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960GB SATA SSD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 82.7% (446th of 1074)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY 960GB SATA SSD
Poor: 52%Average: 82.7% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The PNY 960GB SATA SSD 960GB averaged just 17.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY 960GB SATA SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.6MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY 960GB SATA SSD 960GB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY 960GB SATA SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 157MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 41.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 44682.7%
Min Avg Max
93.2 Read 441 519
196 Write 379 460
30.9 Mixed 347 430
99.8 SusWrite 331 452
84.1% 374 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12 4K Read 27.6 36.1
36 4K Write 85.5 135
0.5 4K Mixed 24.7 32.5
119% 45.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 DQ Read 157 250
58.2 DQ Write 265 349
0.5 DQ Mixed 41.3 48.2
79.1% 154 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
619GB free
Firmware: V0414A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 436 438 445 442 439 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 438
Mixed 414
SusWrite 440
101% 450 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 82
4K Mixed 28.4
123% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 44
90% 177 MB/s
570GB free
Firmware: V0718B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 375 391 426 426 427 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 461
Write 409
Mixed 388
SusWrite 398
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 27.3
114% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 38.7
90% 185 MB/s
490GB free
Firmware: V0718B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 431 395 341 152 60 MB/s
83.5% Excellent
Read 502
Write 418
Mixed 410
SusWrite 302
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 27.3
116% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 47.3
86% 168 MB/s
342GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0414A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 177 350 352 35 219 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 469
Write 385
Mixed 393
SusWrite 192
81% 360 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 26.8
129% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 42.9
89% 174 MB/s
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0718B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 372 422 440 440 444 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 299
Write 338
Mixed 347
SusWrite 414
79% 349 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 63.7
4K Mixed 19.7
90% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 47.5
79% 151 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,923,869 SSDs tested

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Gaming 41%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples630x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples405x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples251x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples136x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples103x
SSD
960GB SATA SSD 960GBPNYBench 83%, 34 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $252

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