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ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

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Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average Score -46%Read -50%, Write -48%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score -10%Read 1%, Write 15%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 36%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite -103%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -22%DQ Read -2%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -10%, ADQ Read -39%, ADQ Write -43%, ADQ Mixed -43%, Age -25%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 355% (24^th of 1080)

Based on 20 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe ADATA LEGEND 960

Poor: 228%Average: 355% Great: 498%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB averaged 254.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,039MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,145MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB is 270%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 168MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 63.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)

Rank 24355%

Min	Avg	Max
1,200	Read 2,802	5,994
249	Write 3,145	7,382
804	Mixed 2,218	6,366
1,037	SusWrite 1,714	2,248
556% 2,470 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.3	4K Read 63.9	201
23	4K Write 168	362
20.7	4K Mixed 83.9	189
293% 105 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
137	DQ Read 1,238	2,269
110	DQ Write 881	1,719
118	DQ Mixed 1,039	1,902
782% 1,053 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

RUS-User, 1 month ago.

538GB free (System drive)

Firmware: A200V4TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4412 2297 1770 1760 1482 1766 MB/s

498% Outstanding

Write 4,504

Mixed 3,093

SusWrite 2,248

779% 3,465 MB/s

4K Read 85.5

4K Write 288

4K Mixed 127

444% 167 MB/s

DQ Read 1,606

DQ Write 1,230

DQ Mixed 1,412

1,058% 1,416 MB/s

NLD-User, 7 hrs ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: A231W74B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2357 1203 1220 1249 1247 1255 MB/s

315% Outstanding

Write 2,645

Mixed 1,946

SusWrite 1,422

497% 2,220 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 69.6

230% 81.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,349

DQ Write 553

DQ Mixed 1,025

739% 976 MB/s

RUS-User, 7 days ago.

436GB free (System drive)

Firmware: A231W74B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2344 1217 1226 1243 1236 1240 MB/s

313% Outstanding

Write 2,558

Mixed 1,768

SusWrite 1,418

481% 2,151 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 70.7

228% 80.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,318

DQ Write 530

DQ Mixed 1,033

736% 960 MB/s

POL-User, 5 months ago.

193GB free

Firmware: V9KL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1450 1447 1454 1446 1453 1464 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1322

Mixed 1,208

SusWrite 1,452

304% 1,348 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 81.6

268% 89.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,054

DQ Write 835

DQ Mixed 907

689% 932 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,037,847 SSDs tested

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Typical ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $130Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	185x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	93x

SSD
ADATA LEGEND 960 1TBNvmeBench 355%, 20 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	41x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $435

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $376	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
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