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SSD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 126% (184th of 1072)

Based on 145 user benchmarks.  Model: Lexar SSD
Poor: 81%Average: 126% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar SSD 960GB averaged 26.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 279MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 400MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar SSD 960GB is 126%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 490MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 501MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 145 samples)
Rank 184126%
Min Avg Max
425 Read 759 1,495
239 Write 630 1,580
221 Mixed 490 989
265 SusWrite 501 1,149
133% 595 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.9 4K Read 36.1 49.9
32.3 4K Write 96.7 196
11 4K Mixed 37.2 54.2
154% 56.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
214 DQ Read 459 913
67.9 DQ Write 400 1,070
116 DQ Mixed 279 481
250% 379 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
434GB free
Firmware: S0318A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1519 1606 1584 802 322 313 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,418
Write 1618
Mixed 1,013
SusWrite 1,024
285% 1,268 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 222
4K Mixed 27.7
231% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 913
DQ Write 1,125
DQ Mixed 476
510% 838 MB/s
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 876 979 924 1133 323 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 1,464
Write 1,320
Mixed 920
SusWrite 847
255% 1,138 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 184
4K Mixed 25.9
201% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 909
DQ Write 840
DQ Mixed 476
466% 742 MB/s
296GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 678 1065 1069 1070 961 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1455
Write 1,374
Mixed 946
SusWrite 879
261% 1,163 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 26.3
201% 85 MB/s
DQ Read 895
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 159
220% 424 MB/s
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 557 677 777 379 547 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,214
Write 1,070
Mixed 754
SusWrite 506
198% 886 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 25.7
174% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 912
DQ Write 637
DQ Mixed 221
315% 590 MB/s
634GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 622 293 301 246 315 MB/s
94.9% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 970
Mixed 317
SusWrite 394
150% 674 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 33.9
4K Mixed 9.7
68% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 118
120% 201 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,708,872 SSDs tested

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Gaming 12%
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CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples2,021x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples814x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples52x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,387x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples878x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples574x
SSD
SSD 960GBLexarBench 126%, 145 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples532x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 11,016 samples237x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples135x
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