Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (5,742)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +130% Effective Speed 130%Average User Bench +123% Read 257%, Write 203%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 59%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 284%Peak Lab Bench +147% Read 372%, Write 210%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed 84%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 289%Value & Sentiment -443%User Rating -56%, Market Share -830%Nice To Haves +177% DQ Read 240%, DQ Write 231%, DQ Mixed 218%, ADQ Read 158%, ADQ Write 151%, ADQ Mixed 171%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 205%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 238% (28^th of 980)

Based on 5,742 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: 155%Average: 238% Great: 308%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 138.2% 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 747MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 767MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 153%. 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 575MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,742 samples)

Rank 28238%

Min	Avg	Max
819	Read 1,671	2,419
666	Write 1,271	1,512
410	Mixed 575	756
523	SusWrite 1,232	1,619
265% 1,187 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.1	4K Read 42.2	52.3
53.6	4K Write 111	170
27.9	4K Mixed 55.9	72.8
194% 69.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
57.9	DQ Read 871	1,306
232	DQ Write 767	1,184
83.7	DQ Mixed 747	1,063
580% 795 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MEX-User, 10 hrs ago.

448GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1592 1641 1643 1648 1643 1616 MB/s

336% Outstanding

Write 1,518

Mixed 638

SusWrite 1,630

332% 1,491 MB/s

4K Read 57

4K Write 217

4K Mixed 81.2

305% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,321

DQ Write 1,208

DQ Mixed 1,032

838% 1,187 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

393GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1648 1620 1674 1557 1696 1572 MB/s

277% Outstanding

Write 1,587

Mixed 626

SusWrite 1,628

328% 1,467 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 97.2

4K Mixed 44.8

175% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,044

DQ Write 917

DQ Mixed 878

686% 946 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

81GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 899 783 690 616 558 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,246

Mixed 477

SusWrite 779

217% 971 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 54.7

191% 67.2 MB/s

DQ Read 852

DQ Write 726

DQ Mixed 786

590% 788 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

333GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 730 833 986 1003 1018 1000 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 960

Mixed 506

SusWrite 928

223% 1,005 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 66

4K Mixed 30.7

126% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 693

DQ Write 702

DQ Mixed 816

580% 737 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

278GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1027 1232 1251 1199 444 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 1,289

Mixed 514

SusWrite 1,036

212% 938 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 48.8

4K Mixed 37.3

121% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 27.6

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 321

206% 227 MB/s

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 188,325 samples	391x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 88%, 818 samples	391x

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 5,742 samples	333x

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HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 72%, 773 samples	256x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 153 samples	105x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 18 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $320	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $240	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $780	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $125	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $22

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (28^th of 980)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (28th of 980)

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