Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (8,241)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +146% Effective Speed 146%Average User Bench +131% Read 267%, Write 200%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 57%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 294%Peak Lab Bench +154% Read 384%, Write 210%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 78%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 314%Value & Sentiment -322%User Rating -31%, Market Share -614%Nice To Haves +197% DQ Read 259%, DQ Write 234%, DQ Mixed 238%, ADQ Read 210%, ADQ Write 181%, ADQ Mixed 220%, Age 21%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 243% (43^rd of 1016)

Based on 8,241 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: 155%Average: 243% Great: 310%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 142.9% 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 806MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 814MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 155%. 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 564MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 118MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,241 samples)

Rank 43243%

Min	Avg	Max
883	Read 1,686	2432
619	Write 1,239	1,500
398	Mixed 564	739
454	SusWrite 1,183	1,622
260% 1,168 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30	4K Read 45.3	52.9
61.5	4K Write 118	168
39.1	4K Mixed 58.6	73.6
206% 73.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
317	DQ Read 975	1,314
241	DQ Write 814	1,193
274	DQ Mixed 806	1,074
628% 865 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 938 1421 1571 1555 1531 1224 MB/s

306% Outstanding

Write 1454

Mixed 692

SusWrite 1,373

329% 1,481 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 68.4

244% 92.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,213

DQ Write 1,054

DQ Mixed 1,024

798% 1,097 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

367GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 1509 1485 1507 1505 1352 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 1,392

Mixed 645

SusWrite 1,458

308% 1,384 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 54.3

184% 64.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,012

DQ Write 878

DQ Mixed 921

697% 937 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 mins ago.

432GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1547 1540 1559 1555 1529 MB/s

254% Outstanding

Write 1,418

Mixed 527

SusWrite 1,543

262% 1,159 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 62.5

210% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,234

DQ Write 946

DQ Mixed 996

771% 1,059 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 mins ago.

362GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1188 1064 1023 1001 1017 1001 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 1,017

Mixed 538

SusWrite 1,049

214% 955 MB/s

4K Read 56.2

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 76.9

280% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 596

DQ Write 1234

DQ Mixed 344

424% 725 MB/s

GBR-User, 58 mins ago.

279GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1049 922 1034 802 968 1072 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 1,172

Mixed 575

SusWrite 975

253% 1,140 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 97.9

4K Mixed 49.6

188% 65.1 MB/s

DQ Read 589

DQ Write 584

DQ Mixed 150

232% 441 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Asus GX501VIK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 287,552 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 75%, 1,425 samples	611x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 243%, 8,241 samples	499x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBHynixBench 71%, 1,530 samples	413x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 67%, 231 samples	138x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 24GBHynixBench 64%, 33 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVKW512HMJP-00000

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 243% (43^rd of 1016)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 243% (43rd of 1016)

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