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EPX-KW960 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 186% (113th of 1072)

Based on 247 user benchmarks.  Model: LITEON EPX-KW960
Poor: 146%Average: 186% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Liteon EPX-KW960 960GB averaged 85.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon EPX-KW960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 330MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,012MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon EPX-KW960 960GB is 63.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Liteon EPX-KW960 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 450MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 247 samples)
Rank 113186%
Min Avg Max
1,059 Read 1,232 1,367
501 Write 771 826
319 Mixed 450 486
587 SusWrite 768 828
179% 805 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.3 4K Read 36.4 40.2
66.1 4K Write 113 136
39.4 4K Mixed 51.9 58.5
181% 67.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
627 DQ Read 1,012 1,301
158 DQ Write 500 817
197 DQ Mixed 330 368
359% 614 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
894GB free
Firmware: CDW28P3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 818 819 822 822 821 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,304
Write 808
Mixed 484
SusWrite 819
190% 854 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 59.2
211% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,426
DQ Write 829
DQ Mixed 381
484% 879 MB/s
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CDW28P3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 771 742 574 612 728 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,209
Write 673
Mixed 452
SusWrite 676
167% 753 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 54.4
191% 70.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1264
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 359
430% 766 MB/s
333GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CDW28P3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 758 782 808 799 798 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,265
Write 772
Mixed 455
SusWrite 780
182% 818 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 93.7
4K Mixed 47.3
162% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 834
DQ Write 394
DQ Mixed 324
318% 517 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CDW28P3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 384 434 381 355 336 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,263
Write 609
Mixed 467
SusWrite 388
150% 682 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 65.6
4K Mixed 32.8
128% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,028
DQ Write 376
DQ Mixed 296
325% 567 MB/s
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Typical EPX-KW960 960GB Builds (Compare 20,170 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,706x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,283x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,463x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,559x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,628x
SSD
EPX-KW960 960GBLiteonBench 186%, 247 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples564x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $876

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