Average Bench: 54.5% (857th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: QEMU HARDDISK
Poor: 47%Average: 54.5% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The Qemu HARDDISK 960GB averaged 45.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 516MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 387MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 33.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 50.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
368 Read 516 584
226 Write 382 502
72.8 Mixed 387 561
215 SusWrite 253 295
85.9% 384 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 12.9 16.7
11.2 4K Write 16.6 26
7.68 4K Mixed 10.5 13.3
41.7% 13.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 DQ Read 33.7 74.1
20.7 DQ Write 50.9 82.9
7.49 DQ Mixed 34.3 76
28.3% 39.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
144GB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 277 296 301 299 314 MB/s
Read 368
Write 226
Mixed 281
SusWrite 295
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 10.6
36% 10.9 MB/s
DQ Read 74.1
DQ Write 77.6
DQ Mixed 76
57% 75.9 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,704,159 SSDs tested

Typical HARDDISK 960GB Builds (Compare 606 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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