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PM9A1 Samsung 512GB

PM9A1 Samsung 512GB
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Effective Speed +227% Effective Speed 227%Average Score +293% Read 400%, Write 458%, 4K Read 109%, 4K Write 86%, Mixed 479%, 4K Mixed 117%, SusWrite 402%Peak Score +375% Read 508%, Write 687%, 4K Read 111%, 4K Write 103%, Mixed 617%, 4K Mixed 127%, SusWrite 472%Value & Sentiment -199%User Rating -13%, Market Share -384%Nice To Haves +298% DQ Read 360%, DQ Write 281%, DQ Mixed 374%, ADQ Read 244%, ADQ Write 136%, ADQ Mixed 294%, Age 373%, AS-SSD Total 320%

Average Bench: 316% (20^th of 1058)

Based on 1,160 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 512GB

Poor: 186%Average: 316% Great: 443%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 512GB averaged 216.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 977MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,240MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 512GB is 258%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 162MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 671MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,160 samples)

Rank 20316%

Min	Avg	Max
1,344	Read 2,282	3,081
967	Write 2,240	3,825
998	Mixed 2,004	2,967
822	SusWrite 1,432	2,142
447% 1,990 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
43.6	4K Read 70.3	89.3
85.2	4K Write 162	246
57	4K Mixed 95	129
314% 109 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
563	DQ Read 1,118	1,690
260	DQ Write 671	1,345
443	DQ Mixed 977	1,508
706% 922 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

350GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3788 3812 2637 642 648 643 MB/s

450% Outstanding

Write 3843

Mixed 2,959

SusWrite 2,028

672% 2,981 MB/s

4K Read 89.3

4K Write 244

4K Mixed 130

431% 154 MB/s

DQ Read 1643

DQ Write 1,417

DQ Mixed 1,545

1,154% 1,535 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 hrs ago.

309GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3564 3789 1025 686 766 769 MB/s

421% Outstanding

Write 3,778

Mixed 2,868

SusWrite 1,766

640% 2,840 MB/s

4K Read 83.6

4K Write 253

4K Mixed 131

428% 156 MB/s

DQ Read 1,358

DQ Write 1,403

DQ Mixed 1,431

1,062% 1,397 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

415GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 1448 1220 1715 1766 1705 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 1,710

Mixed 1,613

SusWrite 1,509

386% 1,718 MB/s

4K Read 63.1

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 70.2

229% 71.8 MB/s

DQ Read 774

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 419

345% 507 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 day ago.

390GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1246 1101 1133 1049 946 974 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 782

Mixed 888

SusWrite 1,075

213% 947 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 66.1

4K Mixed 52.4

153% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 587

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 513

359% 458 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 day ago.

390GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1365 1014 1100 1040 923 910 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 982

Mixed 995

SusWrite 1,059

226% 1,001 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 48.6

138% 52 MB/s

DQ Read 573

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 546

376% 473 MB/s

SVK-User, 11 hrs ago.

240GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36308029 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 444 419 456 667 526 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 518

Mixed 729

SusWrite 457

142% 632 MB/s

4K Read 45.6

4K Write 59

4K Mixed 57.9

175% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 79.1

DQ Mixed 76.4

62% 87.9 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 15%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9510

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 87%, 61,119 samples	2,149x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 86%, 5,544 samples	894x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 15,302 samples	40x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 34,404 samples	1,979x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 59%, 8,906 samples	940x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 52%, 6,256 samples	108x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 512GBNvmeBench 316%, 1,160 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 9,863 samples	774x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 93%, 2,605 samples	413x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 2,951 samples	287x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

PM9A1 Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 316% (20^th of 1058)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9510

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Average Bench: 316% (20th of 1058)

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Average Bench: 316% (20^th of 1058)