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SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB

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Effective Speed -534%Effective Speed -534%Average Score -648%Read -1,218%, Write -1,040%, 4K Read -305%, 4K Write -171%, Mixed -870%, 4K Mixed -236%, SusWrite -695%Peak Score -913%Read -1,490%, Write -1,355%, 4K Read -662%, 4K Write -281%, Mixed -1,190%, 4K Mixed -470%, SusWrite -942%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -471%DQ Read -637%, DQ Write -428%, DQ Mixed -579%, ADQ Read -494%, ADQ Write -313%, ADQ Mixed -440%, Age -269%, AS-SSD Total -609%

Average Bench: 86% (398^th of 1080)

Based on 165 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDSC2KG960G8

Poor: 66%Average: 86% Great: 97%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Intel SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB averaged just 13.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 275MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 304MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB is 30.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 318MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 333MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 165 samples)

Rank 39886%

Min	Avg	Max
263	Read 318	373
341	Write 408	442
291	Mixed 333	362
286	SusWrite 397	439
82.5% 364 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 22	25.2
43.5	4K Write 76.5	99.5
22.2	4K Mixed 32.9	38.4
116% 43.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
197	DQ Read 288	315
186	DQ Write 304	360
201	DQ Mixed 275	309
212% 289 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

894GB free

Firmware: XCV10132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 433 434 431 435 433 MB/s

94.1% Outstanding

Write 439

Mixed 354

SusWrite 431

87% 385 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 36.3

132% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 353

DQ Mixed 287

228% 314 MB/s

AUT-User, 5 months ago.

249GB free

Firmware: XCV10132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 406 424 432 435 434 MB/s

87% Excellent

Write 425

Mixed 311

SusWrite 422

82% 363 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 33.1

115% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 305

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 277

219% 302 MB/s

RUS-User, 6 days ago.

84GB free

Firmware: XCV10132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 396 402 415 414 416 MB/s

83% Excellent

Write 396

Mixed 329

SusWrite 406

81% 358 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 67.6

4K Mixed 29

105% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 277

218% 300 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 months ago.

293GB free

Firmware: XCV10110

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 401 404 412 415 413 MB/s

79.1% Very good

Write 394

Mixed 305

SusWrite 407

80% 354 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 53.6

4K Mixed 26.7

91% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 270

212% 291 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

820GB free

Firmware: XCV10132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 431 436 437 421 417 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 321

Mixed 265

SusWrite 422

71% 313 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 40.9

4K Mixed 22.1

72% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 286

224% 307 MB/s

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Typical SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB Builds (Compare 7,953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B360M-A - $495

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	1,643x
Core i7-8700Intel $148Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,402x
Core i5-8400Intel $90Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	1,349x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	521x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	467x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	461x

SSD
SSDSC2KG960G8 960GBIntelBench 86%, 165 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $69Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	264x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	153x

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Value: 129% - Outstanding

Total price: $789

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

Intel

SSDSC2KG960G8 960GB

Average Bench: 86% (398^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 86% (398th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 86% (398^th of 1080)