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PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 326% (25th of 1072)

Based on 1,054 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe Samsung 2048GB
Poor: 156%Average: 326% Great: 517%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB averaged 226.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 916MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,219MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB is 361%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 137MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 59.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,054 samples)
Rank 25326%
Min Avg Max
758 Read 2,033 2,906
666 Write 2,219 3,777
691 Mixed 1,918 2,983
525 SusWrite 1,996 3,615
461% 2,042 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.9 4K Read 59.7 82.3
50.6 4K Write 137 233
44.3 4K Mixed 81.4 120
267% 92.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
410 DQ Read 1,073 1,714
149 DQ Write 698 1,386
267 DQ Mixed 916 1,504
675% 896 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 36310129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1840 2042 2082 2096 2077 1529 MB/s
306% Outstanding
Read 2,093
Write 1,937
Mixed 1,932
SusWrite 1,944
446% 1,977 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 67.6
218% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,202
DQ Write 405
DQ Mixed 877
628% 828 MB/s
549GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36310129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2264 2052 1759 1724 1708 1702 MB/s
306% Outstanding
Read 2,235
Write 2,027
Mixed 2,044
SusWrite 1,868
460% 2,043 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 67.4
222% 74.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,136
DQ Write 377
DQ Mixed 863
609% 792 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36310129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1804 1763 1985 1257 1216 1337 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 1,325
Write 1,287
Mixed 1,219
SusWrite 1,560
304% 1,348 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 46.9
183% 68.3 MB/s
DQ Read 908
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 784
541% 684 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 36308129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 420 426 422 403 395 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 2,013
Write 1917
Mixed 770
SusWrite 468
287% 1,292 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 51.2
210% 81.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,145
DQ Write 924
DQ Mixed 684
607% 917 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,633,423 SSDs tested

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Typical PM9A1 Samsung 2048GB Builds (Compare 10,152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 125%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 124%
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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel  $219Bench 98%, 20,430 samples4,446x
Core i7-10700Intel  $230Bench 93%, 71,010 samples1,824x
Core i5-11400Intel  $137Bench 94%, 24,459 samples1,150x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples989x
SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 2048GBNvmeBench 326%, 1,054 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples396x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $559

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