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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 75.4% (567th of 1072)

Based on 4,793 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Burst
Poor: 43%Average: 75.4% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Patriot Burst 960GB averaged 24.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Patriot Burst 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Burst 960GB is 59.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Patriot Burst 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 232MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 257MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,793 samples)
Rank 56775.4%
Min Avg Max
144 Read 339 478
96.4 Write 232 434
82 Mixed 257 385
91.6 SusWrite 311 456
64% 285 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 4K Read 27.1 37.2
16.6 4K Write 61 97.4
10.3 4K Mixed 29.4 42.9
111% 39.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 DQ Read 186 300
15 DQ Write 215 350
14 DQ Mixed 146 226
125% 182 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 167 115 144 182 128 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 450
Write 403
Mixed 354
SusWrite 153
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 32.3
128% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 200
176% 260 MB/s
841GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMKA.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 365 365 363 371 366 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 316
Write 321
Mixed 302
SusWrite 371
74% 327 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 32.1
115% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 160
126% 172 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 153 176 143 117 147 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 336
Write 122
Mixed 299
SusWrite 144
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 32.7
134% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 197
169% 247 MB/s
270GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 446 453 452 450 228 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 297
Write 105
Mixed 88.7
SusWrite 403
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 11.2
48% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 13.9
DQ Write 15.4
DQ Mixed 14.3
11% 14.5 MB/s
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Typical Burst 960GB Builds (Compare 4,837 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 109%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Pro4 - $190

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples1,192x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,120x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples531x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples380x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples336x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples314x
SSD
Burst 960GBPatriotBench 75%, 4,793 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples189x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples130x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples129x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 127% - Outstanding Total price: $582

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