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PM9A1 Samsung 256GB

PM9A1 Samsung 256GB
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Effective Speed +146% Effective Speed 146%Average Score +173% Read 355%, Write 261%, 4K Read 74%, 4K Write 66%, Mixed 269%, 4K Mixed 64%, SusWrite 122%Peak Score +220% Read 412%, Write 381%, 4K Read 78%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 381%, 4K Mixed 82%, SusWrite 157%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 280%, DQ Write 229%, DQ Mixed 281%, ADQ Read 232%, ADQ Write 127%, ADQ Mixed 208%, Age 141%, AS-SSD Total 240%

Average Bench: 243% (62^nd of 1072)

Based on 336 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 256GB

Poor: 171%Average: 243% Great: 323%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 256GB averaged 142.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 802MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,083MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 256GB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 657MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 145MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 336 samples)

Rank 62243%

Min	Avg	Max
1,253	Read 2,083	2,592
464	Write 1,464	2,330
561	Mixed 1,326	2,034
286	SusWrite 657	993
308% 1,382 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33	4K Read 59.6	76.5
59.4	4K Write 145	187
40.4	4K Mixed 74	106
262% 92.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
417	DQ Read 1,083	1,395
199	DQ Write 656	1,179
297	DQ Mixed 802	1,261
616% 847 MB/s

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DZA-User, 10 days ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36309029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 645 514 744 765 704 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 822

Mixed 826

SusWrite 656

178% 792 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 72.6

229% 77.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,057

DQ Write 372

DQ Mixed 826

581% 752 MB/s

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Gaming 181%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 177%

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System: Alienware Aurora R12

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	910x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	416x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	234x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	503x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	482x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	277x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 256GBNvmeBench 243%, 336 samples	1x

RAM
XW21KG-HYD-NX 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,413 samples	205x
XK2M26-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 49%, 948 samples	166x
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 1,460 samples	122x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $625

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

PM9A1 Samsung 256GB

Average Bench: 243% (62^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 243% (62nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 243% (62^nd of 1072)