Samsung

960 EVO 1TB

960 EVO 1TB
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Effective Speed +128% Effective Speed 128%Average Score +125% Read 385%, Write 221%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 142%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 24%Peak Score +151% Read 471%, Write 207%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 243%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +149% DQ Read 232%, DQ Write 234%, DQ Mixed 144%, ADQ Read 142%, ADQ Write 147%, ADQ Mixed 75%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 211%

Average Bench: 224% (77^th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB

Poor: 174%Average: 224% Great: 271%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 EVO 1TB averaged 124.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 EVO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 456MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,218MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 EVO 1TB is 96.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 EVO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 369MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 46.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 77224%

Min	Avg	Max
1,302	Read 2,218	2,895
1,054	Write 1,303	1,491
491	Mixed 869	1,453
241	SusWrite 369	480
262% 1,190 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.7	4K Read 47	60.8
73.1	4K Write 142	192
19.8	4K Mixed 46.3	64.4
205% 78.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
43.4	DQ Read 789	1,218
95	DQ Write 714	1,198
19.9	DQ Mixed 456	808
423% 653 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 4 years ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 326 327 326 327 324 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,489

Mixed 604

SusWrite 371

246% 1,116 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 60.2

248% 98.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,084

DQ Write 1,262

DQ Mixed 736

676% 1,028 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 years ago.

230GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 304 299 301 307 306 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,478

Mixed 644

SusWrite 475

254% 1,147 MB/s

4K Read 43.2

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 54.7

230% 92.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,028

DQ Write 1,134

DQ Mixed 808

684% 990 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

118GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 288 287 285 282 283 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1251

Mixed 548

SusWrite 338

232% 1,054 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 52.4

221% 84.5 MB/s

DQ Read 983

DQ Write 848

DQ Mixed 628

549% 820 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 years ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 357 312 322 321 318 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1262

Mixed 517

SusWrite 404

218% 986 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 85.4

4K Mixed 46.3

156% 55.1 MB/s

DQ Read 794

DQ Write 590

DQ Mixed 541

445% 642 MB/s

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