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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

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

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Effective Speed +122% Effective Speed 122%Average User Bench +106% Read 242%, Write 153%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 210%Peak Lab Bench +133% Read 347%, Write 182%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 74%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 243%Value & Sentiment -430%User Rating -61%, Market Share -799%Nice To Haves +192% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 207%, DQ Mixed 196%, ADQ Read 215%, ADQ Write 164%, ADQ Mixed 196%, Age 29%, AS-SSD Total 225%

Average Bench: 231% (46^th of 1011)

Based on 10,385 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: 147%Average: 231% Great: 292%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 131.2% 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 804MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,049MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 145%. 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 550MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,385 samples)

Rank 46231%

Min	Avg	Max
800	Read 1,608	2,283
458	Write 1,066	1,374
351	Mixed 550	723
269	SusWrite 983	1,436
234% 1,052 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.7	4K Read 48.2	56.8
67.9	4K Write 123	175
39.1	4K Mixed 59.9	74.6
215% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
272	DQ Read 1,049	1542
239	DQ Write 788	1101
252	DQ Mixed 804	990
632% 880 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

83GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 1432 1347 1014 563 501 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,344

Mixed 580

SusWrite 1,033

272% 1,224 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 62.1

214% 75 MB/s

DQ Read 716

DQ Write 574

DQ Mixed 664

492% 652 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 hrs ago.

74GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 498 449 431 425 403 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 573

Mixed 368

SusWrite 461

169% 776 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 54.7

209% 75.8 MB/s

DQ Read 891

DQ Write 627

DQ Mixed 748

562% 755 MB/s

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 66%

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 71%, 163,371 samples	785x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 67%, 46,115 samples	550x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 119,381 samples	233x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $359Bench 93%, 154,856 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 231%, 10,385 samples	513x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 13,310 samples	525x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 45%, 13,247 samples	61x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 87%, 1,356 samples	18x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $73
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14