Samsung MZ-V6P2T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

512GB 1TB 2TB

Effective Speed +152% Effective Speed 152%Average User Bench +194% Read 359%, Write 288%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 318%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 338%Peak Lab Bench +219% Read 431%, Write 299%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 376%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 350%Value & Sentiment -1,081%User Rating -54%, Market Share -3,796%, Price -557%, Value 84%Nice To Haves +119% DQ Read 202%, DQ Write 183%, DQ Mixed 210%, ADQ Read 26%, ADQ Write 33%, ADQ Mixed -2%, Age 116%, AS-SSD Total 181%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 263% (18^th of 956)

Based on 1,172 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 187%Average: 263% Great: 324%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 162.5% 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 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,133MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 426MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 406MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,172 samples)

Rank 18263%

Min	Avg	Max
1,440	Read 2,133	2,709
864	Write 1,637	1,939
724	Mixed 1,509	1,932
508	SusWrite 1,433	1,925
376% 1,678 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.2	4K Read 43.9	52.5
40.2	4K Write 118	173
23.9	4K Mixed 51.9	74.6
195% 71.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.4	DQ Read 426	1,155
108	DQ Write 406	1,003
14.7	DQ Mixed 273	1,032
244% 368 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 1 day ago.

805GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1626 1774 1854 1891 1854 1897 MB/s

344% Outstanding

Write 1,830

Mixed 930

SusWrite 1,816

398% 1,784 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 76.2

261% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,198

DQ Write 1,024

DQ Mixed 1,079

817% 1,100 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1713 1689 1658 1661 1713 1715 MB/s

337% Outstanding

Write 1,846

Mixed 1,009

SusWrite 1,691

380% 1,698 MB/s

4K Read 53.5

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 78.6

279% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,442

DQ Write 1,188

DQ Mixed 1,231

945% 1,287 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1323 1509 1574 1597 1703 1728 MB/s

295% Outstanding

Write 1,527

Mixed 853

SusWrite 1,572

350% 1,571 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 64.6

220% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 928

DQ Write 763

DQ Mixed 874

647% 855 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 760 914 843 691 1242 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,364

Mixed 803

SusWrite 884

261% 1,170 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 47.8

174% 66.6 MB/s

DQ Read 36.3

DQ Write 786

DQ Mixed 50

147% 291 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

235GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 764 550 452 451 444 442 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,117

Mixed 716

SusWrite 517

230% 1,038 MB/s

4K Read 44.4

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 53.2

200% 73 MB/s

DQ Read 837

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 58.5

168% 377 MB/s

ARE-User, 1 day ago.

857GB free

Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 482 496 505 480 511 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 525

Mixed 501

SusWrite 473

170% 776 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 78.9

4K Mixed 51.3

156% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 845

DQ Write 649

DQ Mixed 737

554% 744 MB/s

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Desktop 139%

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Workstation 141%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $444

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Core i9-7900XIntel $904Bench 109%, 4,915 samples	629x
Core i7-7820XIntel $470Bench 106%, 7,630 samples	581x
Core i7-7800XIntel $370Bench 98%, 3,977 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $690Bench 151%, 162,392 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $467Bench 124%, 279,230 samples	258x
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 98%, 338,797 samples	120x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $1,079Bench 263%, 1,172 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 9,169 samples	81x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 4,246 samples	70x
2x16GBUnknownBench 62%, 2,192 samples	44x

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Value: 132% - Outstanding

Total price: $3,116

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $240	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $120
Intel Core i5-8600K $249	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $901	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $175	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-V6P2T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 263% (18^th of 956)

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960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 263% (18th of 956)

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