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SKC310S37A960G 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 85.4% (398th of 1071)

Based on 55 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SKC310S37A960G
Poor: 67%Average: 85.4% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston SKC310S37A960G 960GB averaged just 14.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC310S37A960G 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 253MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC310S37A960G 960GB is 38.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC310S37A960G 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 318MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 333MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)
Rank 39885.4%
Min Avg Max
363 Read 466 519
44.2 Write 392 485
226 Mixed 333 514
177 SusWrite 318 458
84.6% 377 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 27.5 36.5
35.7 4K Write 68.4 109
11.8 4K Mixed 28.2 43.5
114% 41.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.9 DQ Read 288 385
62.6 DQ Write 253 356
13 DQ Mixed 58.1 76.3
102% 200 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
523GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 483 446 480 487 482 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 489
Mixed 331
SusWrite 476
99% 441 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 38.5
143% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 66.7
121% 238 MB/s
562GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 476 389 478 479 477 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 487
Mixed 332
SusWrite 463
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 38
140% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 66.4
124% 244 MB/s
528GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 388 477 479 478 477 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 485
Write 480
Mixed 327
SusWrite 463
99% 438 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 37.9
139% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 65.7
119% 234 MB/s
813GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 394 394 390 394 393 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 369
Write 396
Mixed 301
SusWrite 393
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 36.9
134% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 72.6
99% 182 MB/s
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 401 419 147 324 249 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 488
Write 467
Mixed 313
SusWrite 311
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 31.1
109% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 73.8
129% 253 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,894,657 SSDs tested

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Gaming 110%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,301x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples606x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples264x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples541x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples438x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples251x
SSD
SKC310S37A960G 960GBKingstonBench 85%, 55 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $928

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $250Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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