SSD

960GB 480GB

960GB 480GB
BENCHMARKS (15)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -635%Effective Speed -635%Average Score -675%Read -860%, Write -1,202%, 4K Read -256%, 4K Write -248%, Mixed -830%, 4K Mixed -443%, SusWrite -884%Peak Score -834%Read -1,046%, Write -1,295%, 4K Read -552%, 4K Write -307%, Mixed -976%, 4K Mixed -686%, SusWrite -972%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,517%DQ Read -970%, DQ Write -485%, DQ Mixed -4,678%, ADQ Read -935%, ADQ Write -422%, ADQ Mixed -3,899%, Age -19%, AS-SSD Total -732%

Average Bench: 73.2% (615^th of 1080)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 960GB

Poor: 55%Average: 73.2% Great: 84%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The SSD 960GB 480GB averaged 26.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 241MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.7MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 960GB 480GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SSD 960GB 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 165MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 61573.2%

Min	Avg	Max
256	Read 427	506
206	Write 350	448
67.7	Mixed 337	422
42.4	SusWrite 323	427
80.7% 359 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 23.7	29.4
30.2	4K Write 58.4	93.6
0.7	4K Mixed 19.4	27.8
91.6% 33.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
109	DQ Read 165	216
88.2	DQ Write 241	326
1.8	DQ Mixed 37.1	43.9
74.6% 148 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 9 months ago.

419GB free

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 418 417 438 441 442 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 422

SusWrite 427

101% 451 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 87.1

4K Mixed 27.8

126% 48.1 MB/s

DQ Read 165

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 41.7

89% 177 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

415GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 359 384 381 380 379 MB/s

83.8% Excellent

Write 423

Mixed 392

SusWrite 372

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 64.9

4K Mixed 23.6

104% 38.3 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 42.6

85% 165 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

447GB free

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 354 354 394 401 403 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 353

Mixed 333

SusWrite 369

82% 367 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 58.4

4K Mixed 19

90% 33.4 MB/s

DQ Read 171

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 41.3

88% 176 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

86GB free

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 348 252 113 35 46 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 260

Mixed 249

SusWrite 181

60% 267 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 47.1

4K Mixed 17.3

81% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 43.6

87% 171 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

86GB free

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 307 320 171 113 36 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 328

Mixed 316

SusWrite 204

69% 306 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 17.6

73% 25.7 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 43.2

82% 162 MB/s

USA-User, 10 months ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 32 20 2.4 6.8 5.1 MB/s

55% Above average

Write 341

Mixed 338

SusWrite 42.4

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 63.9

4K Mixed 23

98% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 88.2

DQ Mixed 1.8

39% 97.3 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,157,718 SSDs tested

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 3847

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1,216x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	465x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	442x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1,013x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	501x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	198x

SSD
960GB 480GBSSDBench 73%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	233x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 14,844 samples	218x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 7,217 samples	155x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $209

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
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960GB 480GB

Average Bench: 73.2% (615^th of 1080)

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