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Smartbuy 960GB

Smartbuy 960GB
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -19%Read -16%, Write -36%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -40%, SusWrite 10%Peak Score -6%Read 2%, Write 2%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -20%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -54%, ADQ Read -36%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -64%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 85% (403^rd of 1072)

Based on 62 user benchmarks. Model: SSD Smartbuy 960GB

Poor: 48%Average: 85% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The SSD Smartbuy 960GB averaged just 15.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD Smartbuy 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 159MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD Smartbuy 960GB is 58.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD Smartbuy 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 298MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 315MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 62 samples)

Rank 40385%

Min	Avg	Max
190	Read 394	517
102	Write 298	495
88.1	Mixed 315	441
104	SusWrite 327	463
74.9% 333 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.4	4K Read 29.3	35.3
16.2	4K Write 71.7	104
9.32	4K Mixed 32.2	43.8
124% 44.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.3	DQ Read 240	355
15.8	DQ Write 264	352
14.9	DQ Mixed 159	215
146% 221 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 5 months ago.

669GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 450 425 194 96 94 MB/s

91.9% Outstanding

Write 232

Mixed 352

SusWrite 279

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 82.9

4K Mixed 37.1

139% 50.4 MB/s

DQ Read 298

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 211

184% 272 MB/s

RUS-User, 9 months ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 121 213 128 138 201 MB/s

90.2% Outstanding

Write 350

Mixed 362

SusWrite 202

78% 347 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 86.2

4K Mixed 39.2

150% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 265

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 215

182% 264 MB/s

RUS-User, 20 days ago.

469GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 434 438 199 96 94 MB/s

87.9% Excellent

Write 287

Mixed 322

SusWrite 278

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 74.3

4K Mixed 35

132% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 195

168% 247 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Asus A58M-E

CPU
A6-6400K APUAMD $81Bench 40%, 13,306 samples	10x
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	7x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	5x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x

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Smartbuy 960GBSSDBench 85%, 62 samples	1x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	28x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	13x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	12x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $140

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Average Bench: 85% (403^rd of 1072)

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