6 Write 237 448
84.7 Mixed 262 396
111 SusWrite 321 448
66.1% 295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.2 4K Read 27.7 38.1
18.3 4K Write 64.2 102
9.62 4K Mixed 29 43.5
113% 40.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 DQ Read 194 304
14.8 DQ Write 227 352
14.2 DQ Mixed 144 227
127% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
340GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 424 423 427 329 105 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 445
Write 390
Mixed 334
SusWrite 355
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 44.2
168% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 217
184% 266 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 127 214 118 223 143 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 462
Write 102
Mixed 347
SusWrite 199
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 32.9
129% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 211
179% 260 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 78 53 28 53 19 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 448
Write 411
Mixed 330
SusWrite 81.7
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 86.6
4K Mixed 38.8
148% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 216
181% 260 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0430A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 394 397 393 370 398 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 454
Write 378
Mixed 368
SusWrite 393
90% 398 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 66.5
4K Mixed 19
94% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 37
82% 163 MB/s
115GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 421 440 453 448 447 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 176
Write 107
Mixed 118
SusWrite 438
48% 210 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 27.3
97% 34.2 MB/s
DQ Read 89.8
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 181
122% 145 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: SBFMKA.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 360 361 336 316 313 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 338
Write 343
Mixed 293
SusWrite 329
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 18.2
64% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 179
148% 212 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-55

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples12,214x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples3,597x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples41x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples8,368x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,595x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,524x
SSD
SSD 960GBBench 78%, 1,660 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples2,330x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,695x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples1,622x
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