Samsung

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +122% Effective Speed 122%Average Score +105% Read 234%, Write 145%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 208%Peak Score +138% Read 349%, Write 183%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 271%Value & Sentiment -137%User Rating -11%, Market Share -263%Nice To Haves +185% DQ Read 301%, DQ Write 207%, DQ Mixed 200%, ADQ Read 217%, ADQ Write 141%, ADQ Mixed 192%, Age -0%, AS-SSD Total 224%

Average Bench: 219% (82^nd of 1071)

Based on 21,747 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: 134%Average: 219% Great: 292%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 119.2% 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 758MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,036MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 158%. 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 522MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,747 samples)

Rank 82219%

Min	Avg	Max
730	Read 1,526	2,274
366	Write 994	1,372
310	Mixed 522	760
257	SusWrite 914	1,437
220% 989 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.1	4K Read 48.8	55.8
51.7	4K Write 116	165
33.5	4K Mixed 57.2	71.4
209% 74.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
482	DQ Read 1,036	1,470
242	DQ Write 696	1,101
291	DQ Mixed 758	994
595% 830 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 7 hrs ago.

136GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1272 1251 1209 1137 1074 1052 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,162

Mixed 523

SusWrite 1,166

260% 1,170 MB/s

4K Read 43.1

4K Write 95.4

4K Mixed 54.7

186% 64.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,480

DQ Write 997

DQ Mixed 956

790% 1,144 MB/s

VNM-User, 8 hrs ago.

66GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1033 806 603 523 510 488 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,078

Mixed 733

SusWrite 660

232% 1,045 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 65

262% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,588

DQ Write 889

DQ Mixed 901

761% 1,126 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

216GB free

Firmware: CXZ73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1378 1436 1443 1464 927 884 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,360

Mixed 611

SusWrite 1,255

282% 1,265 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 51.7

173% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 824

DQ Write 481

DQ Mixed 669

494% 658 MB/s

AUT-User, 7 hrs ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6L6QCXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1325 1279 1308 1187 1260 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1,356

Mixed 564

SusWrite 1,286

273% 1,223 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 59.5

4K Mixed 41.9

137% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 622

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 563

394% 503 MB/s

EGY-User, 7 hrs ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ73H0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1147 1136 1100 1046 1028 972 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,163

Mixed 479

SusWrite 1,071

228% 1,017 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 87.1

4K Mixed 52.3

175% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 906

DQ Write 579

DQ Mixed 705

536% 730 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

67GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 890 813 805 757 665 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 986

Mixed 514

SusWrite 817

216% 974 MB/s

4K Read 35.9

4K Write 79.3

4K Mixed 47.3

157% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 575

DQ Mixed 680

516% 702 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 hrs ago.

133GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1005 914 882 916 871 813 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 1,021

Mixed 485

SusWrite 900

209% 938 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 58.5

4K Mixed 39.7

131% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 618

DQ Write 387

DQ Mixed 545

395% 517 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

47GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 297 258 249 244 235 MB/s

158% Outstanding

Write 382

Mixed 325

SusWrite 274

131% 602 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 85.9

4K Mixed 46.1

162% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,145

DQ Write 392

DQ Mixed 597

486% 711 MB/s

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 46%

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	237x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	180x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	55x
RX 6700-XTAMD $480Bench 122%, 35,608 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	125x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	137x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	16x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	9x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $158	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 219% (82nd of 1071)

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

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Average Bench: 219% (82^nd of 1071)