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WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 174% (129th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC WDS960G2G0C-
Poor: 139%Average: 174% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GB averaged 74.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 774MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,616MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GB is 95.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 485MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 129174%
Min Avg Max
534 Read 1,271 1,624
837 Write 1,616 2,005
427 Mixed 1,235 1,612
301 SusWrite 485 539
259% 1,152 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.8 4K Read 40.6 51
17 4K Write 115 231
24 4K Mixed 54.6 80.1
192% 70.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
264 DQ Read 932 1336
144 DQ Write 614 1,491
279 DQ Mixed 774 1,402
577% 773 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
894GB free
Firmware: 10WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1328 362 374 365 366 360 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,391
Write 1956
Mixed 1507
SusWrite 526
303% 1,345 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 64.6
4K Mixed 49.9
171% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1103
DQ Write 879
DQ Mixed 921
708% 968 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: 231800WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1251 361 359 380 330 305 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,434
Write 1,610
Mixed 1,304
SusWrite 498
272% 1,212 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 55.5
185% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,023
DQ Write 732
DQ Mixed 914
673% 890 MB/s
894GB free
Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1318 370 373 365 375 375 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,388
Write 1,941
Mixed 1536
SusWrite 529
304% 1,349 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 56.8
187% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 667
DQ Mixed 709
535% 719 MB/s
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 231800WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1245 260 368 372 380 305 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 993
Write 1,418
Mixed 1,268
SusWrite 488
236% 1,042 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 47.2
157% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 727
DQ Write 461
DQ Mixed 655
472% 614 MB/s
635GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 231610WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 370 367 373 375 378 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,012
Write 1,727
Mixed 1189
SusWrite 528
252% 1,114 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 44.3
154% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 611
DQ Write 450
DQ Mixed 533
398% 531 MB/s
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 231800WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 363 299 221 367 376 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1,334
Write 1,640
Mixed 1,400
SusWrite 486
274% 1215 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 44.6
160% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 37.2
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 706
382% 338 MB/s
462GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 231800WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1073 383 323 128 322 341 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 955
Write 1,268
Mixed 1005
SusWrite 428
206% 914 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 26.7
90% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 255
188% 248 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 231800WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 552 309 307 138 160 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 681
Write 424
Mixed 477
SusWrite 361
108% 486 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 35
4K Mixed 24.4
81% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 228
160% 205 MB/s
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CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples12x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples6x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples12x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples5x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples1x
SSD
WDC WDS960G2G0C- 960GBNvmeBench 174%, 34 samples5x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Kingston 24GBHynixBench 53%, 7 samples4x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 19,360 samples2x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 1x16GBMicronBench 40%, 5,133 samples2x
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