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SX950U 960GB

SX950U 960GB
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Effective Speed +2% Effective Speed 2%Average Score +5% Read 7%, Write 5%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 39%Peak Score -6%Read 2%, Write -5%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -26%, ADQ Read -67%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -31%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 100% (254^th of 1072)

Based on 279 user benchmarks. Model: XPG SX950U

Poor: 74%Average: 100% Great: 113%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG SX950U 960GB averaged 0.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG SX950U 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 198MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG SX950U 960GB is 39.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the XPG SX950U 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 195MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 381MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 279 samples)

Rank 254100%

Min	Avg	Max
423	Read 491	518
343	Write 424	462
313	Mixed 381	411
237	SusWrite 412	462
96% 427 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.1	4K Read 28.3	32
56.7	4K Write 91.7	119
30.8	4K Mixed 42.2	49.2
146% 54.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
52.6	DQ Read 195	315
103	DQ Write 257	323
0.6	DQ Mixed 198	262
157% 217 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SVK-User, 29 days ago.

330GB free

Firmware: Q0922FS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 466 465 468 466 466 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 410

SusWrite 465

105% 465 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 49

174% 66.9 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 262

200% 265 MB/s

SVK-User, 3 months ago.

422GB free

Firmware: Q0922FS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 464 461 465 465 464 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 411

SusWrite 463

104% 463 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 48.3

171% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 259

203% 276 MB/s

BGR-User, 2 months ago.

259GB free

Firmware: Q0922FS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 443 445 454 457 451 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 406

SusWrite 450

103% 457 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 46.6

164% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 0.7

39% 97.6 MB/s

SVK-User, 1 month ago.

522GB free

Firmware: Q0922FS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 429 419 438 432 438 MB/s

97.7% Outstanding

Write 438

Mixed 392

SusWrite 430

98% 436 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 77

4K Mixed 38.4

130% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 260

196% 259 MB/s

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,020x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,564x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	931x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
SX950U 960GBXPGBench 100%, 279 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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