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Pro X2 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 184% (115th of 1072)

Based on 57 user benchmarks.  Model: Aura Pro X2
Poor: 93%Average: 184% Great: 264%

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Outstanding average bench

The Aura Pro X2 960GB averaged 84.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aura Pro X2 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 450MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 742MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aura Pro X2 960GB is 171%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Aura Pro X2 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 277MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 33.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 57 samples)
Rank 115184%
Min Avg Max
504 Read 1,260 2,189
277 Write 990 1,844
112 Mixed 277 978
372 SusWrite 869 1,445
189% 849 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 33.2 57.2
32.4 4K Write 103 170
23.3 4K Mixed 48.7 79.4
167% 61.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
188 DQ Read 742 1,290
121 DQ Write 551 1,136
146 DQ Mixed 450 586
390% 581 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
405GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 1444 1498 1656 1653 1215 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 1,899
Write 1,483
Mixed 1,168
SusWrite 1,485
338% 1,509 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 46.6
174% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 925
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 470
427% 660 MB/s
586GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0121C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 803 785 798 798 796 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,981
Write 1,650
Mixed 209
SusWrite 830
258% 1,168 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 58.6
185% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 665
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 471
362% 500 MB/s
177GB free
Firmware: S0121C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 894 906 884 856 888 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,650
Write 1,481
Mixed 765
SusWrite 946
271% 1,211 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 98
4K Mixed 31.9
119% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 737
DQ Mixed 479
380% 514 MB/s
634GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 1059 1030 1059 1032 1046 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,212
Write 1,054
Mixed 918
SusWrite 1,044
238% 1,057 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 49.7
160% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 503
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 406
300% 401 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 999 1024 822 1076 1084 1080 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,094
Write 1,054
Mixed 894
SusWrite 1,014
228% 1,014 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 49.6
4K Mixed 40.6
135% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 425
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 373
273% 360 MB/s
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A0S63A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 216 395 550 582 511 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 706
Write 758
Mixed 187
SusWrite 416
115% 517 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 33.4
98% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 448
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 234
191% 279 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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System: Apple MacBookPro11,4

CPU
Core i7-4770HQIntelBench 64%, 1,692 samples85x
Core i7-4870HQIntelBench 66%, 3,774 samples8x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples6x
GPU
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples3x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples1x
SSD
Pro X2 960GBAuraBench 184%, 57 samples6x
RAM
0x484D54343147533642465238412D50422020 2x8GBUnknownBench 67%, 1,183 samples58x
0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453120 2x8GBUnknownBench 67%, 1,320 samples41x
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