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BarraCud 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 71.5% (648th of 1080)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BarraCud
Poor: 36%Average: 71.5% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Seagate BarraCud 960GB averaged 28.4% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCud 960GB is 52.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCud 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 112MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 237MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 64871.5%
Min Avg Max
156 Read 276 361
35.4 Write 237 429
45.2 Mixed 238 375
290 SusWrite 406 438
65.3% 289 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.6 4K Read 23.8 29.4
13.2 4K Write 47.5 66.6
9.7 4K Mixed 25.8 35.1
94.2% 32.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.7 DQ Read 112 224
11.7 DQ Write 189 323
10.8 DQ Mixed 113 171
96.4% 138 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
860GB free
Firmware: STWS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 448 446 446 447 444 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 361
Write 359
Mixed 375
SusWrite 438
87% 384 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 35.1
123% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 169
138% 196 MB/s
860GB free
Firmware: STWS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 446 445 446 446 445 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 359
Write 414
Mixed 373
SusWrite 437
90% 396 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 34.4
124% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 161
126% 173 MB/s
894GB free
Firmware: H012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 436 436 434 438 433 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 361
Write 429
Mixed 371
SusWrite 436
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 66.6
4K Mixed 32.1
119% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 170
138% 192 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: STWS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 410 419 427 427 428 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 226
Write 89.1
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 419
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 17.9
4K Mixed 10.7
53% 16.1 MB/s
DQ Read 16.6
DQ Write 14.3
DQ Mixed 12.6
10% 14.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,250,078 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples856x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples596x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $160Bench 86%, 635,419 samples414x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $226Bench 100%, 447,556 samples311x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples297x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples247x
SSD
BarraCud 960GBSeagateBench 72%, 8 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples145x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples103x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples102x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding Total price: $385

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