Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +142% Effective Speed 142%Average Score +129% Read 262%, Write 197%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed 54%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 293%Peak Score +152% Read 374%, Write 211%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 320%Value & Sentiment -148%User Rating -9%, Market Share -287%Nice To Haves +183% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 222%, DQ Mixed 222%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 149%, ADQ Mixed 201%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total 211%

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1071)

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 66238%

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

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

84GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 33 33 33 32 MB/s

308% Outstanding

Write 32.6

Mixed 65.3

SusWrite 32.4

204% 983 MB/s

4K Read 380

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 4.1

582% 129 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

183GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1550 1629 1632 1634 1599 1414 MB/s

308% Outstanding

Write 1,472

Mixed 612

SusWrite 1,576

320% 1,437 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 70.1

256% 95.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,035

DQ Write 1,201

DQ Mixed 821

701% 1,019 MB/s

HUN-User, 6 hrs ago.

431GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 1481 1483 1491 1540 1544 MB/s

246% Outstanding

Write 1,466

Mixed 584

SusWrite 1,490

298% 1,333 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 51.1

168% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 830

DQ Write 591

DQ Mixed 719

535% 713 MB/s

HUN-User, 6 hrs ago.

431GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1548 1556 1544 1561 1556 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 1,436

Mixed 647

SusWrite 1,549

296% 1,319 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 77

4K Mixed 50.3

164% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 802

DQ Write 558

DQ Mixed 701

518% 687 MB/s

SVN-User, 5 hrs ago.

317GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1282 1312 1295 1257 1350 1330 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,444

Mixed 606

SusWrite 1,304

295% 1,323 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 80.7

4K Mixed 50.2

167% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 665

DQ Write 368

DQ Mixed 522

387% 518 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 1264 1222 1397 1395 1407 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1184

Mixed 555

SusWrite 1329

242% 1,077 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 50.8

168% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 727

DQ Write 477

DQ Mixed 612

454% 605 MB/s

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 45%

Speed boat

System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	126x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples	126x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	89x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 3,373 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 395 samples	36x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	2x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $570	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12600K $233	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1071)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 238% (66th of 1071)

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