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Samsung SSD 960 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 171% (132nd of 1071)

Based on 52 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 127%Average: 171% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 500GB averaged 71.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 388MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,580MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 500GB is 90.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 280MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 658MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)
Rank 132171%
Min Avg Max
682 Read 1,285 1,866
905 Write 1,580 1,774
530 Mixed 821 1,568
297 SusWrite 658 843
244% 1,086 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.7 4K Read 37.6 50.4
41.5 4K Write 104 149
16.4 4K Mixed 41.2 53.3
165% 60.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.1 DQ Read 280 371
144 DQ Write 714 1,305
55.1 DQ Mixed 388 522
327% 460 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
299GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1543 1048 588 588 583 588 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,580
Write 1,294
Mixed 827
SusWrite 823
253% 1,131 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 80.6
4K Mixed 38.6
153% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 597
DQ Mixed 393
318% 440 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 494 488 497 497 507 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,921
Write 1,698
Mixed 793
SusWrite 497
273% 1,227 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 44.8
170% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 628
DQ Mixed 402
325% 447 MB/s
449GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 1187 599 580 596 602 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 911
Write 1,465
Mixed 754
SusWrite 799
222% 982 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 42.5
176% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 1,321
DQ Mixed 399
418% 651 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 604 578 584 578 569 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 838
Write 1,184
Mixed 705
SusWrite 618
189% 836 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 37.3
138% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 1,212
DQ Mixed 273
333% 549 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 245 245 256 257 253 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,561
Write 1,217
Mixed 537
SusWrite 294
200% 902 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 35.3
137% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 627
DQ Mixed 484
362% 469 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 343 338 332 330 322 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 591
Write 976
Mixed 582
SusWrite 365
142% 628 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 61.3
4K Mixed 27.5
102% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 586
DQ Mixed 343
286% 401 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 120%
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Motherboard: Asrock X399 Professional Gaming

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples58x
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD  $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples43x
Ryzen TR 2990WXAMD  $790Bench 79%, 3,658 samples38x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples35x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples21x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples13x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 500GBAmd-raidBench 171%, 52 samples1x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 102%, 1,063 samples9x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 112%, 4,962 samples7x
F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR 64GBUnknownBench 102%, 20 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $710

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