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SHSS37A 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 78% (521st of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A
Poor: 55%Average: 78% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SHSS37A 960GB averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SHSS37A 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SHSS37A 960GB is 36.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SHSS37A 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 169MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 52178%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 487 537
37.8 Write 351 492
226 Mixed 365 512
212 SusWrite 341 436
86.5% 386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.6 4K Read 26.6 35
25.4 4K Write 65.6 91.5
12.2 4K Mixed 19.2 37.3
99.6% 37.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 DQ Read 169 296
72.9 DQ Write 184 284
12.6 DQ Mixed 56.3 162
75.6% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 467
Mixed 356
99% 446 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 68.2
4K Mixed 16.1
104% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 16.2
87% 198 MB/s
494GB free
Firmware: 02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 440 438 436 435 436 MB/s
91.9% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 429
Mixed 292
SusWrite 436
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 32.7
116% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 162
147% 224 MB/s
240GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 296 348 331 303 342 MB/s
91.6% Outstanding
Read 438
Write 413
Mixed 296
SusWrite 319
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 37.3
136% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 122
137% 230 MB/s
815GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 384 397 416 417 392 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 425
Write 343
Mixed 318
SusWrite 398
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 32.3
111% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 156
139% 212 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 213 213 210 210 218 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 313
Write 219
Mixed 259
SusWrite 212
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 25.4
4K Mixed 15
52% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 92.8
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 78.1
85% 137 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,757,938 SSDs tested

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Typical SHSS37A 960GB Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples371x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples78x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples100x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples46x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples42x
SSD
SHSS37A 960GBKingstonBench 78%, 12 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $820

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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