SB2 960GB

SB2 960GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -91%Read -58%, Write -196%, 4K Read -68%, 4K Write -113%, Mixed -99%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score -32%Read -13%, Write -37%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -47%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -21%, DQ Mixed -53%, ADQ Read -107%, ADQ Write -83%, ADQ Mixed -130%, Age 66%, AS-SSD Total -26%

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Average Bench: 61.2% (789^th of 1071)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: SB2

Poor: 41%Average: 61.2% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The SB2 960GB averaged 38.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.4MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB2 960GB is 34.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SB2 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 137MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 78961.2%

Min	Avg	Max
134	Read 290	448
95.9	Write 137	355
82.3	Mixed 180	324
22.3	SusWrite 289	414
50.2% 224 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.8	4K Read 20.4	32.1
16.9	4K Write 41.2	73.8
8	4K Mixed 22.2	38.1
81.1% 27.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	DQ Read 158	300
15.2	DQ Write 158	297
14.2	DQ Mixed 113	217
97% 143 MB/s

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

HND-User, 16 months ago.

865GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 352 334 319 318 322 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 95.9

Mixed 255

SusWrite 326

51% 226 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 45.6

4K Mixed 26.3

93% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 295

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 214

180% 262 MB/s

HND-User, 16 months ago.

384GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 213 126 216 16 2.5 MB/s

62.9% Good

Write 168

Mixed 292

SusWrite 115

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 43.1

4K Mixed 27.6

90% 30.5 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 17.5

82% 186 MB/s

HND-User, 16 months ago.

865GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 269 304 309 308 319 MB/s

52.9% Above average

Write 99.8

Mixed 121

SusWrite 294

37% 162 MB/s

4K Read 9.3

4K Write 32.3

4K Mixed 16.6

52% 19.4 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 207

180% 267 MB/s

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3070

CPU
Core i5-9500IntelBench 87%, 9,059 samples	1,015x
Core i5-9500TIntelBench 77%, 2,730 samples	500x
Core i3-9100TIntelBench 75%, 1,165 samples	325x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	1,464x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	533x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 65,338 samples	140x

SSD
SB2 960GBBench 61%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,962 samples	132x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 2,734 samples	132x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	69x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SB2 960GB

Average Bench: 61.2% (789^th of 1071)

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