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MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 80.9% (473rd of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU
Poor: 70%Average: 80.9% Great: 91%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB averaged just 19.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 259MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 331MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 261MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 293MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 47380.9%
Min Avg Max
172 Read 261 309
234 Write 362 420
197 Mixed 293 326
341 SusWrite 371 400
73.1% 322 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.6 4K Read 23.5 27.6
42.4 4K Write 67.7 99.7
21.5 4K Mixed 31.2 38.1
111% 40.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
228 DQ Read 331 355
137 DQ Write 273 306
148 DQ Mixed 259 282
205% 287 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
447GB free
Firmware: DXM9BW4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 408 391 406 409 407 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 275
Write 420
Mixed 326
SusWrite 400
81% 355 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 38.1
131% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 351
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 281
223% 312 MB/s
650GB free
Firmware: DXM9BW4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 403 406 395 397 400 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 286
Write 395
Mixed 307
SusWrite 400
79% 347 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 30.7
103% 34.8 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 282
224% 314 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: DXM9BW4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 395 403 399 397 381 MB/s
81.2% Excellent
Read 268
Write 407
Mixed 326
SusWrite 392
79% 348 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 42.4
4K Mixed 31.2
103% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 282
223% 310 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: DXM9BW4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 366 355 345 335 326 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 255
Write 366
Mixed 303
SusWrite 345
72% 317 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 30.5
103% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 281
223% 310 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM9BW4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 352 362 368 323 325 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 172
Write 234
Mixed 197
SusWrite 341
54% 236 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 77.6
4K Mixed 21.5
94% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 278
220% 307 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,800,357 SSDs tested

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Typical MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GB Builds (Compare 432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI - $120

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples112x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples66x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples38x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples42x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples38x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples37x
SSD
MZ7WD960HCGP-000PU 960GBSamsungBench 81%, 6 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples17x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $346

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