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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 82% (457th of 1074)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: PH6-CE960
Poor: 52%Average: 82% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The PH6-CE960 960GB averaged just 17.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PH6-CE960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 159MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PH6-CE960 960GB is 48%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PH6-CE960 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 238MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 268MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 45782%
Min Avg Max
176 Read 343 487
17.6 Write 238 450
29.7 Mixed 268 388
251 SusWrite 395 465
70% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.9 4K Read 27.2 34.3
7.8 4K Write 65.7 104
6.6 4K Mixed 30.2 42.7
115% 41 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.9 DQ Read 185 285
12.6 DQ Write 236 352
14.7 DQ Mixed 159 212
134% 193 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
751GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 445 447 252 100 324 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 462
Write 162
Mixed 330
SusWrite 333
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 27.8
107% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 188
164% 242 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 261 152 192 211 138 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 460
Write 412
Mixed 351
SusWrite 215
80% 360 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 36.4
145% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 88
DQ Mixed 23
54% 118 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 407 404 262 97 99 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 441
Write 371
Mixed 336
SusWrite 278
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 28.4
106% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 178
152% 222 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 430 295 357 379 444 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 348
Write 104
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 389
52% 233 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 20.6
4K Mixed 11.3
52% 16.6 MB/s
DQ Read 13.7
DQ Write 14.3
DQ Mixed 14.4
11% 14.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VH (MS-7996)

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $73Bench 61%, 171,457 samples43x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples29x
Core i3-6100Intel  $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples16x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples15x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples13x
SSD
PH6-CE960 960GBBench 82%, 31 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GBHyperX  $25Bench 40%, 15,315 samples6x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples4x
KHX2666C16/8G KF2666C16D4/8G 16GBKingstonBench 79%, 415 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $214

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