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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 84.4% (417th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: VK000960GWSXH
Poor: 75%Average: 84.4% Great: 97%

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Very good average bench

The VK000960GWSXH 960GB averaged just 15.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the VK000960GWSXH 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 295MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 301MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 345MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 41784.4%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 345 440
354 Write 417 468
284 Mixed 301 324
384 SusWrite 416 443
83.6% 370 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.8 4K Read 19.7 27.7
44.3 4K Write 75.5 94.1
24.6 4K Mixed 30.1 37.7
108% 41.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
167 DQ Read 234 282
212 DQ Write 295 330
201 DQ Mixed 262 310
198% 264 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
823GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 400 456 455 457 461 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 322
Write 468
Mixed 324
SusWrite 443
88% 389 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 94.1
4K Mixed 37.7
140% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 310
233% 307 MB/s
894GB free
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 445 432 455 457 407 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 288
Write 432
Mixed 298
SusWrite 440
83% 364 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 71.4
4K Mixed 29.6
109% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 248
194% 262 MB/s
840GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 404 398 390 402 402 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 330
Write 354
Mixed 284
SusWrite 397
77% 341 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 28.6
102% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 289
218% 292 MB/s
672GB free
Firmware: HP08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 380 394 396 401 407 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 440
Write 412
Mixed 300
SusWrite 384
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 24.6
82% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 167
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 201
148% 193 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,805,065 SSDs tested

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Typical VK000960GWSXH 960GB Builds (Compare 1,911 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples919x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples324x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples184x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples268x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples219x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples202x
SSD
VK000960GWSXH 960GBBench 84%, 4 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples35x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $529

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