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960G 960GB

960G 960GB
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Effective Speed -92%Effective Speed -92%Average Score -109%Read -0%, Write -6%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -138%, Mixed -77%, 4K Mixed -432%, SusWrite -69%Peak Score -28%Read 1%, Write -8%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -113%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -209%DQ Read -110%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -633%, ADQ Read -194%, ADQ Write -29%, ADQ Mixed -762%, Age 104%, AS-SSD Total -42%

Average Bench: 51.2% (883^rd of 1072)

Based on 23 user benchmarks. Model: BR 960G

Poor: 34%Average: 51.2% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The BR 960G 960GB averaged 48.7% 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 Random Read Speed 24.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 224MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the BR 960G 960GB is 42.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the BR 960G 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.47MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 175MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)

Rank 88351.2%

Min	Avg	Max
358	Read 456	511
14	Write 384	447
6.8	Mixed 203	408
57	SusWrite 175	351
67.8% 304 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	4K Read 24.2	30.1
4.2	4K Write 36.8	104
0.2	4K Mixed 8.47	27.4
67% 23.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.8	DQ Read 111	175
4.4	DQ Write 224	331
0.3	DQ Mixed 30.2	45.2
62% 122 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

PHL-User, 10 months ago.

259GB free

Firmware: S0423B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 449 427 303 6.6 6.9 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 434

Mixed 10

SusWrite 207

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 6.4

4K Mixed 0.4

40% 10.3 MB/s

PHL-User, 11 months ago.

260GB free

Firmware: S0423B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 437 433 77 6.5 64 MB/s

39.6% Below average

Write 428

Mixed 10

SusWrite 184

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 5.7

4K Mixed 0.4

39% 9.83 MB/s

PHL-User, 13 months ago.

65GB free

Firmware: S0423B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 73 14 4.8 203 4.9 MB/s

33% Below average

Write 445

Mixed 9.5

SusWrite 51.2

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 6.4

4K Mixed 0.4

38% 9.83 MB/s

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) - $110

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Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	84x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	22x

SSD
960G 960GBBRBench 51%, 23 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	9x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $363

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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960G 960GB

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