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 +141% Effective Speed 141%Average User Bench +129% Read 271%, Write 201%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 63%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 292%Peak Lab Bench +155% Read 391%, Write 209%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 91%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 300%Value & Sentiment -344%User Rating -56%, Market Share -632%Nice To Haves +188% DQ Read 257%, DQ Write 236%, DQ Mixed 225%, ADQ Read 177%, ADQ Write 164%, ADQ Mixed 181%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 241% (28^th of 992)

Based on 6,168 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: 148%Average: 241% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 141.4% 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 770MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 792MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 163%. 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 578MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 114MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,168 samples)

Rank 28241%

Min	Avg	Max
819	Read 1,717	2,487
571	Write 1,256	1,501
422	Mixed 578	771
560	SusWrite 1,214	1,626
266% 1,191 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.9	4K Read 42.7	52.8
59	4K Write 114	172
36.7	4K Mixed 56.9	73.4
198% 71.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
212	DQ Read 901	1,310
213	DQ Write 792	1,191
199	DQ Mixed 770	1,065
598% 821 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

152GB free

Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1659 1657 1662 1656 1655 1545 MB/s

308% Outstanding

Write 1,503

Mixed 629

SusWrite 1,639

327% 1,468 MB/s

4K Read 53

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 73.6

255% 92.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,089

DQ Write 931

DQ Mixed 938

723% 986 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

406GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 1574 1583 1565 1569 1543 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 1,435

Mixed 572

SusWrite 1,561

299% 1,337 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 67.4

240% 91.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,196

DQ Write 1,031

DQ Mixed 1,003

782% 1,077 MB/s

FIN-User, 4 hrs ago.

303GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1512 1548 1580 1588 1568 1491 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1,435

Mixed 678

SusWrite 1,548

329% 1,479 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 51.7

175% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 696

DQ Write 572

DQ Mixed 593

455% 620 MB/s

NLD-User, 9 hrs ago.

281GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1599 1592 1599 1595 1601 1522 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 1,452

Mixed 640

SusWrite 1,585

310% 1,386 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 60.7

212% 76.8 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 535

DQ Mixed 590

444% 596 MB/s

ROU-User, 9 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 597 596 597 601 586 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 609

Mixed 459

SusWrite 595

134% 596 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 60.8

211% 74.8 MB/s

DQ Read 848

DQ Write 681

DQ Mixed 971

671% 833 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

276GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5D0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 490 459 628 661 675 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 646

Mixed 469

SusWrite 574

187% 854 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 8.9

4K Mixed 13.4

70% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 23

DQ Mixed 43.3

39% 60.9 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 205,596 samples	427x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 89%, 999 samples	427x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 241%, 6,168 samples	358x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 72%, 840 samples	278x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 176 samples	112x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 66%, 20 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $364	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $75
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $761	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (28^th of 992)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 241% (28th of 992)

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