Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +140% Effective Speed 140%Average User Bench +130% Read 262%, Write 206%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 62%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 308%Peak Lab Bench +154% Read 384%, Write 209%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 86%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 311%Value & Sentiment -390%User Rating -58%, Market Share -723%Nice To Haves +185% DQ Read 257%, DQ Write 233%, DQ Mixed 225%, ADQ Read 176%, ADQ Write 161%, ADQ Mixed 188%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total 214%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 241% (33^rd of 1000)

Based on 7,350 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: 241% Great: 314%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 140.8% 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 776MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 790MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 159%. 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 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,350 samples)

Rank 33241%

Min	Avg	Max
899	Read 1,674	2,450
664	Write 1,268	1,504
427	Mixed 575	762
511	SusWrite 1,226	1,613
265% 1,186 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.1	4K Read 43.2	53.3
57.3	4K Write 115	175
33.3	4K Mixed 56.8	73.3
199% 71.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
49.7	DQ Read 904	1,312
162	DQ Write 790	1,188
71.2	DQ Mixed 776	1,067
601% 823 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CHN-User, 2 hrs ago.

0GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1556 1553 1537 1560 1550 1457 MB/s

293% Outstanding

Write 1,470

Mixed 572

SusWrite 1,535

331% 1,492 MB/s

4K Read 46.7

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 61.5

210% 73.9 MB/s

DQ Read 938

DQ Write 822

DQ Mixed 844

643% 868 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 781 719 675 643 620 MB/s

254% Outstanding

Write 1,254

Mixed 550

SusWrite 722

250% 1,131 MB/s

4K Read 49.7

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 70.5

251% 93.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,307

DQ Write 1045

DQ Mixed 996

795% 1,116 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

415GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1145 1189 1217 1226 1208 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,212

Mixed 518

SusWrite 1,180

239% 1,067 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 55.9

192% 66.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,026

DQ Write 563

DQ Mixed 913

648% 834 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

418GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 1238 1235 1244 1253 1198 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,142

Mixed 588

SusWrite 1,171

256% 1,147 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 45.7

151% 51.5 MB/s

DQ Read 22

DQ Write 465

DQ Mixed 481

302% 322 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

442GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 915 927 920 990 999 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,003

Mixed 457

SusWrite 944

191% 852 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 28.8

162% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,139

DQ Write 1,000

DQ Mixed 950

745% 1,030 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

374GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1020 958 916 930 1023 992 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 967

Mixed 465

SusWrite 973

181% 802 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 92.7

4K Mixed 53.8

184% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 959

DQ Write 831

DQ Mixed 837

643% 876 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 222,411 samples	455x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 89%, 1,109 samples	455x

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 241%, 7,350 samples	375x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 72%, 954 samples	299x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 184 samples	116x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 21 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (33^rd of 1000)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (33rd of 1000)

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