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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 81.8% (458th of 1072)

Based on 53 user benchmarks.  Model: SSDPR-CX300-960
Poor: 51%Average: 81.8% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The SSDPR-CX300-960 960GB averaged just 18.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSDPR-CX300-960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 178MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSDPR-CX300-960 960GB is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSDPR-CX300-960 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 217MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 271MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)
Rank 45881.8%
Min Avg Max
191 Read 363 481
73.4 Write 217 425
86.6 Mixed 271 360
149 SusWrite 297 446
64.3% 287 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.8 4K Read 30.8 38.7
18.6 4K Write 69.6 98.8
10.6 4K Mixed 33.4 43.2
126% 44.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.9 DQ Read 213 300
14.9 DQ Write 255 341
14.5 DQ Mixed 178 229
150% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
676GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 430 433 208 101 100 MB/s
99.2% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 436
Mixed 353
SusWrite 283
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 42.4
163% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 102
131% 233 MB/s
703GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 406 414 416 206 265 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 390
Write 110
Mixed 198
SusWrite 355
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 43.5
161% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 202
170% 245 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 429 417 435 438 434 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 257
Write 114
Mixed 222
SusWrite 428
58% 255 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 41.8
155% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 210
174% 249 MB/s
360GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 413 407 412 107 99 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 415
Write 361
Mixed 315
SusWrite 308
79% 350 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 75.8
4K Mixed 37.3
142% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 215
185% 271 MB/s
816GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 394 396 393 69 63 MB/s
90.2% Outstanding
Read 463
Write 413
Mixed 335
SusWrite 277
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 72.7
4K Mixed 36.9
136% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 212
182% 266 MB/s
669GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 290 300 299 145 84 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 433
Write 322
Mixed 298
SusWrite 236
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 19.7
4K Mixed 22
84% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 20.4
DQ Mixed 35.2
42% 76.5 MB/s
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Typical SSDPR-CX300-960 960GB Builds (Compare 2,382 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Asrock H310CM-DVS

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples663x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples445x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples196x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples190x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples176x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples130x
SSD
SSDPR-CX300-960 960GBBench 82%, 53 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples44x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples32x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $161

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