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SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 78.5% (512th of 1072)

Based on 122 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2KB960G7
Poor: 63%Average: 78.5% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Intel SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB averaged 21.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 302MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB is 26.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 293MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 122 samples)
Rank 51278.5%
Min Avg Max
247 Read 293 357
339 Write 409 454
270 Mixed 315 341
301 SusWrite 400 447
80.4% 354 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 15.5 18.6
42.6 4K Write 78.9 105
19.2 4K Mixed 25.8 31.1
98.3% 40.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
170 DQ Read 242 275
164 DQ Write 302 361
94.2 DQ Mixed 234 270
187% 259 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
165GB free
Firmware: SCV10150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 433 434 440 443 441 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 309
Write 438
Mixed 336
SusWrite 434
86% 379 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 27.1
99% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 258
207% 288 MB/s
810GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SCV10100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 406 419 432 427 431 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 303
Write 416
Mixed 325
SusWrite 418
83% 365 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 78.7
4K Mixed 25.5
100% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 271
210% 282 MB/s
688GB free
Firmware: SCV10150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 424 388 412 432 455 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 229
Write 332
Mixed 247
SusWrite 422
70% 308 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 27.7
92% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 279
219% 299 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SCV10142
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 404 404 374 356 349 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 288
Write 412
Mixed 314
SusWrite 382
79% 349 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 49.6
4K Mixed 21
73% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 240
182% 245 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,879,941 SSDs tested

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Typical SSDSC2KB960G7 960GB Builds (Compare 2,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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System: Asus G11CD

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples1,268x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples816x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples60x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples468x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples373x
GTX 950Nvidia  $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples192x
SSD
SSDSC2KB960G7 960GBIntelBench 78%, 122 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples350x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples336x
ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,185 samples143x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $193

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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