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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 84% (420th of 1071)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: C2S3T/960G
Poor: 47%Average: 84% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The C2S3T/960G 960GB averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the C2S3T/960G 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 88MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the C2S3T/960G 960GB is 56.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the C2S3T/960G 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 166MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 358MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Rank 42084%
Min Avg Max
163 Read 437 517
101 Write 369 485
85.2 Mixed 358 430
64.2 SusWrite 358 454
85.5% 380 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 26.1 32.4
6.8 4K Write 79.4 123
0.4 4K Mixed 27 39.2
116% 44.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.8 DQ Read 166 301
17.2 DQ Write 277 358
0.4 DQ Mixed 88 216
104% 177 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
894GB free
Firmware: SN07838
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 461 459 457 457 457 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 445
Write 480
Mixed 385
SusWrite 461
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 70.5
4K Mixed 42.7
148% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 315
228% 293 MB/s
833GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0121A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 380 381 385 389 394 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 479
Write 369
Mixed 383
SusWrite 384
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 18.3
94% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 29.8
87% 186 MB/s
387GB free
Firmware: SN07838
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 384 141 81 89 85 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 387
Write 381
Mixed 332
SusWrite 192
73% 323 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 49.5
4K Mixed 32.7
112% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 207
161% 222 MB/s
387GB free
Firmware: SN07838
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 377 256 119 118 118 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 384
Write 372
Mixed 320
SusWrite 228
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 28.6
100% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 233
180% 246 MB/s
777GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0121A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 346 336 372 387 386 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 402
Write 216
Mixed 329
SusWrite 362
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 10.6
60% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 31.2
79% 159 MB/s
301GB free
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 442 442 172 18 28 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 515
Write 448
Mixed 431
SusWrite 257
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 0.3
56% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 14.5
DQ Mixed 0.3
17% 45.1 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples154x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples130x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples91x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples83x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples49x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples47x
SSD
C2S3T/960G 960GBBench 84%, 43 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples33x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples18x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $150

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