PNY

ELITE 960GB

ELITE 960GB
BENCHMARKS (271)
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -77%Read -62%, Write -79%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -108%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -60%Read -35%, Write -28%, 4K Read -74%, 4K Write -154%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -99%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -111%DQ Read -134%, DQ Write -120%, DQ Mixed -119%, ADQ Read -194%, ADQ Write -126%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 71%, AS-SSD Total -110%

Average Bench: 58% (822^nd of 1072)

Based on 271 user benchmarks. Model: PNY PNY ELITE PSSD

Poor: 43%Average: 58% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The PNY ELITE 960GB averaged 42.0% 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 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY ELITE 960GB is 27.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY ELITE 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 111MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 226MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 271 samples)

Rank 82258%

Min	Avg	Max
195	Read 282	374
61.5	Write 226	379
83.5	Mixed 249	329
90.1	SusWrite 304	390
59.8% 265 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.1	4K Read 18.4	24.7
16.2	4K Write 34	48.1
10.1	4K Mixed 21.6	29.3
73.5% 24.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	DQ Read 111	157
16.3	DQ Write 128	163
15.4	DQ Mixed 102	151
81.7% 114 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 18 days ago.

213GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 367 369 305 95 93 MB/s

61.7% Good

Write 275

Mixed 291

SusWrite 266

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 36.9

4K Mixed 22.2

76% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 52.3

66% 117 MB/s

POL-User, 3 days ago.

65GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 347 354 354 350 326 MB/s

57.8% Above average

Write 61.2

Mixed 249

SusWrite 346

51% 226 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 25

4K Mixed 18.9

66% 20.8 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 116

95% 135 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	853x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	677x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,989x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
ELITE 960GBPNYBench 58%, 271 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	347x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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ELITE 960GB

Average Bench: 58% (822^nd of 1072)

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ELITE 960GB

Average Bench: 58% (822nd of 1072)

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