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 +137% Effective Speed 137%Average User Bench +124% Read 260%, Write 193%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 54%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 278%Peak Lab Bench +153% Read 372%, Write 210%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 76%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 314%Value & Sentiment -248%User Rating -31%, Market Share -466%Nice To Haves +190% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 236%, DQ Mixed 237%, ADQ Read 186%, ADQ Write 162%, ADQ Mixed 199%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 235% (43^rd of 1011)

Based on 9,122 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: 235% Great: 310%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 134.6% 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 766MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 773MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 161%. 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 554MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,122 samples)

Rank 43235%

Min	Avg	Max
889	Read 1,653	2,367
489	Write 1,212	1,497
390	Mixed 554	731
402	SusWrite 1,134	1,611
254% 1,138 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.6	4K Read 43.2	53.5
62	4K Write 115	173
36.2	4K Mixed 57.6	74.4
200% 72 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
52.2	DQ Read 906	1,312
178	DQ Write 773	1,198
140	DQ Mixed 766	1,068
594% 815 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GTM-User, 1 hr ago.

346GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1197 1330 1236 1353 1345 1355 MB/s

301% Outstanding

Write 1,286

Mixed 705

SusWrite 1,303

318% 1,438 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 67.8

241% 87.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,305

DQ Write 893

DQ Mixed 1,006

776% 1,068 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

438GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 1460 1564 1608 1580 1519 MB/s

286% Outstanding

Write 1,525

Mixed 645

SusWrite 1,488

328% 1,475 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 60.5

210% 77.4 MB/s

DQ Read 968

DQ Write 848

DQ Mixed 857

657% 891 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 508 477 402 435 425 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 945

Mixed 458

SusWrite 465

210% 956 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 48.7

163% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 743

DQ Write 749

DQ Mixed 712

545% 735 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

275GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 791 802 793 788 948 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 1,371

Mixed 581

SusWrite 821

251% 1,130 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 91

4K Mixed 46.3

161% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 361

264% 347 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 hrs ago.

429GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 928 873 1036 1193 1020 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 1,237

Mixed 546

SusWrite 1,025

226% 1,006 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 72.5

4K Mixed 45.7

149% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 550

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 475

375% 520 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 hrs ago.

429GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 817 837 993 1211 901 MB/s

155% Outstanding

Write 979

Mixed 514

SusWrite 931

202% 902 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 47

4K Mixed 31.8

100% 33.8 MB/s

DQ Read 444

DQ Write 421

DQ Mixed 442

329% 436 MB/s

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 53%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

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Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 61%, 277,878 samples	563x

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GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 67%, 1,355 samples	563x

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 235%, 9,122 samples	457x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 71%, 1,281 samples	376x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 214 samples	132x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 64%, 29 samples	11x

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 235% (43^rd of 1011)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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