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Mushkin MKNSSDST960GB

Striker 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 89.2% (342nd of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: MKNSSDST960GB
Poor: 64%Average: 89.2% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The Mushkin Striker 960GB averaged just 10.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Mushkin Striker 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 80.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin Striker 960GB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Mushkin Striker 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 338MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 363MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 34289.2%
Min Avg Max
13.5 Read 440 528
22.4 Write 409 516
136 Mixed 338 500
89 SusWrite 363 503
87.2% 388 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.7 4K Read 25.6 32.6
31.7 4K Write 80.5 132
9.87 4K Mixed 30.3 42.9
120% 45.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 DQ Read 277 359
28.3 DQ Write 250 363
9.45 DQ Mixed 94 187
117% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
190GB free
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 428 452 473 472 472 MB/s
99.8% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 475
Mixed 375
SusWrite 455
100% 441 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 79.5
4K Mixed 33.2
127% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 185
180% 283 MB/s
557GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 314 290 350 231 441 MB/s
85.5% Excellent
Read 430
Write 414
Mixed 356
SusWrite 304
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 79.7
4K Mixed 29.3
116% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 181
174% 274 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 361 351 395 392 303 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 462
Write 408
Mixed 335
SusWrite 366
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 34.9
4K Mixed 25.1
82% 27 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 82.7
94% 160 MB/s
506GB free
Firmware: SAFM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 368 376 380 378 386 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 437
Write 391
Mixed 279
SusWrite 364
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 21.9
80% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 63.8
94% 182 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 373 236 365 291 289 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 478
Write 432
Mixed 251
SusWrite 291
81% 363 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 27.2
94% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 27.4
DQ Mixed 105
96% 155 MB/s
495GB free
Firmware: SAFM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 348 356 374 374 367 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 411
Write 360
Mixed 285
SusWrite 360
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 22.1
80% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 63.3
93% 180 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 79 97 60 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 325
Write 67.9
Mixed 222
SusWrite 68.1
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 6.5
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 2.8
16% 5 MB/s
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Gaming 68%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,664x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,050x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,257x
SSD
Striker 960GBMushkin  $336Bench 89%, 32 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples561x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $989

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