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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 67.8% (705th of 1074)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: USB Tech
Poor: 60%Average: 67.8% Great: 80%

Above average average bench

The USB Tech 960GB averaged 32.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.7MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 226MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 42.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 70567.8%
Min Avg Max
344 Read 348 350
330 Write 348 375
216 Mixed 226 243
275 SusWrite 292 326
68.2% 303 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.1 4K Read 22.7 30.4
35.6 4K Write 42.5 55.1
17.4 4K Mixed 26 35.1
90.2% 30.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
179 DQ Read 195 226
166 DQ Write 170 178
79.1 DQ Mixed 113 170
103% 159 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
893GB free
Firmware: 0231
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 346 377 287 275 273 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 350
Write 375
Mixed 243
SusWrite 326
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 55.1
4K Mixed 35.1
120% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 170
136% 191 MB/s
636GB free
Firmware: 0231
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 274 276 272 269 272 MB/s
62.6% Good
Read 349
Write 330
Mixed 216
SusWrite 275
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 36.9
4K Mixed 25.4
76% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 89.3
90% 145 MB/s
570GB free
Firmware: 0231
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 274 272 271 270 268 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 344
Write 337
Mixed 219
SusWrite 275
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 17.4
74% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 79.1
85% 141 MB/s

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