Best 960GB MLC DRAM SSDs
There are 14 960GB MLC DRAM SSDs compared here. The fastest is the Kingston KC1000 at 2700 MB/s read at 960GB, and the highest-rated for endurance is the Sony G SERIES (2400 TBW). Sequential reads across the group span 450–2700 MB/s at 960GB.
Why this configuration
A 960GB MLC DRAM SSD is a legacy endurance choice. MLC stores two bits per cell instead of three, so these older drives take far more rewriting than a modern budget drive, at a much higher cost per gigabyte.
Usually chosen for: write-heavy secondary roles and keeping older machines useful.
Good fit: workstation and creative loads that hammer random I/O.
Ranked list
Speeds on this page are the manufacturer's 960GB ratings where published (14 of 14 drives), not the family headline figure. 2 of the 14 are rated slower at 960GB than at their fastest capacity. Rated writes at 960GB run 400–1600 MB/s.
| # | Model | Tier | Controller | Read MB/s (at 960GB) | TBW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ADATA SX950 250GB, 500GB, 960GB, 1.92TB | High-end | Silicon Motion SM2258G (1-Core, Cl | 560 | 1600 | Find on Amazon |
| 2 |  Crucial M500 128GB, 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | High-end | Marvell 88SS9187 | 500 | 72 | Find on Amazon |
| 3 |  Kingston KC1000 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | Phison PS5007-E7 | 2700 | 1000 | Find on Amazon |
| 4 |  HyperX Predator PCIe 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | Marvell 88SS9293 | 1350 | 1600 | Find on Amazon |
| 5 |  HyperX Predator 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | Marvell 88SS9293 | 1350 | 1600 | Find on Amazon |
| 6 |  Mushkin STRIKER 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | Phison PS3110-S10 (4-Core, 55nm CM | 565 | — | Find on Amazon |
| 7 |  Corsair Neutron XT 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | Phison PS3110-S10 (4-Core, 55nm CM | 560 | 124 | Find on Amazon |
| 8 |  Corsair Neutron XTi 250GB, 500GB, 960GB, 1.92TB | Mid-range | Phison PS3110-S10 (4-Core, 55nm CM | 560 | 1280 | Find on Amazon |
| 9 |  OCZ VECTOR 180 128GB, 500GB, 960GB | Mid-range | OCZ Barefoot 3 M00 | 550 | 91 | Find on Amazon |
| 10 |  KLEVV URBANE 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | Value | Phison PS3110-S10 (4-Core, 55nm CM | 560 | — | Find on Amazon |
| 11 |  Kingston SSDNOW V310 960GB | Low-end | Phison PS3108 | 450 | 2.728 | Find on Amazon |
| 12 |  Silicon Power VELOX V85 500GB, 960GB | — | Phison PS3110-S10 (4-Core, 55nm CM | 560 | — | Find on Amazon |
| 13 |  Silicon Power VELOX V80 128GB, 250GB, 500GB, 960GB | — | Phison PS3108-S8-I | 550 | — | Find on Amazon |
| 14 |  Sony G SERIES 500GB, 960GB | — | Controlador Sony (Proprietário, MO | 550 | 2400 | Find on Amazon |
The parts, explained
MLC NAND is older and costs more per gigabyte, but is very durable.
An onboard DRAM cache keeps the flash mapping table on the drive, holding random performance steady under sustained load.