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PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB

PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB
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Effective Speed +259% Effective Speed 259%Average Score +327% Read 399%, Write 520%, 4K Read 104%, 4K Write 94%, Mixed 500%, 4K Mixed 115%, SusWrite 554%Peak Score +391% Read 494%, Write 694%, 4K Read 106%, 4K Write 105%, Mixed 624%, 4K Mixed 124%, SusWrite 593%Value & Sentiment -135%User Rating -13%, Market Share -257%Nice To Haves +308% DQ Read 397%, DQ Write 320%, DQ Mixed 400%, ADQ Read 266%, ADQ Write 168%, ADQ Mixed 299%, Age 266%, AS-SSD Total 347%

Average Bench: 354% (15^th of 1069)

Based on 3,450 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 1024GB

Poor: 189%Average: 354% Great: 485%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB averaged 253.7% 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 1,038MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,513MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB is 296%. 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 171MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 70.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,450 samples)

Rank 15354%

Min	Avg	Max
1,135	Read 2,281	3,008
923	Write 2,513	3,851
946	Mixed 2,155	3,066
954	SusWrite 1,943	2,683
502% 2,223 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40	4K Read 70.3	88.9
83.6	4K Write 171	251
47.9	4K Mixed 96.8	131
321% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
524	DQ Read 1,194	1,823
276	DQ Write 772	1,504
465	DQ Mixed 1,038	1,655
759% 1,001 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

879GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3599 3683 3344 1719 1730 1721 MB/s

478% Outstanding

Write 3,776

Mixed 2,967

SusWrite 2,632

692% 3,058 MB/s

4K Read 87.3

4K Write 230

4K Mixed 129

419% 149 MB/s

DQ Read 1,765

DQ Write 1,495

DQ Mixed 1,630

1,221% 1,630 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

899GB free

Firmware: 36303229 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3515 3389 3526 2321 1695 1699 MB/s

470% Outstanding

Write 3,461

Mixed 2894

SusWrite 2,691

675% 2,989 MB/s

4K Read 80.1

4K Write 223

4K Mixed 117

389% 140 MB/s

DQ Read 1,705

DQ Write 1,380

DQ Mixed 1,540

1,154% 1,542 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

865GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3288 3524 3151 1736 1741 1741 MB/s

465% Outstanding

Write 3,827

Mixed 3,074

SusWrite 2530

697% 3,084 MB/s

4K Read 87.5

4K Write 236

4K Mixed 127

420% 150 MB/s

DQ Read 1,507

DQ Write 1,323

DQ Mixed 1,438

1,072% 1,423 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

214GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2126 1973 1778 1811 1792 1821 MB/s

348% Outstanding

Write 2265

Mixed 2,259

SusWrite 1,884

498% 2,211 MB/s

4K Read 71.9

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 98

317% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,190

DQ Write 432

DQ Mixed 906

644% 842 MB/s

USA-User, 1 min ago.

274GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1887 2052 2058 2079 2081 2084 MB/s

328% Outstanding

Write 2,171

Mixed 1,208

SusWrite 2040

430% 1,914 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 63.2

218% 77.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,226

DQ Write 890

DQ Mixed 981

754% 1,032 MB/s

AUS-User, 11 hrs ago.

252GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1523 1722 1885 2025 1689 1419 MB/s

327% Outstanding

Write 2,173

Mixed 2,105

SusWrite 1,711

465% 2,065 MB/s

4K Read 70.5

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 95.1

309% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,135

DQ Write 436

DQ Mixed 812

594% 794 MB/s

MEX-User, 11 hrs ago.

631GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 892 722 917 842 859 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 992

Mixed 1442

SusWrite 852

262% 1,167 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 66.4

205% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 531

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 377

280% 378 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 15%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9510

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 89%, 39,854 samples	2,599x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 91%, 1,960 samples	935x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 74%, 29,619 samples	48x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 43,135 samples	2,286x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 58%, 14,683 samples	1,094x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 52%, 12,541 samples	141x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 354%, 3,450 samples	392x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 13,540 samples	885x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 92%, 3,591 samples	532x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 69%, 3,242 samples	385x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3070 $450	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i7-12700K $329	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $468	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $270	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB

Average Bench: 354% (15^th of 1069)

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Average Bench: 354% (15th of 1069)

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Average Bench: 354% (15^th of 1069)