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Samsung SSD 960 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 179% (131st of 1080)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 114%Average: 179% Great: 232%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 1TB averaged 79.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 533MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,525MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 1TB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 393MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 96.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 131179%
Min Avg Max
650 Read 1,108 1,957
513 Write 1,525 1,806
555 Mixed 812 1,619
278 SusWrite 957 1,427
248% 1,100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.8 4K Read 36.1 45.7
43.4 4K Write 96.8 159
29.5 4K Mixed 44.8 56.3
163% 59.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
216 DQ Read 393 465
151 DQ Write 685 1321
93.6 DQ Mixed 533 709
406% 537 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
498GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1325 1321 1346 1336 1214 1187 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 938
Write 1283
Mixed 974
SusWrite 1,288
254% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 48.7
186% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 427
DQ Write 1,008
DQ Mixed 671
525% 702 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1376 1280 1222 1224 1229 1232 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,105
Write 1,707
Mixed 710
SusWrite 1,260
270% 1,196 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 40.5
143% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 441
DQ Write 512
DQ Mixed 494
367% 482 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1081 1194 1204 1009 834 702 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,602
Write 1,562
Mixed 671
SusWrite 1004
271% 1,210 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 39
125% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 366
275% 363 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 951 731 753 673 725 702 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,466
Write 1,673
Mixed 829
SusWrite 756
265% 1,181 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 38
144% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 691
DQ Mixed 538
404% 528 MB/s
551GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 398 527 509 525 482 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 742
Write 1,073
Mixed 745
SusWrite 478
172% 760 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 30.4
109% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 580
DQ Mixed 587
414% 515 MB/s
548GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 359 358 228 162 221 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 787
Write 513
Mixed 555
SusWrite 278
119% 533 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 29.5
100% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 563
DQ Mixed 422
321% 421 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME - $122

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Core i7-5930KIntel  $143Bench 80%, 34,039 samples564x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples542x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $400Bench 80%, 15,468 samples470x
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GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples218x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples199x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples123x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 1TBAmd-raidBench 179%, 22 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 85%, 8,498 samples37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $854

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