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SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 104% (236th of 1072)

Based on 3,203 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLV128
Poor: 59%Average: 104% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB averaged 4.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 189MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB is 252%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,203 samples)
Rank 236104%
Min Avg Max
431 Read 879 3,566
38.6 Write 123 158
75.4 Mixed 162 202
31.3 SusWrite 99.7 150
67.8% 316 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 61.6 417
2.62 4K Write 93.2 141
5.3 4K Mixed 23.9 31.5
173% 59.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
292 DQ Read 516 561
63.4 DQ Write 129 158
83.3 DQ Mixed 189 234
174% 278 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
116GB free
Firmware: 000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 151 149 150 149 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 799
Write 154
Mixed 202
SusWrite 150
71% 326 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 29.2
137% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 558
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 232
203% 315 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: 000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 147 149 147 147 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 756
Write 155
Mixed 202
SusWrite 148
68% 315 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 81.1
4K Mixed 27.9
129% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 560
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 232
203% 315 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 117 97 91 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 631
Write 156
Mixed 189
SusWrite 111
59% 272 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 73
4K Mixed 26.1
116% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 557
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 232
203% 314 MB/s
118GB free
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 150 149 148 148 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 719
Write 155
Mixed 201
SusWrite 149
66% 306 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 26.7
117% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 140
118% 175 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L0QBXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 91 91 88 92 92 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 652
Write 146
Mixed 174
SusWrite 92
58% 266 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 24.3
102% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 546
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 189
178% 290 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 146 148 149 148 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 667
Write 156
Mixed 196
SusWrite 148
64% 292 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 29.1
4K Mixed 19.7
71% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 170
128% 172 MB/s
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Gaming 25%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation 21%
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System: Asus G752VT

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples332x
GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples330x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples1x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples66x
RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples107x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples29x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples20x
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