Samsung

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +123% Effective Speed 123%Average Score +105% Read 234%, Write 145%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 208%Peak Score +139% Read 349%, Write 183%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 271%Value & Sentiment -254%User Rating -11%, Market Share -496%Nice To Haves +185% DQ Read 301%, DQ Write 207%, DQ Mixed 200%, ADQ Read 217%, ADQ Write 141%, ADQ Mixed 191%, Age -0%, AS-SSD Total 224%

Average Bench: 219% (82^nd of 1072)

Based on 21,747 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L7, SM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7, NVMe SM961 NVMe SAMSU, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L2, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPW256, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1

Poor: 134%Average: 219% Great: 292%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 119.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 758MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,036MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 158%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 522MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,747 samples)

Rank 82219%

Min	Avg	Max
730	Read 1,526	2,274
366	Write 994	1,372
310	Mixed 522	760
257	SusWrite 914	1,437
220% 989 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.1	4K Read 48.8	55.8
51.7	4K Write 116	165
33.5	4K Mixed 57.2	71.4
209% 74.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
482	DQ Read 1,036	1,470
242	DQ Write 696	1,101
291	DQ Mixed 758	994
595% 830 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 days ago.

90GB free

Firmware: 6L6QCXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 1046 1030 982 827 708 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,107

Mixed 556

SusWrite 938

211% 940 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 60.2

211% 77 MB/s

DQ Read 1517

DQ Write 1,101

DQ Mixed 983

823% 1,200 MB/s

ESP-User, 8 hrs ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1369 1375 1449 1439 1441 1438 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 1356

Mixed 493

SusWrite 1,418

260% 1,160 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 50.9

171% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 697

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 592

440% 587 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 985 901 883 728 513 520 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 985

Mixed 636

SusWrite 755

224% 1,011 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 57.8

195% 67.5 MB/s

DQ Read 932

DQ Write 644

DQ Mixed 730

561% 769 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 1225 1065 1021 1053 1331 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 806

Mixed 585

SusWrite 1,093

185% 821 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 60.1

192% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,013

DQ Write 664

DQ Mixed 760

588% 812 MB/s

NZL-User, 1 day ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 567 519 513 492 480 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 634

Mixed 429

SusWrite 530

182% 833 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 48.6

163% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 833

DQ Write 586

DQ Mixed 688

520% 702 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 46%

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	278x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	209x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	67x
RX 6700-XTAMD $480Bench 122%, 20,231 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	149x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	157x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	20x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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