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EP2-KB960 960GB

EP2-KB960 960GB
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Effective Speed +104% Effective Speed 104%Average Score +87% Read 198%, Write 106%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 63%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 159%Peak Score +79% Read 219%, Write 92%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 59%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 132%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +147% DQ Read 205%, DQ Write 149%, DQ Mixed 139%, ADQ Read 199%, ADQ Write 155%, ADQ Mixed 143%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total 152%

Average Bench: 201% (95^th of 1071)

Based on 55 user benchmarks. Model: LITEON EP2-KB960

Poor: 155%Average: 201% Great: 230%

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Outstanding average bench

The Liteon EP2-KB960 960GB averaged 100.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon EP2-KB960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 633MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 976MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon EP2-KB960 960GB is 74.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Liteon EP2-KB960 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 586MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 769MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)

Rank 95201%

Min	Avg	Max
1,048	Read 1,365	1,616
390	Write 836	929
372	Mixed 586	673
358	SusWrite 769	899
198% 889 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.7	4K Read 41.1	48
58.8	4K Write 119	153
35.5	4K Mixed 56.5	66.4
198% 72.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
248	DQ Read 976	1,120
168	DQ Write 736	891
82.6	DQ Mixed 633	792
534% 782 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 12 months ago.

673GB free

Firmware: 9KW28P7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 877 874 879 879 878 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 770

Mixed 604

SusWrite 873

209% 943 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 58.3

220% 83.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,117

DQ Write 818

DQ Mixed 787

637% 907 MB/s

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

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Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,870x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,610x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	557x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,304x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	641x

SSD
EP2-KB960 960GBLiteonBench 201%, 55 samples	1x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	255x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,231

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Liteon

EP2-KB960 960GB

Average Bench: 201% (95^th of 1071)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

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EP2-KB960 960GB

Average Bench: 201% (95th of 1071)

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Outstanding average bench

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

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Average Bench: 201% (95^th of 1071)