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960GB 960GB

960GB 960GB
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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -41%Read 5%, Write -2%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -213%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score -15%Read 1%, Write -7%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -247%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -732%, ADQ Read -74%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -1,099%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total -21%

Average Bench: 72% (628^th of 1071)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 960GB

Poor: 38%Average: 72% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The SSD 960GB 960GB averaged 28.0% 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 29.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 960GB 960GB is 55.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 960GB 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 14.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 62872%

Min	Avg	Max
443	Read 481	510
139	Write 396	452
2.7	Mixed 294	420
109	SusWrite 287	444
81.5% 364 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 29.8	46.5
1.1	4K Write 65.2	112
0.1	4K Mixed 14.4	27.9
98.2% 36.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
131	DQ Read 188	242
0.1	DQ Write 210	339
0.3	DQ Mixed 21.7	39.8
65.4% 140 MB/s

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

BRA-User, 11 months ago.

871GB free

Firmware: FW210415

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 419 421 419 420 417 MB/s

90.9% Outstanding

Write 431

Mixed 387

SusWrite 421

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 15.3

120% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 250

DQ Mixed 19.5

77% 170 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 months ago.

560GB free

Firmware: FW210415

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 418 418 418 419 417 MB/s

90.4% Outstanding

Write 431

Mixed 390

SusWrite 416

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 15.2

120% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 251

DQ Mixed 19.7

77% 171 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 months ago.

646GB free

Firmware: FW210415

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 350 382 383 386 410 MB/s

82.1% Excellent

Write 419

Mixed 339

SusWrite 383

89% 398 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 64.4

4K Mixed 13.7

105% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 237

DQ Write 250

DQ Mixed 19.7

76% 169 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI X58 Pro-E (MS-7522)

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	188x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	124x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	65x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

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960GB 960GBSSDBench 72%, 14 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	116x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	75x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	69x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $149

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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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