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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +123% Effective Speed 123%Average User Bench +111% Read 240%, Write 166%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 57%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 235%Peak Lab Bench +133% Read 336%, Write 180%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed 94%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 244%Value & Sentiment -382%User Rating -65%, Market Share -699%Nice To Haves +185% DQ Read 289%, DQ Write 205%, DQ Mixed 194%, ADQ Read 194%, ADQ Write 160%, ADQ Mixed 192%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 233% (36^th of 1003)

Based on 8,259 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L7, SM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7, NVMe SM961 NVMe SAMSU, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L2, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPW256, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1

Poor: 164%Average: 233% Great: 288%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 133.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 805MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 990MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 575MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 120MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,259 samples)

Rank 36233%

Min	Avg	Max
757	Read 1,595	2226
593	Write 1,123	1,366
389	Mixed 575	810
406	SusWrite 1,063	1,442
243% 1,089 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.9	4K Read 47.1	55.8
71.8	4K Write 120	171
42.2	4K Mixed 59.9	71.9
211% 75.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
398	DQ Read 990	1,492
345	DQ Write 790	1,102
393	DQ Mixed 805	987
626% 862 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HKG-User, 13 hrs ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 1283 1292 1277 1255 1228 MB/s

294% Outstanding

Write 1,241

Mixed 726

SusWrite 1,265

286% 1,285 MB/s

4K Read 57.6

4K Write 201

4K Mixed 77.2

293% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 1,327

DQ Write 974

DQ Mixed 947

763% 1,082 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 1411 1447 1466 1352 1142 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 1,385

Mixed 589

SusWrite 1,368

288% 1,292 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 65.4

229% 81.2 MB/s

DQ Read 990

DQ Write 911

DQ Mixed 928

702% 943 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 1307 1272 1204 1103 961 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 1,294

Mixed 543

SusWrite 1,192

256% 1,144 MB/s

4K Read 56.8

4K Write 170

4K Mixed 73.3

270% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 1,167

DQ Write 991

DQ Mixed 940

742% 1,033 MB/s

AUS-User, 13 hrs ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1420 1024 598 554 502 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,227

Mixed 505

SusWrite 917

249% 1,124 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 57.1

206% 75.2 MB/s

DQ Read 996

DQ Write 875

DQ Mixed 942

704% 938 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

159GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1023 1038 1035 994 1016 1023 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 888

Mixed 440

SusWrite 1,021

182% 808 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 83.4

4K Mixed 25.5

123% 46.4 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 632

DQ Mixed 697

515% 678 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 61%

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System: Asus G752VSK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 227,934 samples	577x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 7,924 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 86%, 43,334 samples	835x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 150%, 367,634 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 233%, 8,259 samples	466x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 6,350 samples	145x
M471A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GBSamsungBench 77%, 1,846 samples	112x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 27,159 samples	105x

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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 $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 233% (36^th of 1003)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 233% (36th of 1003)

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