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Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 240% (64th of 1072)

Based on 66 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB
Poor: 187%Average: 240% Great: 287%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB averaged 140.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 766MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,087MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB is 100%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 789MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)
Rank 64240%
Min Avg Max
1,115 Read 1,821 2,080
789 Write 1,494 1,797
570 Mixed 789 962
417 SusWrite 1,075 1,393
289% 1,295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.2 4K Read 41.2 50
60.7 4K Write 122 207
43.3 4K Mixed 57.5 71.6
201% 73.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
637 DQ Read 1,087 1,549
123 DQ Write 708 1,473
209 DQ Mixed 766 1,082
607% 854 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
378GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1698 1691 1561 1118 1124 1122 MB/s
310% Outstanding
Read 1,994
Write 1716
Mixed 1,036
SusWrite 1,386
343% 1,533 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 203
4K Mixed 72.1
264% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,554
DQ Write 1,351
DQ Mixed 1095
918% 1,333 MB/s
257GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1378 1100 1027 987 958 932 MB/s
301% Outstanding
Read 2,099
Write 1,744
Mixed 807
SusWrite 1,064
318% 1,428 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 220
4K Mixed 71.7
276% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,558
DQ Write 1,477
DQ Mixed 1,253
1,013% 1,429 MB/s
461GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1234 1235 1219 1220 1221 MB/s
251% Outstanding
Read 2,011
Write 1,606
Mixed 778
SusWrite 1,238
314% 1,408 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 84.1
4K Mixed 55.1
186% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,504
DQ Write 177
DQ Mixed 333
372% 671 MB/s
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 926 562 554 543 531 522 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 1,970
Write 1,379
Mixed 695
SusWrite 606
257% 1,162 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 66.1
246% 96 MB/s
DQ Read 1,384
DQ Write 989
DQ Mixed 1,170
878% 1,181 MB/s
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1267 1016 1011 1008 1003 1011 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 2,015
Write 1,640
Mixed 764
SusWrite 1,052
305% 1,368 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 59.1
190% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 993
DQ Write 639
DQ Mixed 719
562% 784 MB/s
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Typical Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB Builds (Compare 356 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples104x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples69x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples66x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples40x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TBNvmeBench 240%, 66 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples74x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples47x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $701

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