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960G B 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 67.3% (711th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 960G B
Poor: 45%Average: 67.3% Great: 101%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 960G B 960GB averaged 32.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 425MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 960G B 960GB is 56.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 960G B 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 38.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 71167.3%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 425 521
198 Write 337 443
15.9 Mixed 262 417
31.8 SusWrite 257 442
71.6% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 4K Read 26.9 39.9
9.3 4K Write 55.2 101
0.5 4K Mixed 19.2 32.8
94.5% 33.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
58.4 DQ Read 150 223
7.9 DQ Write 144 262
0.5 DQ Mixed 38.6 114
58.7% 111 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
826GB free
Firmware: FW20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 363 370 378 325 374 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 384
Write 350
Mixed 285
SusWrite 359
78% 345 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 12.7
94% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 18.2
64% 141 MB/s
807GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 278 279 214 36 35 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 319
Write 278
Mixed 278
SusWrite 186
60% 265 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 23.6
83% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 80.1
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 114
89% 119 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: U112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 37 47 46 52 48 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 362
Write 214
Mixed 260
SusWrite 46.5
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 19.9
91% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 37.1
62% 119 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: U112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 20 30 37 37 31 MB/s
47% Average
Read 334
Write 198
Mixed 240
SusWrite 31.8
44% 201 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 19.2
84% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 36.7
57% 109 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,742,123 SSDs tested

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Typical 960G B 960GB Builds (Compare 221 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Asrock N68-GS4 FX R2.0

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples101x
FX-8300AMD  $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples43x
FX-4300AMD  $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples25x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples44x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples37x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples14x
SSD
960G B 960GBSSDBench 67%, 10 samples1x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 3,584 samples11x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples10x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 564 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $106

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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