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SPS 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 88.3% (357th of 1072)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SDSSDXPS
Poor: 69%Average: 88.3% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

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

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 96.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SPS 960GB is 38%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk SPS 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 343MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 385MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 35788.3%
Min Avg Max
326 Read 463 526
244 Write 412 497
139 Mixed 343 479
243 SusWrite 385 473
90.1% 401 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 27.5 39.8
14.9 4K Write 67.1 147
12.7 4K Mixed 26.9 41.7
112% 40.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.3 DQ Read 266 372
32 DQ Write 233 344
10.9 DQ Mixed 96.2 161
114% 198 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
677GB free
Firmware: T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 448 457 456 451 453 MB/s
94.5% Outstanding
Read 418
Write 422
Mixed 267
SusWrite 454
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 33.6
125% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 149
142% 223 MB/s
729GB free
Firmware: T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 403 405 427 450 442 MB/s
93.6% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 425
Mixed 276
SusWrite 416
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 29.9
116% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 156
168% 279 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 424 429 423 421 419 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 439
Write 424
Mixed 283
SusWrite 422
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 28.3
100% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 157
146% 226 MB/s
315GB free
Firmware: X212
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 423 427 431 432 426 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 350
Write 417
Mixed 234
SusWrite 429
81% 358 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 21.2
87% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 88.8
102% 167 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,835,142 SSDs tested

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Typical SPS 960GB Builds (Compare 2,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,091x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples422x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples235x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples158x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples158x
SSD
SPS 960GBSandiskBench 88%, 41 samples1x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples59x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $360

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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