Liteon

S960 256 256GB

S960 256 256GB
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -25%Read -4%, Write -14%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -39%Peak Score -11%Read -0%, Write -8%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -12%, ADQ Read -5%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -45%, Age 20%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 79.9% (488^th of 1072)

Based on 125 user benchmarks. Model: LITEON S960 256

Poor: 54%Average: 79.9% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Liteon S960 256 256GB averaged 20.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon S960 256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon S960 256 256GB is 48.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Liteon S960 256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 213MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 303MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 125 samples)

Rank 48879.9%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 441	506
185	Write 356	448
161	Mixed 303	402
137	SusWrite 213	325
73.4% 328 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.7	4K Read 28.2	40.8
27.9	4K Write 60.8	95.8
13.5	4K Mixed 33.9	52
118% 41 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
176	DQ Read 310	378
157	DQ Write 256	330
71	DQ Mixed 180	296
163% 249 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 3 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 181 170 177 167 178 MB/s

71.6% Very good

Write 442

Mixed 395

SusWrite 180

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 27

104% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 190

DQ Write 238

DQ Mixed 128

121% 186 MB/s

PAK-User, 6 months ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 183 182 180 177 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 179

Mixed 187

SusWrite 181

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 53.6

4K Mixed 27.7

96% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 160

143% 218 MB/s

PAK-User, 5 months ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 177 188 191 190 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 187

Mixed 209

SusWrite 182

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 54.5

4K Mixed 27.1

90% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 163

146% 223 MB/s

PAK-User, 6 months ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 147 103 136 153 154 MB/s

54.9% Above average

Write 157

Mixed 158

SusWrite 135

45% 205 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 18.7

71% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 292

DQ Write 161

DQ Mixed 153

133% 202 MB/s

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Typical S960 256 256GB Builds (Compare 14,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 22%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,019x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	906x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	458x

SSD
S960 256 256GBLiteonBench 80%, 125 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,367x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	489x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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S960 256 256GB

Average Bench: 79.9% (488^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 79.9% (488th of 1072)

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