Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +147% Effective Speed 147%Average Score +133% Read 274%, Write 205%, 4K Read 39%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 60%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 293%Peak Score +158% Read 396%, Write 214%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 91%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 313%Value & Sentiment -298%User Rating -31%, Market Share -565%Nice To Haves +194% DQ Read 259%, DQ Write 237%, DQ Mixed 238%, ADQ Read 201%, ADQ Write 170%, ADQ Mixed 213%, Age 18%, AS-SSD Total 219%

Average Bench: 243% (49^th of 1037)

Based on 12,534 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: 161%Average: 243% Great: 314%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 142.7% 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 973MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 152%. 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 572MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,534 samples)

Rank 49243%

Min	Avg	Max
860	Read 1,715	2,488
564	Write 1,252	1,517
403	Mixed 572	789
430	SusWrite 1,173	1,620
263% 1,178 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.3	4K Read 46.1	52.5
57	4K Write 117	166
34.2	4K Mixed 58.1	72.3
206% 73.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
491	DQ Read 973	1,314
257	DQ Write 794	1,207
316	DQ Mixed 801	1,073
622% 856 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

297GB free

Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1638 1630 1640 1644 1640 1600 MB/s

333% Outstanding

Write 1,483

Mixed 961

SusWrite 1632

369% 1,659 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 70.2

242% 88.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,310

DQ Write 1,224

DQ Mixed 1,080

862% 1,204 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

401GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1516 1581 1537 1564 1516 1553 MB/s

262% Outstanding

Write 1377

Mixed 509

SusWrite 1,545

269% 1,196 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 65.4

223% 79.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,042

DQ Write 954

DQ Mixed 973

737% 990 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

401GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1442 1435 1411 1452 1601 1590 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 1,440

Mixed 486

SusWrite 1,488

263% 1,167 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 67.5

233% 84.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,131

DQ Write 1,034

DQ Mixed 996

771% 1,054 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

254GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 958 1248 1246 1233 1211 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1,152

Mixed 551

SusWrite 1,141

266% 1,198 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 99.6

4K Mixed 58.5

198% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,207

DQ Write 654

DQ Mixed 825

642% 895 MB/s

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $298Bench 90%, 205,433 samples	1,754x
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 95%, 435,822 samples	936x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 179,359 samples	702x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 707,243 samples	844x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 906,947 samples	760x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 572,790 samples	519x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 243%, 12,534 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,541 samples	476x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,638 samples	371x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 5,462 samples	313x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $838

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 243% (49^th of 1037)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 243% (49th of 1037)

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