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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 +122% Effective Speed 122%Average User Bench +106% Read 242%, Write 152%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 206%Peak Lab Bench +133% Read 343%, Write 182%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 74%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 244%Value & Sentiment -492%User Rating -65%, Market Share -919%Nice To Haves +192% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 207%, DQ Mixed 196%, ADQ Read 216%, ADQ Write 164%, ADQ Mixed 194%, Age 29%, AS-SSD Total 225%

Market Leaders

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

Based on 10,327 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: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 130.7% 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 799MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,045MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 149%. 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 548MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,327 samples)

Rank 46231%

Min	Avg	Max
782	Read 1,604	2,264
452	Write 1,065	1,374
350	Mixed 548	723
284	SusWrite 979	1,438
233% 1,049 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.9	4K Read 49.1	57.3
66.1	4K Write 123	175
39.1	4K Mixed 59.6	74.6
216% 77.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
337	DQ Read 1,045	1,543
240	DQ Write 787	1,102
253	DQ Mixed 799	992
629% 877 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 35 mins ago.

206GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1403 1413 1406 1416 1426 1423 MB/s

327% Outstanding

Write 1,340

Mixed 691

SusWrite 1,414

318% 1,432 MB/s

4K Read 60.2

4K Write 217

4K Mixed 80.3

309% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 1,392

DQ Write 1,094

DQ Mixed 988

809% 1,158 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

186GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 1204 1266 1178 1164 1240 MB/s

282% Outstanding

Write 1,167

Mixed 774

SusWrite 1,218

306% 1,381 MB/s

4K Read 49.4

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 65.1

228% 82.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,017

DQ Write 895

DQ Mixed 934

706% 949 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

194GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1243 1316 1324 1307 1311 1312 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 1,229

Mixed 553

SusWrite 1,302

273% 1,227 MB/s

4K Read 45.8

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 57.8

207% 74.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,212

DQ Write 1,048

DQ Mixed 929

751% 1,063 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

191GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 1312 1295 1235 1228 1215 MB/s

262% Outstanding

Write 1,226

Mixed 474

SusWrite 1,257

260% 1,165 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 59.7

215% 77.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,242

DQ Write 1,077

DQ Mixed 966

777% 1,095 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 830 807 788 775 761 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 530

SusWrite 805

234% 1,061 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 67.6

238% 85.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,273

DQ Write 928

DQ Mixed 937

745% 1,046 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 hrs ago.

47GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 443 394 380 371 352 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 503

Mixed 404

SusWrite 406

159% 729 MB/s

4K Read 45.4

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 57.9

204% 73.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1024

DQ Write 635

DQ Mixed 818

613% 826 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 53%

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System: Asus G752VSK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 58%, 260,501 samples	642x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 63%, 8,065 samples	278x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 66%, 47,713 samples	919x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $722Bench 126%, 386,341 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 231%, 10,327 samples	507x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 7,291 samples	159x
M471A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GBSamsungBench 77%, 2,140 samples	123x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 27,910 samples	120x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $55
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $275	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $288	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $430	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $603	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

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

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 231% (46th of 1011)

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