Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (15,149)
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Effective Speed +141% Effective Speed 141%Average Score +126% Read 263%, Write 195%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed 26%, SusWrite 281%Peak Score +154% Read 386%, Write 215%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 69%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 325%Value & Sentiment -255%User Rating -9%, Market Share -502%Nice To Haves +188% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 233%, DQ Mixed 225%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 169%, ADQ Mixed 204%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 239% (59^th of 1058)

Based on 15,149 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: 239% Great: 317%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 139.3% 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 801MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 976MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 168%. 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 549MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,149 samples)

Rank 59239%

Min	Avg	Max
816	Read 1,684	2,465
459	Write 1,212	1,532
369	Mixed 549	717
353	SusWrite 1,157	1,643
256% 1,151 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.6	4K Read 45.7	52.6
59.9	4K Write 115	166
34.7	4K Mixed 57.3	72.3
204% 72.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
486	DQ Read 976	1,314
247	DQ Write 776	1,193
284	DQ Mixed 801	1,074
620% 851 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BEL-User, 2 hrs ago.

345GB free

Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1646 1658 1666 1667 1668 1624 MB/s

342% Outstanding

Write 1,476

Mixed 811

SusWrite 1,655

343% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 226

4K Mixed 83

315% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1317

DQ Write 1,233

DQ Mixed 622

646% 1,057 MB/s

CAN-User, 17 hrs ago.

421GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1541 1527 1532 1534 1510 1498 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,446

Mixed 486

SusWrite 1,524

267% 1,185 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 60.3

221% 80.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,160

DQ Write 982

DQ Mixed 959

749% 1,034 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

260GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 1419 1437 1376 1435 1361 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,313

Mixed 493

SusWrite 1,381

248% 1,100 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 63

219% 78.4 MB/s

DQ Read 978

DQ Write 731

DQ Mixed 844

634% 851 MB/s

ITA-User, 6 hrs ago.

334GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1507 1622 1643 1644 1659 1632 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 1,502

Mixed 640

SusWrite 1,618

298% 1,327 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 52.2

171% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 586

DQ Write 477

DQ Mixed 532

398% 531 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 hrs ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 732 708 690 675 665 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 461

SusWrite 698

192% 864 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 58.2

205% 74.9 MB/s

DQ Read 723

DQ Write 640

DQ Mixed 749

543% 704 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

301GB free

Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 647 670 620 571 658 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 786

Mixed 448

SusWrite 614

146% 650 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 59.4

214% 76.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,157

DQ Write 935

DQ Mixed 983

753% 1,025 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 48%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 399,458 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 2,585 samples	252x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,264Bench 176%, 283,442 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 239%, 15,149 samples	182x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 2,384 samples	169x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 322 samples	49x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 04CD F4-2400C16-16GRS 24GBHynixBench 65%, 54 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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