P4-960 960GB

P4-960 960GB
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -18%Read -3%, Write -8%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite 0%Peak Score -2%Read 1%, Write -2%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 18%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -16%, ADQ Read -67%, ADQ Write -29%, ADQ Mixed -94%, Age 59%, AS-SSD Total -10%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 80.2% (483^rd of 1072)

Based on 329 user benchmarks. Model: P4-960

Poor: 38%Average: 80.2% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The P4-960 960GB averaged just 19.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the P4-960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 134MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.4MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the P4-960 960GB is 70%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the P4-960 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 297MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 310MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 329 samples)

Rank 48380.2%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 446	513
53.8	Write 376	475
9.7	Mixed 310	403
73.8	SusWrite 297	458
80.1% 357 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16	4K Read 30.4	41.8
5.5	4K Write 64	116
0.4	4K Mixed 30	49.2
118% 41.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.1	DQ Read 195	313
34.1	DQ Write 224	338
17.1	DQ Mixed 134	285
122% 185 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

363GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN12574

SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 424 368 120 125 122 MB/s

90.6% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 424

SusWrite 269

89% 394 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 41.7

145% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 257

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 292

216% 282 MB/s

FRA-User, 21 days ago.

826GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN12574

SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 396 400 364 386 394 MB/s

81.6% Excellent

Write 404

Mixed 363

SusWrite 392

88% 388 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 53.3

4K Mixed 30.5

104% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 194

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 204

158% 213 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

420GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN07838

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 137 24 23 24 23 MB/s

77.3% Very good

Write 431

Mixed 341

SusWrite 65.8

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 83.9

4K Mixed 42.1

152% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 189

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 196

158% 220 MB/s

SAU-User, 3 months ago.

661GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 362 372 375 403 415 MB/s

74.9% Very good

Write 338

Mixed 342

SusWrite 378

83% 369 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 60

4K Mixed 20.6

84% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 146

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 45.1

83% 160 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN3060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 41 60 27 29 6.8 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 87.5

Mixed 211

SusWrite 32.2

41% 188 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 45.8

4K Mixed 39.9

125% 39.5 MB/s

DQ Read 175

DQ Write 55.4

DQ Mixed 36.1

47% 88.8 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 months ago.

40GB free

Firmware: R1217B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 125 448 154 6.5 173 MB/s

41.4% Average

Write 444

Mixed 7.9

SusWrite 152

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 5.1

4K Mixed 0.3

44% 10.7 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire E1-572

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	288x
Core i3-4010UIntel $280Bench 44%, 12,162 samples	88x
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	39x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	416x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x

SSD
P4-960 960GBBench 80%, 329 samples	1x

RAM
ACR16D3LS1NBG/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 26%, 1,256 samples	25x
SH564128FJ8NWRNSQR 1x4GBSmartBench 24%, 2,696 samples	21x
AM1L16BC2P1-B1FS Kingston ACR16D3LS1NBG/4G 6GBAdataBench 43%, 155 samples	14x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $281

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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
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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

P4-960 960GB

Average Bench: 80.2% (483^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 80.2% (483rd of 1072)

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