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Jmicron

Tech 970GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 50.8% (289th of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: JMicron Tech
Poor: 20%Average: 50.8% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The Jmicron Tech 970GB averaged 49.1% 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 Random Read Speed 1.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.46MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Jmicron Tech 970GB is 57.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Jmicron Tech 970GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 83.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 28950.8%
Min Avg Max
31.9 Read 83.3 134
32.3 Write 83.8 123
27.4 Mixed 70.8 102
36.1 SusWrite 92.9 137
61.2% 82.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.57 2.1
1.7 4K Write 2.66 3.7
0.1 4K Mixed 0.46 0.8
166% 1.57 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
903GB free
Firmware: 0509
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 135 137 141 137 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 131
Write 118
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 137
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 1.6 MB/s
815GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 130 131 131 132 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 134
Write 114
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 129
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
188% 1.43 MB/s
830GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 128 129 130 129 MB/s
69% Good
Read 113
Write 87
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 127
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 1.6 MB/s
392GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 119 119 118 119 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 97.3
Write 123
Mixed 102
SusWrite 118
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.6
198% 1.73 MB/s
436GB free
Firmware: 0209
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 92 95 94 99 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 82.7
Write 103
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 97.7
68% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.2
151% 1.63 MB/s
144GB free
Firmware: 0209
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 63 62 62 61 61 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 40.3
Write 59.5
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 61
46% 60.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.1
118% 1.5 MB/s
582GB free
Firmware: 3202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 40 40 40 40 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 36.2
Write 32.3
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 38.7
25% 34.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.3
139% 1.63 MB/s
847GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 37 37 38 36 MB/s
19.8% Very poor
Read 31.9
Write 32.9
Mixed 27.4
SusWrite 36.1
24% 32.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
112% 1.4 MB/s

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Typical Tech 970GB Builds (Compare 1,357 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples391x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples227x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples145x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples158x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples109x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples94x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples53x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples46x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples60x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $679

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