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Intenso

SATAIII 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 73.3% (602nd of 1071)

Based on 497 user benchmarks.  Model: Intenso SSD SATAIII
Poor: 38%Average: 73.3% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The Intenso SATAIII 960GB averaged 26.6% 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 26.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 68.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intenso SATAIII 960GB is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intenso SATAIII 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 159MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 497 samples)
Rank 60273.3%
Min Avg Max
367 Read 473 516
287 Write 395 455
10.3 Mixed 316 410
65.5 SusWrite 261 443
80.9% 361 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.7 4K Read 26.3 34.6
6.1 4K Write 68.3 119
0.3 4K Mixed 21 33.8
103% 38.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
72.8 DQ Read 159 282
11.2 DQ Write 230 345
0.4 DQ Mixed 37.2 125
72.2% 142 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
660GB free
Firmware: 9A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 303 362 358 380 379 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 434
Write 371
Mixed 342
SusWrite 353
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 23
96% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 44.1
87% 170 MB/s
447GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 5.1 5.2 252 417 143 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 492
Write 414
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 138
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 15
4K Mixed 0.4
42% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 19.6
DQ Mixed 0.4
20% 52.3 MB/s
497GB free
Firmware: S0423B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 434 170 6.7 66 68 MB/s
42.3% Average
Read 507
Write 424
Mixed 10
SusWrite 196
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.4
38% 9.7 MB/s
261GB free
Firmware: T0929A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 49 10 145 10 110 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 493
Write 419
Mixed 16.8
SusWrite 114
57% 261 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 0.5
42% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 0.5
23% 61 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: S0423B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 431 34 6.2 6.6 139 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 502
Write 386
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 173
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 0.5
37% 9.77 MB/s
343GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 8.7 96 420 372 17 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 497
Write 401
Mixed 20.2
SusWrite 154
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 16.2
4K Mixed 0.4
27% 9.4 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 19.3
DQ Mixed 0.4
17% 44.3 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z590 TORPEDO (MS-7D08)

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples417x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $182Bench 99%, 43,966 samples340x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples131x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples211x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples182x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples164x
SSD
SATAIII 960GBIntensoBench 73%, 497 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples43x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $589

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