Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +142% Effective Speed 142%Average Score +129% Read 262%, Write 197%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 54%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 294%Peak Score +152% Read 374%, Write 211%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 320%Value & Sentiment -111%User Rating -9%, Market Share -213%Nice To Haves +183% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 222%, DQ Mixed 222%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 148%, ADQ Mixed 201%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total 211%

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1071)

Based on 21,542 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVKW512, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-00007, SM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000L2, NVMe SM961 NVMe SAMSU, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-00000, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000H7, SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000L7

Poor: 149%Average: 238% Great: 306%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 138.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 783MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 986MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 157%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 552MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,542 samples)

Rank 66238%

Min	Avg	Max
823	Read 1,657	2,401
448	Write 1,205	1,508
353	Mixed 552	749
308	SusWrite 1,169	1,627
255% 1,146 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.2	4K Read 45.6	52.8
58.9	4K Write 117	168
33.2	4K Mixed 57.5	72.6
205% 73.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
524	DQ Read 986	1,313
225	DQ Write 717	1,154
316	DQ Mixed 783	1,065
604% 829 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

476GB free

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1680 1759 1709 1736 1586 1615 MB/s

283% Outstanding

Write 1350

Mixed 642

SusWrite 1,681

311% 1,392 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 51.5

191% 69.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,228

DQ Write 867

DQ Mixed 1,010

764% 1,035 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

9GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 23 25 26 25 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 30

Mixed 62.5

SusWrite 24.6

135% 649 MB/s

4K Read 337

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 3.8

517% 114 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

208GB free

Firmware: CXA73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1639 1673 1622 1628 1620 1622 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,566

Mixed 640

SusWrite 1634

309% 1,378 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 74.7

4K Mixed 46.9

151% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 585

DQ Write 393

DQ Mixed 528

383% 502 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

314GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 1368 1334 1320 1316 1300 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,337

Mixed 527

SusWrite 1341

264% 1,179 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 47.7

172% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 974

DQ Write 723

DQ Mixed 824

622% 840 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 468 438 396 428 412 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 573

Mixed 462

SusWrite 444

200% 923 MB/s

4K Read 40.7

4K Write 96.1

4K Mixed 47.2

173% 61.3 MB/s

DQ Read 736

DQ Write 609

DQ Mixed 678

506% 674 MB/s

EGY-User, 3 days ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 831 728 757 610 643 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 977

Mixed 457

SusWrite 751

191% 856 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 41.6

143% 49.4 MB/s

DQ Read 584

DQ Write 421

DQ Mixed 540

393% 515 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 45%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	191x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 71%, 1 sample	1x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples	192x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	126x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 3,373 samples	103x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 395 samples	56x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Kingston KHX2400C14S4/16G 24GBHynixBench 60%, 139 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1071)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (66th of 1071)

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