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NVME INTEL 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 324% (25th of 1072)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: SSDPE21D960GAD NVME INTEL 960GB
Poor: 159%Average: 324% Great: 400%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB averaged 223.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 689MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 130MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB is 242%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 743MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 25324%
Min Avg Max
253 Read 1,772 2,212
702 Write 1,564 1,933
362 Mixed 1,666 2,085
790 SusWrite 1,501 1,898
366% 1,626 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.1 4K Read 130 217
32.1 4K Write 117 208
38 4K Mixed 123 217
418% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
139 DQ Read 743 1,301
296 DQ Write 679 1,174
233 DQ Mixed 689 1,220
523% 704 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
791GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 1184 1205 1283 1274 1293 MB/s
350% Outstanding
Read 2,029
Write 1,790
Mixed 1,917
SusWrite 1,286
395% 1,755 MB/s
4K Read 153
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 144
490% 146 MB/s
DQ Read 984
DQ Write 760
DQ Mixed 826
630% 856 MB/s
759GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1507 1583 1590 1560 1544 1576 MB/s
298% Outstanding
Read 1,844
Write 1,561
Mixed 1,701
SusWrite 1,560
375% 1,667 MB/s
4K Read 112
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 103
352% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 386
DQ Mixed 432
327% 441 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 873 1009 912 908 958 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,073
Write 779
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 916
213% 946 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 40.9
4K Mixed 39.1
142% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 534
DQ Mixed 233
217% 324 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 899 935 880 888 909 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,057
Write 702
Mixed 823
SusWrite 892
195% 869 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 38
122% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 316
253% 340 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,669,433 SSDs tested

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Gaming 88%
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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 samples393x
Core i9-10980XEIntel  $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples150x
Core i7-9800XIntel  $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples93x
GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples120x
RTX A4000NvidiaBench 132%, 4,246 samples56x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples54x
SSD
NVME INTEL 960GBSsdpe21d960gadBench 324%, 29 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 90%, 455 samples66x
KC5N22-MIE 2x16GBKingstonBench 68%, 68 samples49x
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 108%, 118 samples41x
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