Lexar

NQ100 960GB

NQ100 960GB
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Effective Speed -7%Effective Speed -7%Average Score -3%Read -9%, Write 3%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 29%Peak Score -6%Read -10%, Write -2%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 16%Value & Sentiment -901%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,789%Nice To Haves +53% DQ Read -41%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -12%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 575%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 92.1% (305^th of 1072)

Based on 178 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar SSD NQ100 960GB

Poor: 62%Average: 92.1% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Lexar NQ100 960GB averaged just 7.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar NQ100 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar NQ100 960GB is 48.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Lexar NQ100 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 229MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 418MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 178 samples)

Rank 30592.1%

Min	Avg	Max
341	Read 418	462
295	Write 417	477
279	Mixed 393	440
216	SusWrite 382	448
90.8% 403 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 31.5	39.4
31.6	4K Write 73.4	109
20.6	4K Mixed 37.1	46.3
134% 47.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
174	DQ Read 229	260
121	DQ Write 258	299
102	DQ Mixed 262	296
192% 250 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BIH-User, 4 days ago.

599GB free

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 444 447 445 447 447 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 442

SusWrite 451

104% 459 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 46.8

175% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 240

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 288

212% 276 MB/s

CHL-User, 11 days ago.

532GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 409 439 444 443 442 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 435

SusWrite 440

102% 452 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 45.8

172% 63 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 286

206% 261 MB/s

ARG-User, 1 day ago.

732GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 422 426 439 435 432 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 475

Mixed 436

SusWrite 436

102% 451 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 43.5

160% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 293

214% 276 MB/s

ARG-User, 6 days ago.

668GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 353 382 379 384 363 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 429

SusWrite 370

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 75.7

4K Mixed 40.7

144% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 295

211% 266 MB/s

ITA-User, 7 days ago.

268GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 412 419 308 57 57 MB/s

92.2% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 428

SusWrite 251

89% 395 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 41.3

152% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 292

213% 275 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

799GB free

Firmware: SN12155

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 414 417 416 411 411 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 440

Mixed 421

SusWrite 418

97% 428 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 52.3

4K Mixed 31.5

109% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 290

212% 275 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 days ago.

777GB free

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 402 417 421 423 424 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 451

Mixed 401

SusWrite 421

96% 423 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 54.2

4K Mixed 30.3

104% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 186

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 212

164% 220 MB/s

PRT-User, 8 days ago.

448GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11873

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 383 379 398 391 53 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 404

Mixed 385

SusWrite 335

86% 383 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 53.1

4K Mixed 32.9

117% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 277

203% 262 MB/s

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M K V2

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	39x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	36x
Core i9-11900KFIntel $255Bench 104%, 17,778 samples	30x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	29x
RTX 4060Nvidia $293Bench 122%, 48,534 samples	27x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $750Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	12x

SSD
NQ100 960GBLexarBench 92%, 178 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	12x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples	8x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $399

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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NQ100 960GB

Average Bench: 92.1% (305^th of 1072)

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NQ100 960GB

Average Bench: 92.1% (305th of 1072)

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