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Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (21,542)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -129%Effective Speed -129%Average Score -194%Read -152%, Write -285%, 4K Read -96%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -484%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite -171%Peak Score -253%Read -147%, Write -326%, 4K Read -264%, 4K Write -127%, Mixed -524%, 4K Mixed -203%, SusWrite -181%Value & Sentiment -608%User Rating -31%, Market Share -1,184%Nice To Haves -130%DQ Read -76%, DQ Write -64%, DQ Mixed -97%, ADQ Read -74%, ADQ Write -75%, ADQ Mixed -90%, Age -462%, AS-SSD Total -99%

Average Bench: 238% (74^th of 1080)

Based on 21,542 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: 149%Average: 238% Great: 306%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 138.4% 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 783MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 986MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 157%. 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 552MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,542 samples)

Rank 74238%

Min	Avg	Max
823	Read 1,657	2,401
448	Write 1,205	1,508
353	Mixed 552	749
308	SusWrite 1,169	1,627
255% 1,146 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.2	4K Read 45.6	52.8
58.9	4K Write 117	168
33.2	4K Mixed 57.5	72.6
205% 73.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
524	DQ Read 986	1,313
225	DQ Write 717	1,154
316	DQ Mixed 783	1,065
604% 829 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ARE-User, 4 days ago.

476GB free

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1715 1743 1726 1707 1696 1691 MB/s

308% Outstanding

Write 1,545

Mixed 872

SusWrite 1,713

363% 1,628 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 61.3

211% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,049

DQ Write 899

DQ Mixed 899

694% 949 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

273GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 1387 1325 1305 1288 1272 MB/s

297% Outstanding

Write 1,399

Mixed 632

SusWrite 1,348

308% 1,386 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 70.7

247% 90.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,297

DQ Write 1,030

DQ Mixed 1,049

816% 1,126 MB/s

ARE-User, 7 days ago.

422GB free

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1395 1634 1639 1637 1635 1630 MB/s

277% Outstanding

Write 1,503

Mixed 614

SusWrite 1,595

338% 1,522 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 96.2

4K Mixed 56.5

188% 65.1 MB/s

DQ Read 700

DQ Write 485

DQ Mixed 547

420% 577 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

362GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1416 1493 1494 1508 1537 1497 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1,445

Mixed 859

SusWrite 1,491

312% 1,393 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 53

192% 71.6 MB/s

DQ Read 837

DQ Write 594

DQ Mixed 771

561% 734 MB/s

SVN-User, 6 days ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 1365 1373 1323 1314 1360 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,419

Mixed 587

SusWrite 1,361

280% 1,250 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 46.6

165% 60.7 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 616

DQ Mixed 744

553% 736 MB/s

CHE-User, 5 days ago.

442GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1389 1378 1340 1345 1368 1426 MB/s

222% Outstanding

Write 1,257

Mixed 648

SusWrite 1374

274% 1,226 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 48.8

150% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 742

DQ Write 433

DQ Mixed 628

457% 601 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 days ago.

320GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 887 833 398 409 410 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 925

Mixed 576

SusWrite 645

230% 1,049 MB/s

4K Read 35.9

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 48

156% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 666

DQ Write 473

DQ Mixed 513

398% 550 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

261GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 760 834 811 726 691 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 797

Mixed 447

SusWrite 765

163% 726 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 58.7

4K Mixed 36

116% 40.1 MB/s

DQ Read 408

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 254

198% 279 MB/s

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Workstation 45%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	195x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 71%, 1 sample	1x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples	196x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	127x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 3,373 samples	106x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 395 samples	56x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Kingston KHX2400C14S4/16G 24GBHynixBench 60%, 139 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
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Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (74^th of 1080)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (74th of 1080)

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