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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 175% (128th of 1072)

Based on 103 user benchmarks.  Model: Force MP500
Poor: 110%Average: 175% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The Force MP500 960GB averaged 74.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Force MP500 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 474MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 788MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Force MP500 960GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Force MP500 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 644MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 103 samples)
Rank 128175%
Min Avg Max
644 Read 1,065 2,154
256 Write 964 1,314
309 Mixed 644 1,466
238 SusWrite 786 1,108
194% 865 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.2 4K Read 34 41
55.5 4K Write 102 146
25.8 4K Mixed 44.4 55.7
162% 60 MB/s
Min Avg Max
270 DQ Read 788 1,079
198 DQ Write 616 778
86.3 DQ Mixed 474 618
417% 626 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
771GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 1123 1131 1167 1161 1181 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 851
Write 1,059
Mixed 541
SusWrite 1,153
204% 901 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 39.3
142% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 865
DQ Write 777
DQ Mixed 545
484% 729 MB/s
770GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1117 1086 1075 1129 1151 1155 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 850
Write 942
Mixed 202
SusWrite 1,119
175% 778 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 36.3
137% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 888
DQ Write 686
DQ Mixed 549
475% 708 MB/s
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 309 793 907 746 893 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,557
Write 21.6
Mixed 20.5
SusWrite 640
120% 560 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 19.9
93% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 21.8
DQ Mixed 29.5
124% 302 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 523 621 943 1027 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 841
Write 1,040
Mixed 483
SusWrite 526
162% 723 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 36.5
132% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 827
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 202
232% 415 MB/s
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Typical MP500 960GB Builds (Compare 661 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 82%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 80%
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Motherboard: Asrock X470 Taichi - $270

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples217x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples80x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples55x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples43x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples40x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples39x
SSD
MP500 960GBForceBench 175%, 103 samples1x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples21x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples20x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILL  $190Bench 106%, 7,103 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $717

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