Pm9a1

NVMe Samsung 1024GB

NVMe Samsung 1024GB
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Effective Speed -84%Effective Speed -84%Average Score -82%Read -108%, Write -135%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -73%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite -87%Peak Score -90%Read -105%, Write -94%, 4K Read -130%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite -82%Value & Sentiment -874%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -69%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -31%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -75%, ADQ Write -97%, ADQ Mixed -75%, Age -174%, AS-SSD Total -44%

Average Bench: 295% (40^th of 1080)

Based on 3,554 user benchmarks. Model: PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB

Poor: 154%Average: 295% Great: 441%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm9a1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB averaged 195.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm9a1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 850MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,966MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm9a1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB is 287%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm9a1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 59.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,554 samples)

Rank 40295%

Min	Avg	Max
961	Read 1,992	2,877
752	Write 1,966	3,271
774	Mixed 1,836	3,010
638	SusWrite 1,701	2,511
422% 1,874 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.3	4K Read 59.5	83
41.3	4K Write 113	208
33	4K Mixed 73.2	118
244% 81.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
350	DQ Read 977	1,828
145	DQ Write 638	1,444
249	DQ Mixed 850	1,632
623% 822 MB/s

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

IND-User, 2 days ago.

792GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2891 2799 2818 2496 1667 1585 MB/s

393% Outstanding

Write 2,890

Mixed 2,678

SusWrite 2376

596% 2,640 MB/s

4K Read 75.8

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 108

336% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,007

DQ Write 689

DQ Mixed 824

621% 840 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

575GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2612 1892 1909 1923 1933 1926 MB/s

388% Outstanding

Write 3247

Mixed 2992

SusWrite 2,032

631% 2,797 MB/s

4K Read 74.1

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 100

323% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,158

DQ Write 902

DQ Mixed 1,021

766% 1,027 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36307029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1929 1995 2015 2009 1893 1249 MB/s

344% Outstanding

Write 2079

Mixed 1,274

SusWrite 1,848

411% 1,828 MB/s

4K Read 51.3

4K Write 195

4K Mixed 73.8

276% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,578

DQ Write 1,230

DQ Mixed 1,257

980% 1,355 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	2,173x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples	537x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	382x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	2,136x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	990x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $500Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	8x

SSD
NVMe Samsung 1024GBPm9a1Bench 295%, 3,554 samples	1x

RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples	360x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples	319x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	274x

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Pm9a1

NVMe Samsung 1024GB

Average Bench: 295% (40^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 295% (40th of 1080)

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