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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 100% (256th of 1074)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: THNSF8960CCSE
Poor: 87%Average: 100% Great: 111%

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Outstanding average bench

The THNSF8960CCSE 960GB averaged 0.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the THNSF8960CCSE 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the THNSF8960CCSE 960GB is 24.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the THNSF8960CCSE 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 368MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 394MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 256100%
Min Avg Max
314 Read 368 488
442 Write 469 487
378 Mixed 394 414
432 SusWrite 465 478
96.1% 424 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.6 4K Read 29.1 33.3
63.5 4K Write 89.1 106
27.6 4K Mixed 40.2 46
143% 52.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
251 DQ Read 301 348
175 DQ Write 273 348
140 DQ Mixed 253 310
199% 276 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
894GB free
Firmware: DAC9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 478 480 475 476 476 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 482
Mixed 393
SusWrite 477
103% 455 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 45.6
162% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 308
243% 335 MB/s
777GB free
Firmware: DAC9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 472 469 468 469 469 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 345
Write 468
Mixed 391
SusWrite 469
95% 418 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 99.1
4K Mixed 44
156% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 273
212% 290 MB/s
777GB free
Firmware: DAC9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 472 472 472 471 471 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 314
Write 469
Mixed 394
SusWrite 471
94% 412 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 43.7
156% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 272
216% 299 MB/s
802GB free
Firmware: DAC9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 467 470 471 472 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 316
Write 468
Mixed 394
SusWrite 469
94% 412 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 98.4
4K Mixed 43.5
156% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 274
214% 292 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,937,111 SSDs tested

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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 69%
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Workstation 13%
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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge R840

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 61521stBench 73%, 55 samples2x
GPU
Quadro P400NvidiaBench 9%, 5,817 samples2x
SSD
THNSF8960CCSE 960GBBench 100%, 7 samples2x
RAM
36ASF4G72PZ-2G6J1 002C0632002C 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6J1 00AD00B300AD HMA82GR7JJR8N-VK 00AD00B300AD HMA82GR7JJR8N-VK 002C0632002C 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D1 002C0632002C 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D1 00AD00B300AD HMA81GR7CJR8N-VK 00AD00B300AD HMA81GR7CJR8N... 319GBUnknownBench 48%, 2 samples2x
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