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Kioxia-exceria

SATA SSD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 77% (535th of 1072)

Based on 968 user benchmarks.  Model: KIOXIA-EXCERIA SATA SSD
Poor: 43%Average: 77% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 960GB averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 173MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.6MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 960GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 230MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 255MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 968 samples)
Rank 53577%
Min Avg Max
197 Read 368 492
100 Write 230 431
85.7 Mixed 255 373
116 SusWrite 287 416
63.8% 285 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 27.6 39.2
17.7 4K Write 59 94.7
10.4 4K Mixed 30.4 45.5
112% 39 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.9 DQ Read 227 322
14.9 DQ Write 243 360
14.4 DQ Mixed 173 244
148% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
874GB free
Firmware: SBFA13.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 449 316 193 192 194 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 458
Mixed 377
SusWrite 300
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 92.4
4K Mixed 40.3
151% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 217
195% 294 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: SBFA1a.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 389 384 408 418 207 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 464
Write 141
Mixed 356
SusWrite 364
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 36.5
134% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 220
192% 285 MB/s
539GB free
Firmware: SBFA13.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 211 190 191 194 195 MB/s
88.7% Excellent
Read 458
Write 370
Mixed 333
SusWrite 236
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 37.7
139% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 206
180% 266 MB/s
325GB free
Firmware: SBFA1a.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 354 399 395 438 435 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 340
Write 103
Mixed 333
SusWrite 403
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 29.8
104% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 215
170% 238 MB/s
653GB free
Firmware: SBFA16.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 443 406 224 221 408 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 339
Write 106
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 357
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 20.4
4K Mixed 11.9
56% 17.4 MB/s
DQ Read 13.6
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 238
162% 188 MB/s
202GB free
Firmware: SBFA1a.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 271 308 293 301 462 MB/s
47% Average
Read 243
Write 103
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 341
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 19.4
4K Mixed 11.5
53% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 14
DQ Write 14.8
DQ Mixed 14.3
11% 14.4 MB/s
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFA1a.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 170 127 189 187 140 MB/s
43.2% Average
Read 107
Write 101
Mixed 298
SusWrite 169
38% 169 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 20.9
4K Mixed 8.6
57% 17.4 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 190
166% 248 MB/s
202GB free
Firmware: SBFA1a.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 87 100 71 106 112 MB/s
39.5% Below average
Read 350
Write 104
Mixed 86.6
SusWrite 147
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 18.5
4K Mixed 11.8
53% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 14.3
DQ Write 15.2
DQ Mixed 13.9
11% 14.5 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-K R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $95Bench 85%, 299,482 samples3,219x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $135Bench 80%, 34,310 samples1,507x
Core i5-8400Intel  $130Bench 82%, 312,220 samples461x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples727x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples566x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples517x
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SATA SSD 960GBKioxia-exceriaBench 77%, 968 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples207x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples163x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples138x
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