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Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 238% (74th of 1080)

more 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

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
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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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
219GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1389 1409 1365 1392 1377 1388 MB/s
304% Outstanding
Read 2,062
Write 1,392
Mixed 626
SusWrite 1,387
304% 1,367 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 71.3
267% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,316
DQ Write 1,162
DQ Mixed 1,056
842% 1,178 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1330 1307 1398 1422 1429 1403 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,693
Write 1,151
Mixed 540
SusWrite 1,382
266% 1,191 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 47.3
156% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 507
DQ Mixed 707
515% 677 MB/s
269GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1253 1184 1171 1127 411 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,970
Write 1,349
Mixed 581
SusWrite 1,083
277% 1,246 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 81.9
4K Mixed 51.9
171% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 540
438% 626 MB/s
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1186 1125 1106 1075 1078 1069 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,030
Write 964
Mixed 471
SusWrite 1,106
201% 893 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 54.2
180% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 894
DQ Write 667
DQ Mixed 761
574% 774 MB/s
288GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 1147 1174 1069 1110 1085 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 1,299
Write 1,251
Mixed 484
SusWrite 1,104
232% 1,034 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 44
139% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 489
DQ Mixed 659
482% 635 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 353 332 391 420 392 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 1,558
Write 927
Mixed 521
SusWrite 396
188% 850 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 74.1
4K Mixed 45.5
148% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 510
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 451
328% 429 MB/s
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1103 1081 1069 776 774 810 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 708
Write 778
Mixed 432
SusWrite 936
161% 713 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 35.6
99% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 800
DQ Write 685
DQ Mixed 726
549% 737 MB/s
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 941 1141 909 797 772 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 776
Write 744
Mixed 504
SusWrite 927
166% 738 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 30.4
103% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 569
DQ Write 435
DQ Mixed 521
385% 508 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 691 672 661 647 640 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,298
Write 1,141
Mixed 483
SusWrite 678
201% 900 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 26.7
106% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 240
181% 246 MB/s
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 45%
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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples191x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 71%, 1 sample1x
GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples192x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples126x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 3,373 samples103x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 395 samples56x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Kingston KHX2400C14S4/16G 24GBHynixBench 60%, 139 samples3x
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