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PNY SSD7CS900-960-RB

CS900 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 83.6% (440th of 1080)

Based on 5,902 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS900 960GB SSD
Poor: 50%Average: 83.6% Great: 104%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The PNY CS900 960GB averaged just 16.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS900 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 165MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 960GB is 53.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 268MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 299MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,902 samples)
Rank 44083.6%
Min Avg Max
185 Read 363 475
102 Write 268 441
84.4 Mixed 299 389
114 SusWrite 337 461
71.2% 317 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.7 4K Read 29.4 37.9
17.8 4K Write 70 98.1
11.8 4K Mixed 33.1 42.5
124% 44.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 DQ Read 212 298
15.1 DQ Write 254 353
15.1 DQ Mixed 165 218
143% 210 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
575GB free
Firmware: CS900KA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 460 459 456 462 451 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 392
Write 299
Mixed 350
SusWrite 457
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 80.9
4K Mixed 40.1
143% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 200
175% 257 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: CS900KA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 425 432 428 440 439 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 404
Write 274
Mixed 386
SusWrite 431
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 86.9
4K Mixed 38.2
141% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 205
182% 271 MB/s
342GB free
Firmware: CS900613
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 424 439 404 371 103 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 393
Write 121
Mixed 306
SusWrite 361
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 40.4
151% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 199
169% 246 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: CS900KA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 440 439 432 435 433 MB/s
93.9% Outstanding
Read 400
Write 421
Mixed 375
SusWrite 436
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 81.1
4K Mixed 39.1
140% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 160
126% 172 MB/s
785GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900KA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 428 423 426 429 434 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 404
Write 442
Mixed 378
SusWrite 427
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 67.1
4K Mixed 35.5
126% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 203
174% 253 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: CS900KB3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 403 443 463 454 464 MB/s
93.2% Outstanding
Read 299
Write 106
Mixed 375
SusWrite 391
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 39.5
142% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 211
185% 272 MB/s
396GB free
Firmware: CS900Y13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 453 432 7.8 6.1 9.1 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 415
Write 442
Mixed 386
SusWrite 227
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 86.6
4K Mixed 41.1
149% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 221
189% 274 MB/s
385GB free
Firmware: CS900KB3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 429 425 436 442 436 MB/s
89.2% Excellent
Read 382
Write 405
Mixed 373
SusWrite 428
90% 397 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 32.3
116% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 197
168% 246 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,452x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples838x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples488x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples446x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $219Bench 71%, 428,800 samples304x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples301x
SSD
CS900 960GBPNY  $48Bench 84%, 5,902 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples403x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples249x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 129% - Outstanding Total price: $316

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i have 2 of these and they have lasted 7 years so far

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Excellent

4 years ago.

Bought it if you want a cheap and powerfull SSD, really

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