Samsung MZ-V6P2T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB
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Effective Speed +182% Effective Speed 182%Average User Bench +184% Read 339%, Write 323%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 311%, 4K Mixed 57%Peak Lab Bench +206% Read 419%, Write 342%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 61%, Mixed 330%, 4K Mixed 59%Value & Sentiment -584%User Rating -55%, Market Share -1,942%, Price -475%, Value 135%Nice To Haves +88% DQ Read 67%, DQ Write 88%, DQ Mixed 111%, ADQ Read 45%, ADQ Write 58%, ADQ Mixed 82%, Age 150%, AS-SSD Total 100%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 264% (6^th of 921)

Based on 838 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 198%Average: 264% Great: 312%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 164.0% 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 2,196MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 1,727MB/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 114%. 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 276MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 306MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 838 samples)

Rank 6264%

Min	Avg	Max
1,575	Read 2,196	2,718
1,246	Write 1,718	1,947
1,343	Mixed 1,727	1,947
418% 1,881 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.4	4K Read 42.1	52.5
41.6	4K Write 118	174
25	4K Mixed 50.1	74.6
190% 70 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	DQ Read 276	616
83.6	DQ Write 306	565
14.9	DQ Mixed 131	271
143% 238 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 15 hrs ago.

892GB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

307% Outstanding

Write 1,849

Mixed 1,961

466% 2,099 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 72.1

255% 94.5 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 174

180% 296 MB/s

DEU-User, 17 hrs ago.

892GB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

307% Outstanding

Write 1,794

Mixed 1,868

454% 2,047 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 74.5

266% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 172

178% 292 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

288% Outstanding

Write 1,783

Mixed 1,728

433% 1,950 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 56.6

216% 79.7 MB/s

DQ Read 470

DQ Write 396

DQ Mixed 158

194% 341 MB/s

PRI-User, 20 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

259% Outstanding

Write 1,628

Mixed 1,525

390% 1,758 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 61.4

212% 76.1 MB/s

DQ Read 48.7

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 175

139% 185 MB/s

DEU-User, 21 hrs ago.

376GB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

230% Outstanding

Write 1,519

Mixed 1,532

374% 1,682 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 37

176% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 50.4

DQ Write 172

DQ Mixed 37.3

50% 86.7 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

2TB free

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

4KALIGNED

200% Outstanding

Write 1,243

Mixed 1,460

343% 1,549 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 70.9

4K Mixed 32.7

121% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 115

112% 176 MB/s

FRA-User, 20 hrs ago.

389GB free

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

SYSTEM 4KALIGNED

192% Outstanding

Write 1,390

Mixed 1,306

305% 1,366 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 31.7

162% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 41.9

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 106

72% 84.9 MB/s

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Typical 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB Builds (Compare 1,253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 132%

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Desktop 141%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $445

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $916Bench 113%, 3,579 samples	450x
Core i7-7820XIntel $460Bench 109%, 4,941 samples	430x
Core i7-7800XIntel $329Bench 100%, 3,105 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 153%, 110,926 samples	634x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	177x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	82x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $1,050Bench 264%, 838 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 6,838 samples	72x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 2,552 samples	43x
2x16GBUnknownBench 60%, 1,731 samples	41x

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Value: 130% - Outstanding

Total price: $3,210

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $136
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-V6P2T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 264% (6^th of 921)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $445

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960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 264% (6th of 921)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $445

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