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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 94.3% (284th of 1072)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: VK0960GFLKK
Poor: 77%Average: 94.3% Great: 105%

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Excellent average bench

The VK0960GFLKK 960GB averaged just 5.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the VK0960GFLKK 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 280MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 367MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the VK0960GFLKK 960GB is 28.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the VK0960GFLKK 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 332MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 394MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 28494.3%
Min Avg Max
205 Read 447 503
280 Write 424 468
162 Mixed 332 370
180 SusWrite 394 458
89.8% 399 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.8 4K Read 25.8 30
41.5 4K Write 74.3 93.8
24.3 4K Mixed 33.8 40.9
122% 44.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
233 DQ Read 367 391
199 DQ Write 297 316
214 DQ Mixed 280 292
224% 315 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
829GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 448 450 452 462 461 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 465
Mixed 334
SusWrite 455
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 38.9
149% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 281
228% 325 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 383 384 405 417 418 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 448
Mixed 343
SusWrite 397
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 60.5
4K Mixed 34.4
115% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 287
231% 327 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 252 243 255 250 251 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 469
Write 395
Mixed 320
SusWrite 247
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 28.4
94% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 214
161% 215 MB/s
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 77%
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Motherboard: Asrock X99 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples60x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples43x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples27x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples30x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples12x
SSD
VK0960GFLKK 960GBBench 94%, 41 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 913 samples10x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $298

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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