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Samsung SSD 960 955GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 324% (25th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 284%Average: 324% Great: 354%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 960 955GB averaged 223.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 955GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 879MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,420MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 955GB is 70.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 955GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 131MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 49MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 25324%
Min Avg Max
2,256 Read 2,420 2,486
1,913 Write 1,963 2,044
949 Mixed 1,321 1,866
1,186 SusWrite 1,643 1,948
411% 1,837 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.5 4K Read 49 54.2
70.4 4K Write 131 146
39 4K Mixed 65.4 73.1
228% 81.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
593 DQ Read 1,152 1,526
546 DQ Write 1,014 1,328
247 DQ Mixed 879 1,297
715% 1,015 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
859GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1959 1991 1997 1939 1902 1903 MB/s
354% Outstanding
Read 2,430
Write 1,943
Mixed 1,046
SusWrite 1,948
412% 1,842 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 73.1
248% 89.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,484
DQ Write 1282
DQ Mixed 1281
988% 1,349 MB/s
871GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1968 1969 1948 1876 1891 1888 MB/s
340% Outstanding
Read 2,256
Write 1,942
Mixed 949
SusWrite 1,923
396% 1,768 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 69.1
240% 86.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,402
DQ Write 1,206
DQ Mixed 1,220
937% 1,276 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1216 1662 1685 1747 1806 1557 MB/s
334% Outstanding
Read 2,419
Write 1,934
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 1,612
391% 1,749 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 72.9
249% 90.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,477
DQ Write 1,328
DQ Mixed 1,270
989% 1,358 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 1591 1682 1678 1776 1350 MB/s
331% Outstanding
Read 2,473
Write 1,940
Mixed 1,046
SusWrite 1,548
391% 1,752 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 72.4
244% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,498
DQ Write 1,301
DQ Mixed 1,297
1,000% 1,365 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
321% Outstanding
Read 2,467
Write 2,044
Mixed 1,820
469% 2,110 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 60.3
229% 82 MB/s
DQ Read 634
DQ Write 598
DQ Mixed 288
306% 507 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
317% Outstanding
Read 2,397
Write 2,030
Mixed 1,866
467% 2,098 MB/s
4K Read 54.2
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 63.8
233% 82.7 MB/s
DQ Read 598
DQ Write 546
DQ Mixed 272
286% 472 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 1251 1242 1267 1411 735 MB/s
310% Outstanding
Read 2,486
Write 1,913
Mixed 1,005
SusWrite 1,186
367% 1,647 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 72.6
244% 88.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,526
DQ Write 1,300
DQ Mixed 1,158
937% 1,328 MB/s
890GB free
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 2,428
Write 1,960
Mixed 1,811
459% 2,067 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 39
134% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 593
DQ Write 552
DQ Mixed 247
275% 464 MB/s

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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples29x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples22x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples17x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples15x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples11x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples10x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 955GBNvmeBench 324%, 8 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples39x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $701

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