Average Bench: 128% (182nd of 1072)

Based on 1,482 user benchmarks.  Models: SAMSUNG MZHPU512HCGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZHPU512HCGL-000H1

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 27.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 843MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB is 90.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 479MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 259MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,482 samples)
Min Avg Max
411 Read 843 1,092
290 Write 672 870
287 Mixed 479 596
266 SusWrite 631 887
147% 656 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 31.1 36.2
25.8 4K Write 74.4 115
15.6 4K Mixed 35.9 49.2
132% 47.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
147 DQ Read 422 504
111 DQ Write 259 313
121 DQ Mixed 234 280
203% 305 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 912 919 917 910 829 MB/s
Read 1,053
Write 787
Mixed 627
SusWrite 895
188% 841 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 48.9
175% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 481
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 280
240% 356 MB/s
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 823 831 820 800 775 MB/s
Read 917
Write 746
Mixed 559
SusWrite 817
171% 760 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 33.9
118% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 475
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 261
226% 340 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 669 715 691 720 662 MB/s
Read 981
Write 737
Mixed 532
SusWrite 697
165% 737 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 66.4
4K Mixed 36.3
126% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 481
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 232
211% 328 MB/s
197GB free
Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 445 427 424 437 399 MB/s
Read 906
Write 765
Mixed 523
SusWrite 429
146% 656 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 74.9
4K Mixed 46.5
148% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 470
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 244
217% 331 MB/s
418GB free
Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 341 342 349 366 355 MB/s
Read 362
Write 353
Mixed 312
SusWrite 349
78% 344 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 29.7
99% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 221
172% 242 MB/s
418GB free
Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 309 312 348 340 338 MB/s
Read 216
Write 342
Mixed 323
SusWrite 328
69% 302 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 25.5
92% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 169
136% 197 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,705,697 SSDs tested

Typical XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB Builds (Compare 94 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP OMEN Notebook PC 15

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