Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +184% Effective Speed 184%Average Score +176% Read 341%, Write 252%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 59%, Mixed 145%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 352%Peak Score +208% Read 424%, Write 307%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 161%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 417%Value & Sentiment -68%User Rating -9%, Market Share -282%, Price -160%, Value 181%Nice To Haves +248% DQ Read 390%, DQ Write 275%, DQ Mixed 286%, ADQ Read 276%, ADQ Write 197%, ADQ Mixed 259%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 298%

Average Bench: 279% (37^th of 1072)

Based on 18,356 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 168%Average: 279% Great: 363%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 179.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 935MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,227MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 195%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 881MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,356 samples)

Rank 37279%

Min	Avg	Max
1,140	Read 2,017	2,657
380	Write 1,426	1,974
549	Mixed 881	1,106
324	SusWrite 1,340	2,002
316% 1,416 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.6	4K Read 47.3	55.9
63.5	4K Write 139	215
42.1	4K Mixed 65.1	82.8
229% 83.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
646	DQ Read 1,227	1,800
197	DQ Write 858	1,344
315	DQ Mixed 935	1,277
727% 1,007 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 7 days ago.

784GB free

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1750 1706 1735 1729 1773 1804 MB/s

363% Outstanding

Write 1,755

Mixed 1,001

SusWrite 1,750

380% 1,698 MB/s

4K Read 57.9

4K Write 214

4K Mixed 85.6

310% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 1,799

DQ Write 1,342

DQ Mixed 1,285

1,038% 1,476 MB/s

NLD-User, 8 days ago.

859GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1511 1580 1599 1619 1624 1629 MB/s

305% Outstanding

Write 1,582

Mixed 871

SusWrite 1,594

360% 1,616 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 63.6

216% 78.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,050

DQ Write 916

DQ Mixed 960

726% 975 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

789GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 1213 1486 1528 1459 1400 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 1,645

Mixed 911

SusWrite 1,312

330% 1,479 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 57.3

198% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,417

DQ Write 1,084

DQ Mixed 1,159

892% 1,220 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 day ago.

891GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 1452 1473 1440 1465 1522 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,535

Mixed 916

SusWrite 1474

339% 1,517 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 58.7

200% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 839

DQ Write 662

DQ Mixed 743

558% 748 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

761GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1172 1190 1193 1150 1153 1210 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,154

Mixed 809

SusWrite 1,178

256% 1,144 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 64.8

224% 81.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,162

DQ Write 869

DQ Mixed 992

748% 1,008 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 day ago.

380GB free

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 1338 1328 1397 1403 1402 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,374

Mixed 880

SusWrite 1,367

312% 1,399 MB/s

4K Read 42.2

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 55.9

182% 62 MB/s

DQ Read 592

DQ Write 465

DQ Mixed 500

382% 519 MB/s

CAN-User, 18 hrs ago.

221GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1002 533 449 323 291 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 1,530

Mixed 946

SusWrite 679

294% 1,323 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 55.8

187% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 901

DQ Write 679

DQ Mixed 788

590% 789 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $190

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	267x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	253x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	129x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	256x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	72x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples	20x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,412

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (37^th of 1072)

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Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (37th of 1072)

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