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Samsung SSD 960 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 204% (102nd of 1080)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 91%Average: 204% Great: 275%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 512GB averaged 104.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,533MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 512GB is 184%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 292MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 102204%
Min Avg Max
236 Read 1,422 2,851
507 Write 1,533 1,983
309 Mixed 981 1,900
224 SusWrite 1,232 1,937
291% 1,292 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.9 4K Read 35.1 48
10.5 4K Write 85.4 132
10.2 4K Mixed 38.1 54.1
147% 52.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.1 DQ Read 292 394
84.6 DQ Write 590 1,254
23 DQ Mixed 368 547
300% 417 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
171GB free
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2032 2038 2032 1465 791 771 MB/s
282% Outstanding
Read 2,398
Write 1,955
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 1,522
385% 1,722 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 51.4
198% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 1,102
DQ Mixed 525
462% 665 MB/s
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 1603 1584 1582 1568 1521 MB/s
267% Outstanding
Read 2,340
Write 1,881
Mixed 947
SusWrite 1,515
373% 1,671 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.9
190% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 637
DQ Mixed 493
380% 508 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 586 502 486 483 465 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,030
Write 1,005
Mixed 601
SusWrite 547
178% 796 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 19.2
65% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 516
400% 534 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 574 560 550 528 517 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 236
Write 530
Mixed 309
SusWrite 564
94% 409 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 11.6
52% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 514
401% 536 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,567,674 SSDs tested

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Gaming 182%
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Workstation 208%
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Motherboard: Asus Pro WS X570-ACE

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $314Bench 88%, 197,342 samples79x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD  $358Bench 100%, 33,026 samples77x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $227Bench 99%, 60,132 samples64x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,350Bench 210%, 158,856 samples30x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples24x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples23x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 512GBAmd-raidBench 204%, 37 samples1x
RAM
9965745-020.A00G 2x31.5GBKingstonBench 116%, 132 samples11x
Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GBCorsairBench 86%, 10,968 samples11x
KF3200C16D4/32GX 4x31.8GBKingstonBench 100%, 1,529 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $1,664

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