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MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 85.3% (400th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ
Poor: 70%Average: 85.3% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB averaged just 14.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 211MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 83.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB is 27.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 339MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 351MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 40085.3%
Min Avg Max
249 Read 339 514
264 Write 399 440
270 Mixed 351 467
232 SusWrite 367 440
82.3% 364 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 23.8 28.5
36.9 4K Write 83.7 114
14.5 4K Mixed 32.1 43.1
122% 46.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.3 DQ Read 252 350
141 DQ Write 260 299
14.5 DQ Mixed 211 287
171% 241 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
115GB free
Firmware: DXV8DW3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 439 408 395 371 345 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 300
Write 422
Mixed 335
SusWrite 400
83% 364 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 42.3
156% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 281
221% 306 MB/s
525GB free
Firmware: DXV8DW3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 418 420 416 418 414 MB/s
90.1% Outstanding
Read 292
Write 415
Mixed 316
SusWrite 417
82% 360 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 35.5
124% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 280
222% 309 MB/s
513GB free
Firmware: DXV8DW3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 375 372 375 374 374 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 292
Write 401
Mixed 328
SusWrite 363
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 29.9
99% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 283
210% 277 MB/s
495GB free
Firmware: DXV8DW3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 318 371 374 376 378 MB/s
69.9% Good
Read 303
Write 402
Mixed 330
SusWrite 326
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 40
4K Mixed 26.8
87% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 148
135% 208 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 148%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 149%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z590 Extreme WiFi 6E

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $258Bench 101%, 65,651 samples88x
Core i9-11900KIntel  $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples59x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples51x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples46x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples43x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples40x
SSD
MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GBSamsungBench 85%, 34 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples21x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBTeamBench 91%, 12,641 samples18x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $726

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