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PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 345% (13th of 1058)

Based on 2,057 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB
Poor: 188%Average: 345% Great: 477%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB averaged 244.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,000MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,382MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB is 289%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 165MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 692MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,057 samples)
Rank 13345%
Min Avg Max
1,132 Read 2,277 3,053
961 Write 2,382 3,868
1,010 Mixed 2,094 3,078
955 SusWrite 1,873 2,692
486% 2,157 MB/s
Min Avg Max
43.9 4K Read 71.2 89.3
77.5 4K Write 165 245
48.3 4K Mixed 95.9 130
318% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
575 DQ Read 1,136 1,684
277 DQ Write 692 1,349
515 DQ Mixed 1,000 1,516
722% 943 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
868GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2414 3310 3635 2745 1651 1674 MB/s
486% Outstanding
Read 3,078
Write 3,899
Mixed 3,088
SusWrite 2,571
714% 3,159 MB/s
4K Read 89.7
4K Write 250
4K Mixed 129
434% 156 MB/s
DQ Read 1,674
DQ Write 1,501
DQ Mixed 1,603
1,198% 1,593 MB/s
835GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36308029 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1938 1940 1925 1939 1928 MB/s
376% Outstanding
Read 2627
Write 2,384
Mixed 2,318
SusWrite 1,894
518% 2,306 MB/s
4K Read 74.1
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 104
335% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 1,218
DQ Write 1,043
DQ Mixed 1,123
844% 1,128 MB/s
788GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36308029 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1321 1590 1638 1699 1693 1702 MB/s
298% Outstanding
Read 2,098
Write 1,678
Mixed 1741
SusWrite 1,607
400% 1,781 MB/s
4K Read 66.5
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 84
274% 91.6 MB/s
DQ Read 941
DQ Write 423
DQ Mixed 952
634% 772 MB/s
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Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9510

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 87%, 61,119 samples2,149x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 86%, 5,544 samples894x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 15,302 samples40x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 34,404 samples1,979x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 59%, 8,906 samples940x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 52%, 6,338 samples108x
SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 345%, 2,057 samples349x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 9,863 samples774x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 93%, 2,605 samples413x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 2,951 samples287x
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