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 +132% Effective Speed 132%Average User Bench +123% Read 258%, Write 203%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 60%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 283%Peak Lab Bench +149% Read 381%, Write 208%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 91%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 287%Value & Sentiment -617%User Rating -59%, Market Share -1,175%Nice To Haves +184% DQ Read 242%, DQ Write 233%, DQ Mixed 219%, ADQ Read 180%, ADQ Write 167%, ADQ Mixed 189%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 207%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 242% (34^th of 1003)

Based on 6,458 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: 153%Average: 242% Great: 317%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 142.2% 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 794MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 809MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 164%. 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 586MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,458 samples)

Rank 34242%

Min	Avg	Max
837	Read 1,679	2,456
684	Write 1,276	1,507
394	Mixed 586	797
491	SusWrite 1,218	1,621
266% 1,190 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.9	4K Read 43.2	53.5
66.8	4K Write 116	170
31.5	4K Mixed 57.3	74.2
201% 72.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
203	DQ Read 940	1,313
298	DQ Write 809	1,204
284	DQ Mixed 794	1,073
617% 848 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

336GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 1263 1266 1387 1398 685 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,416

Mixed 537

SusWrite 1,188

269% 1,203 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 69.8

254% 94.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1228

DQ Write 1,186

DQ Mixed 1,006

811% 1,140 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

326GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 1469 1478 1493 1422 1282 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 1,407

Mixed 586

SusWrite 1,357

281% 1,257 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 83.9

4K Mixed 52.1

171% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 854

DQ Write 732

DQ Mixed 767

582% 785 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

437GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 1478 1446 1466 1450 1444 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,388

Mixed 833

SusWrite 1,450

291% 1,297 MB/s

4K Read 40.9

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 54

179% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 711

DQ Write 594

DQ Mixed 649

487% 651 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

216GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 692 731 1105 1017 1116 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1263

Mixed 418

SusWrite 890

228% 1,023 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 94.3

4K Mixed 54.1

183% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 526

DQ Mixed 59.1

149% 307 MB/s

ZAF-User, 4 hrs ago.

95GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 779 690 661 683 666 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,026

Mixed 472

SusWrite 726

183% 815 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 99.4

4K Mixed 55.4

187% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,022

DQ Write 806

DQ Mixed 849

653% 892 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

283GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 878 900 901 903 894 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 693

Mixed 309

SusWrite 887

192% 870 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 27.4

91% 29.1 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 197

172% 261 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 227,934 samples	496x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 88%, 1,375 samples	496x

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 242%, 6,458 samples	406x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 72%, 1,066 samples	328x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 196 samples	124x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 21 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 242% (34^th of 1003)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 242% (34th of 1003)

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