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Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB

Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB
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Effective Speed -9%Effective Speed -9%Average Score -10%Read 3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite 25%Peak Score -10%Read 1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -34%DQ Read -31%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -66%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -78%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Average Bench: 90.4% (323^rd of 1072)

Based on 53 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD

Poor: 55%Average: 90.4% Great: 108%

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Excellent average bench

The OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB averaged just 9.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB is 52.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 321MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 228MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)

Rank 32390.4%

Min	Avg	Max
332	Read 473	514
173	Write 389	431
195	Mixed 321	455
165	SusWrite 372	435
87.2% 388 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	4K Read 24.5	29.9
18	4K Write 80.2	120
9.76	4K Mixed 33.5	43.4
123% 46.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.4	DQ Read 228	280
104	DQ Write 244	303
14.8	DQ Mixed 146	200
135% 206 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 16 months ago.

777GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 413 428 432 432 433 MB/s

98.8% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 311

SusWrite 406

91% 406 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 86.4

4K Mixed 39.1

136% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 198

173% 256 MB/s

USA-User, 17 months ago.

808GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 413 421 424 433 435 MB/s

98.5% Outstanding

Write 413

Mixed 314

SusWrite 405

90% 401 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 87.1

4K Mixed 39.3

136% 50.8 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 200

174% 257 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

105GB free

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 368 400 400 403 402 MB/s

90% Outstanding

Write 385

Mixed 302

SusWrite 372

87% 386 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 67.6

4K Mixed 34.5

116% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 257

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 197

166% 241 MB/s

SWE-User, 7 months ago.

862GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 396 404 420 407 407 MB/s

89.5% Excellent

Write 419

Mixed 297

SusWrite 392

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 62.6

4K Mixed 32.6

110% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 277

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 197

172% 256 MB/s

ARG-User, 16 months ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 284 380 399 245 378 MB/s

78.4% Very good

Write 388

Mixed 284

SusWrite 339

82% 364 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 56.1

4K Mixed 26.3

88% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 197

172% 255 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

100GB free

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 361 361 389 266 306 MB/s

70.9% Very good

Write 334

Mixed 248

SusWrite 333

70% 310 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 28.5

102% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 75

DQ Mixed 100

83% 123 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 170 37 80 62 94 MB/s

41% Average

Write 297

Mixed 240

SusWrite 123

56% 251 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 1

41% 16.8 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 165

133% 186 MB/s

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Apple Macmini6,2

CPU
Core i7-3615QMIntelBench 62%, 2,657 samples	83x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	21x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	102x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

SSD
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GBOWCBench 90%, 53 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	15x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x

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Mercury Electra 6G SSD 960GB

Average Bench: 90.4% (323^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 90.4% (323rd of 1072)

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