Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (13,600)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +150% Effective Speed 150%Average Score +134% Read 286%, Write 199%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 287%Peak Score +159% Read 394%, Write 213%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 87%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 318%Value & Sentiment -296%User Rating -9%, Market Share -583%Nice To Haves +198% DQ Read 259%, DQ Write 237%, DQ Mixed 237%, ADQ Read 212%, ADQ Write 182%, ADQ Mixed 224%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total 219%

Average Bench: 244% (48^th of 1040)

Based on 13,600 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: 143%Average: 244% Great: 318%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 143.8% 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 808MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 980MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 175%. 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 566MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,600 samples)

Rank 48244%

Min	Avg	Max
907	Read 1,765	2,481
437	Write 1,214	1,514
320	Mixed 566	776
291	SusWrite 1,156	1,643
262% 1,176 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28	4K Read 47.7	53.1
52.1	4K Write 117	168
29.6	4K Mixed 57.5	72.8
208% 73.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
445	DQ Read 980	1,314
288	DQ Write 795	1,206
312	DQ Mixed 808	1,072
626% 861 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 31 mins ago.

402GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1745 1782 1825 1802 1797 1729 MB/s

334% Outstanding

Write 1,580

Mixed 664

SusWrite 1780

346% 1,551 MB/s

4K Read 53.6

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 73.8

263% 97.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,326

DQ Write 1,255

DQ Mixed 1,100

878% 1227 MB/s

USA-User, 44 mins ago.

402GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1780 1756 1780 1777 1773 1735 MB/s

322% Outstanding

Write 1,593

Mixed 653

SusWrite 1,767

344% 1,539 MB/s

4K Read 50.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 71

232% 81.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,312

DQ Write 1,218

DQ Mixed 1,097

869% 1,209 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

361GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1488 1569 1528 1525 1537 1525 MB/s

268% Outstanding

Write 1477

Mixed 591

SusWrite 1,528

301% 1,346 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 60

198% 68 MB/s

DQ Read 1,020

DQ Write 865

DQ Mixed 881

677% 922 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

405GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1186 1260 1143 1213 1320 1258 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,308

Mixed 588

SusWrite 1230

278% 1,250 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 46.8

162% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 703

DQ Write 539

DQ Mixed 585

447% 609 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

181GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 993 1130 1210 1014 1083 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,329

Mixed 514

SusWrite 1108

261% 1,170 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 75.2

4K Mixed 36.4

143% 49.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,157

DQ Write 955

DQ Mixed 978

754% 1,030 MB/s

SWE-User, 3 hrs ago.

227GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 1098 1075 974 830 1025 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,088

Mixed 493

SusWrite 1022

237% 1,067 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 53.1

189% 67.8 MB/s

DQ Read 953

DQ Write 754

DQ Mixed 607

522% 771 MB/s

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 50%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 395,383 samples	211x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 2,312 samples	210x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,264Bench 176%, 237,217 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 244%, 13,600 samples	154x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 70%, 2,271 samples	139x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 312 samples	42x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 04CD F4-2400C16-16GRS 24GBHynixBench 67%, 44 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 244% (48^th of 1040)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 244% (48th of 1040)

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