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Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 37.6% (966th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD
Poor: 30%Average: 37.6% Great: 49%

Poor average bench

The OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD 960GB averaged 62.3% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 20MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.6MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD 960GB is just 18.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 19.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 25.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 96637.6%
Min Avg Max
112 Read 195 230
171 Write 201 232
138 Mixed 175 228
120 SusWrite 160 228
41.2% 183 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.2 4K Read 20 28.3
11.4 4K Write 16.8 21.9
6.73 4K Mixed 16.6 24.6
60.3% 17.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.5 DQ Read 25.1 31.1
12.5 DQ Write 19.3 23.2
8.55 DQ Mixed 18.9 25.3
15% 21.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
647GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 216 244 245 236 238 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 202
Write 211
Mixed 197
SusWrite 228
47% 209 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 19.7
4K Mixed 23.1
83% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 31.1
DQ Write 22.6
DQ Mixed 21.5
18% 25.1 MB/s
710GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 179 170 175 172 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 230
Write 227
Mixed 165
SusWrite 170
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 24.6
85% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 29
DQ Write 22.7
DQ Mixed 25
19% 25.6 MB/s
647GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 132 128 131 134 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 213
Write 187
Mixed 188
SusWrite 123
40% 178 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 19.3
4K Mixed 20.2
71% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 29.9
DQ Write 23.2
DQ Mixed 25.3
19% 26.1 MB/s
668GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0000 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 219
Write 214
Mixed 220
49% 218 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 17
4K Mixed 10.7
55% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 22.8
DQ Write 18.1
DQ Mixed 10.5
10% 17.1 MB/s
792GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 134 133 109 110 110 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 208
Write 232
Mixed 201
SusWrite 121
43% 190 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 16
4K Mixed 17.8
62% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 24.1
DQ Write 18.3
DQ Mixed 20.9
16% 21.1 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 192 196 194 199 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 183
Write 195
Mixed 181
SusWrite 194
42% 188 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 11.8
39% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 21.1
DQ Write 19.4
DQ Mixed 20.1
15% 20.2 MB/s
419GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 168 163 155 162 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 112
Write 185
Mixed 141
SusWrite 165
34% 151 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 14.2
4K Mixed 15.2
54% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 19.5
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 17.2
12% 16.4 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: 1.0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 111 121 123 113 MB/s
30% Below average
Read 196
Write 175
Mixed 138
SusWrite 120
35% 157 MB/s
4K Read 8.2
4K Write 15.1
4K Mixed 17.1
42% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 23.7
DQ Write 18.2
DQ Mixed 20.4
15% 20.8 MB/s

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