Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (9,981)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +147% Effective Speed 147%Average Score +132% Read 281%, Write 197%, 4K Read 44%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 59%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 283%Peak Score +160% Read 399%, Write 213%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 317%Value & Sentiment -361%User Rating -30%, Market Share -692%Nice To Haves +195% DQ Read 259%, DQ Write 235%, DQ Mixed 239%, ADQ Read 200%, ADQ Write 174%, ADQ Mixed 214%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total 218%

Average Bench: 241% (45^th of 1026)

Based on 9,981 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: 151%Average: 241% Great: 314%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 141.1% 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 797MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,745MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 163%. 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 567MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,981 samples)

Rank 45241%

Min	Avg	Max
889	Read 1,745	2,503
476	Write 1,214	1,516
366	Mixed 567	785
372	SusWrite 1,131	1,627
259% 1,164 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.6	4K Read 48	53.7
56.9	4K Write 115	171
34.6	4K Mixed 57.5	73
207% 73.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
276	DQ Read 957	1,314
280	DQ Write 789	1,196
256	DQ Mixed 797	1,075
618% 848 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

255GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1392 1385 1399 1370 1382 1386 MB/s

298% Outstanding

Write 1,442

Mixed 569

SusWrite 1,386

292% 1,306 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 201

4K Mixed 75.6

285% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,277

DQ Write 1,132

DQ Mixed 1,067

838% 1,159 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 hrs ago.

123GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 1594 1404 1097 719 631 MB/s

272% Outstanding

Write 1,498

Mixed 628

SusWrite 1,163

276% 1,235 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 73.6

260% 96.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,303

DQ Write 1,158

DQ Mixed 1,024

824% 1,162 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

360GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1682 1699 1675 1640 1657 1625 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 1,510

Mixed 599

SusWrite 1,663

304% 1,352 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 50.5

184% 68.9 MB/s

DQ Read 866

DQ Write 666

DQ Mixed 775

577% 769 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

161GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 895 871 838 818 789 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,233

Mixed 514

SusWrite 871

221% 990 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 51.4

175% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,070

DQ Write 895

DQ Mixed 900

696% 955 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

160GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 1347 1343 1153 1156 1314 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,159

Mixed 471

SusWrite 1,278

211% 930 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 57.9

164% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,032

DQ Write 823

DQ Mixed 872

668% 909 MB/s

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 68%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 322,569 samples	669x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 74%, 2,067 samples	669x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 241%, 9,981 samples	543x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 1,710 samples	449x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 261 samples	150x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 64%, 38 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $240

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (45^th of 1026)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (45th of 1026)

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