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SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB

SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB
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Effective Speed +308% Effective Speed 308%Average Score +333% Read 338%, Write 326%, 4K Read 424%, 4K Write 86%, Mixed 416%, 4K Mixed 284%, SusWrite 457%Peak Score +304% Read 335%, Write 299%, 4K Read 414%, 4K Write 61%, Mixed 382%, 4K Mixed 257%, SusWrite 380%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +189% DQ Read 211%, DQ Write 182%, DQ Mixed 219%, ADQ Read 196%, ADQ Write 189%, ADQ Mixed 243%, Age 63%, AS-SSD Total 212%

Average Bench: 402% (12^th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SSDPE21D960GAD N

Poor: 371%Average: 402% Great: 431%

Popular builds with this SSD

Dell Precision 5820 Tower X-Series (1)

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB averaged 301.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 892MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 180MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB is 60%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 965MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)

Rank 12402%

Min	Avg	Max
1,870	Read 2,004	2,202
1,628	Write 1,727	1,936
1,740	Mixed 1,851	2038
1,504	SusWrite 1,652	1,860
407% 1,808 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
162	4K Read 180	221
136	4K Write 163	197
158	4K Mixed 173	208
581% 172 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
698	DQ Read 965	1,140
637	DQ Write 835	1,009
698	DQ Mixed 892	1,058
671% 897 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 years ago.

624GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1534 1636 1642 1631 1635 MB/s

431% Outstanding

Write 1,669

Mixed 1,781

SusWrite 1529

388% 1,724 MB/s

4K Read 221

4K Write 197

4K Mixed 208

705% 209 MB/s

DQ Read 1,027

DQ Write 860

DQ Mixed 930

700% 939 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

790GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1869 1876 1833 1808 1887 1886 MB/s

411% Outstanding

Write 1,936

Mixed 2038

SusWrite 1,860

450% 1,998 MB/s

4K Read 176

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 172

576% 172 MB/s

DQ Read 698

DQ Write 705

DQ Mixed 738

545% 714 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

771GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1686 1680 1681 1683 1682 1686 MB/s

406% Outstanding

Write 1,734

Mixed 1,836

SusWrite 1,683

406% 1,805 MB/s

4K Read 171

4K Write 178

4K Mixed 168

569% 172 MB/s

DQ Read 1,140

DQ Write 1,009

DQ Mixed 1,058

798% 1,069 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

529GB free

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1774 1776 1770 1770 1723 1708 MB/s

400% Outstanding

Write 1,757

Mixed 1,982

SusWrite 1,754

432% 1,924 MB/s

4K Read 178

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 162

557% 164 MB/s

DQ Read 805

DQ Write 637

DQ Mixed 698

528% 713 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

894GB free

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1649 1654 1655 1654 1650 1658 MB/s

397% Outstanding

Write 1,710

Mixed 1,766

SusWrite 1,653

396% 1,757 MB/s

4K Read 168

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 177

564% 167 MB/s

DQ Read 1,023

DQ Write 944

DQ Mixed 982

737% 983 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

801GB free

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1503 1572 1594 1596 1607 1599 MB/s

396% Outstanding

Write 1,628

Mixed 1,811

SusWrite 1,578

395% 1,758 MB/s

4K Read 183

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 168

574% 168 MB/s

DQ Read 1,035

DQ Write 825

DQ Mixed 905

684% 922 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

820GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 1456 1588 1659 1603 1597 MB/s

371% Outstanding

Write 1,658

Mixed 1,740

SusWrite 1,504

381% 1,693 MB/s

4K Read 162

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 158

520% 152 MB/s

DQ Read 1,025

DQ Write 869

DQ Mixed 934

703% 943 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 95%

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System: Dell Precision 5820 Tower X-Series

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	393x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	150x
Core i7-9800XIntel $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples	94x

GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	120x
RTX A4000NvidiaBench 132%, 4,246 samples	57x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	54x

SSD
SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GBNvmeBench 402%, 7 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 92%, 722 samples	66x
KC5N22-MIE 2x16GBKingstonBench 68%, 68 samples	49x
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 108%, 118 samples	41x

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Popular SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB systems:

Dell Precision 5820 Tower X-Series (1)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB

Average Bench: 402% (12^th of 1072)

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Poor consistency

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SSDPE21D960GAD N 960GB

Average Bench: 402% (12th of 1072)

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Poor consistency

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Average Bench: 402% (12^th of 1072)