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PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB

PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB
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Effective Speed +107% Effective Speed 107%Average Score +106% Read 296%, Write 159%, 4K Read 93%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 100%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 4%Peak Score +267% Read 705%, Write 178%, 4K Read 752%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 129%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite -9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +218% DQ Read 307%, DQ Write 219%, DQ Mixed 230%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 159%, ADQ Mixed 197%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total 297%

Average Bench: 204% (94^th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB

Poor: 109%Average: 204% Great: 255%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB averaged 104.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 772MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,812MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 309MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 719MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 94204%

Min	Avg	Max
783	Read 1,812	4,078
34.6	Write 1,049	1,348
72.3	Mixed 719	971
35.4	SusWrite 309	356
214% 972 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.8	4K Read 66.2	366
2.1	4K Write 125	196
4.3	4K Mixed 64.7	89.7
250% 85.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
244	DQ Read 985	1,492
245	DQ Write 749	1,143
245	DQ Mixed 772	1,093
603% 835 MB/s

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

PAK-User, 13 months ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 302 309 310 311 316 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 878

Mixed 613

SusWrite 328

161% 723 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 84.8

4K Mixed 47.8

164% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 886

DQ Write 653

DQ Mixed 700

542% 746 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 214 305 319 319 327 MB/s

87.2% Excellent

Write 690

Mixed 521

SusWrite 316

131% 587 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 22.9

78% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 245

184% 245 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Acer Aspire A514-54

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	970x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	366x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	83x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,053x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	366x

SSD
PM961 SAMSUNG 256GBNvmeBench 204%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples	169x
AD4S3200J4G22-B 4JQA-0622AC 8GBAdataBench 67%, 277 samples	135x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBKingstonBench 63%, 4,994 samples	112x

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PM961 SAMSUNG 256GB

Average Bench: 204% (94^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 204% (94th of 1072)

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