Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed +79% Effective Speed 79%Average Score +61% Read 253%, Write 60%, 4K Read 112%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -91%Peak Score +190% Read 454%, Write 65%, 4K Read 793%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -109%Value & Sentiment -414%User Rating -11%, Market Share -817%Nice To Haves +117% DQ Read 143%, DQ Write 122%, DQ Mixed 119%, ADQ Read 142%, ADQ Write 102%, ADQ Mixed 121%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total 180%

Average Bench: 176% (127^th of 1072)

Based on 11,069 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 108%Average: 176% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 75.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 575MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,615MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 126%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 497MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,069 samples)

Rank 127176%

Min	Avg	Max
752	Read 1,615	2,808
44.4	Write 649	798
87.6	Mixed 497	639
40.2	SusWrite 155	185
159% 729 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.9	4K Read 72.9	384
2.8	4K Write 111	169
5.69	4K Mixed 57.2	81.2
242% 80.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
381	DQ Read 789	892
125	DQ Write 585	794
153	DQ Mixed 575	727
460% 650 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 12 hrs ago.

100GB free

Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 166 166 166 165 166 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 708

Mixed 570

SusWrite 185

185% 851 MB/s

4K Read 68.8

4K Write 229

4K Mixed 91.5

343% 130 MB/s

DQ Read 888

DQ Write 711

DQ Mixed 621

513% 740 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

88GB free

Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 165 166 166 166 166 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 824

Mixed 734

SusWrite 186

199% 911 MB/s

4K Read 66.1

4K Write 200

4K Mixed 86.6

317% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 883

DQ Write 822

DQ Mixed 731

582% 812 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	3,463x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,440x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	4,161x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,743x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	994x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	355x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	981x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	891x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples	585x

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Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 176% (127^th of 1072)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 176% (127th of 1072)

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