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SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 88.3% (357th of 1072)

Based on 195 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515
Poor: 64%Average: 88.3% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB averaged just 11.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 77.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB is 47.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 198MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 195 samples)
Rank 35788.3%
Min Avg Max
365 Read 474 517
285 Write 398 431
209 Mixed 362 458
214 SusWrite 384 433
90.9% 405 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 24.5 30.2
30.8 4K Write 77.6 123
15 4K Mixed 31.2 45.9
118% 44.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 DQ Read 198 278
69.3 DQ Write 215 294
15.5 DQ Mixed 106 199
107% 173 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
893GB free
Firmware: CS211101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 433 432 432 433 433 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 430
Mixed 311
SusWrite 433
94% 421 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 39
142% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 198
174% 260 MB/s
606GB free
Firmware: CS211101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 431 432 431 434 433 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 426
Mixed 311
SusWrite 431
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 38.5
135% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 197
172% 255 MB/s
894GB free
Firmware: 1101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 425 421 427 427 422 MB/s
91.6% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 429
Mixed 312
SusWrite 424
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 63.1
4K Mixed 33.4
113% 40.3 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 198
172% 254 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: CS211101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 405 408 405 405 399 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 497
Write 340
Mixed 298
SusWrite 402
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 26.1
88% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 188
141% 192 MB/s
758GB free
Firmware: 1101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 380 383 378 386 385 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 444
Write 405
Mixed 314
SusWrite 382
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 49.6
4K Mixed 28.7
98% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 71.4
DQ Mixed 96.1
81% 121 MB/s
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Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples2x
GPU
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples2x
SSD
SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GBPNYBench 88%, 195 samples1x
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AM1U16BC4P2-B19N HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 6GBAdataBench 46%, 75 samples1x
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