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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 84.6% (410th of 1072)

Based on 46 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON
Poor: 51%Average: 84.6% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The KINGSTON 960GB averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 114MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON 960GB is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 325MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)
Rank 41084.6%
Min Avg Max
158 Read 407 531
104 Write 325 490
65.4 Mixed 354 504
79.4 SusWrite 290 439
77.3% 344 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.3 4K Read 29.7 40.7
8.6 4K Write 77.8 131
7.8 4K Mixed 27.9 45.2
122% 45.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.5 DQ Read 248 391
18.6 DQ Write 235 352
3.6 DQ Mixed 114 232
121% 199 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 424 385 426 444 428 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 436
Mixed 344
SusWrite 417
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 38
140% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 165
173% 283 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 397 405 364 309 358 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 465
Write 419
Mixed 325
SusWrite 367
88% 394 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 37.4
137% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 144
162% 275 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: SBFK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 450 443 437 381 407 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 354
Write 330
Mixed 349
SusWrite 419
82% 363 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 37.7
150% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 205
178% 261 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: SBFK61F1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 408 415 453 452 448 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 399
Write 121
Mixed 331
SusWrite 427
72% 319 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 34.6
131% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 226
196% 289 MB/s
204GB free
Firmware: S3402101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 306 264 219 345 323 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 380
Write 302
Mixed 65.4
SusWrite 294
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 7.8
56% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 18.5
DQ Write 50.3
DQ Mixed 10.7
15% 26.5 MB/s
522GB free
Firmware: 0030
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 272 283 317 205 164 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 321
Write 252
Mixed 270
SusWrite 253
62% 274 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 8.6
4K Mixed 8.6
27% 8.17 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 140
133% 208 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 42 67 95 24 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 300
Write 113
Mixed 233
SusWrite 79.4
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 17.9
4K Mixed 19.1
78% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 18.6
DQ Mixed 25.1
32% 59.7 MB/s
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Typical KINGSTON 960GB Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: HP ProBook 470 G3

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples133x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples109x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples31x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples267x
Radeon R7 M340AMDBench 6%, 204 samples5x
Radeon R7 M340AMDBench 6%, 690 samples1x
SSD
KINGSTON 960GBBench 85%, 46 samples1x
RAM
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 39,427 samples17x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples16x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples14x
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