Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (4,486)
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +129% Effective Speed 129%Average User Bench +123% Read 264%, Write 200%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 63%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 271%Peak Lab Bench +147% Read 380%, Write 209%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 88%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 271%Value & Sentiment -321%User Rating -58%, Market Share -584%Nice To Haves +175% DQ Read 241%, DQ Write 230%, DQ Mixed 213%, ADQ Read 150%, ADQ Write 145%, ADQ Mixed 153%, Age 60%, AS-SSD Total 206%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 239% (24^th of 959)

Based on 4,486 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: 156%Average: 239% Great: 305%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 138.6% 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 713MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,699MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 149%. 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 588MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,486 samples)

Rank 24239%

Min	Avg	Max
865	Read 1,699	2,453
716	Write 1,261	1,506
432	Mixed 588	767
546	SusWrite 1,211	1,591
265% 1,190 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.8	4K Read 42.4	51.8
64	4K Write 115	179
36.1	4K Mixed 56.8	72.5
198% 71.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.5	DQ Read 851	1,306
153	DQ Write 750	1,173
61.2	DQ Mixed 713	1,045
558% 771 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CHE-User, 23 mins ago.

454GB free

Firmware: CXA74H6Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1710 1707 1712 1693 1685 1618 MB/s

281% Outstanding

Write 1,534

Mixed 608

SusWrite 1,688

312% 1,390 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 64.7

222% 83.5 MB/s

DQ Read 945

DQ Write 870

DQ Mixed 892

674% 903 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

338GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1568 1574 1564 1503 1375 1453 MB/s

274% Outstanding

Write 1,461

Mixed 608

SusWrite 1,506

318% 1,427 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 69.5

240% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 521

DQ Write 483

DQ Mixed 508

380% 504 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 hrs ago.

289GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 1484 1460 1509 1508 1521 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 1,410

Mixed 592

SusWrite 1,459

299% 1,341 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 58.1

198% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 1,264

DQ Write 711

DQ Mixed 875

681% 950 MB/s

CZE-User, 2 hrs ago.

441GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1561 1645 1618 1663 1651 1627 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 1,492

Mixed 615

SusWrite 1,628

316% 1,412 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 62.7

214% 75.3 MB/s

DQ Read 711

DQ Write 551

DQ Mixed 604

459% 622 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

306GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1226 1292 1225 1177 1110 1166 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 995

Mixed 572

SusWrite 1,199

237% 1061 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 62.6

216% 77.7 MB/s

DQ Read 953

DQ Write 807

DQ Mixed 853

646% 871 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

305GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1427 1400 1190 991 769 760 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 758

Mixed 582

SusWrite 1,090

184% 816 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 61.4

211% 77.1 MB/s

DQ Read 992

DQ Write 846

DQ Mixed 883

671% 907 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 147,670 samples	314x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 86%, 642 samples	314x

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 239%, 4,486 samples	273x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 73%, 679 samples	207x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 68%, 119 samples	83x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 11 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 239% (24^th of 959)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 239% (24th of 959)

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