Samsung

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +129% Effective Speed 129%Average User Bench +111% Read 243%, Write 151%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 217%Peak Lab Bench +142% Read 349%, Write 183%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 84%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 267%Value & Sentiment -322%User Rating -36%, Market Share -609%Nice To Haves +198% DQ Read 319%, DQ Write 209%, DQ Mixed 212%, ADQ Read 223%, ADQ Write 161%, ADQ Mixed 208%, Age 21%, AS-SSD Total 234%

Average Bench: 226% (47^th of 1011)

Based on 11,388 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: 140%Average: 226% Great: 294%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 126.4% 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 784MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,016MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 154%. 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 539MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,388 samples)

Rank 47226%

Min	Avg	Max
717	Read 1,575	2,251
424	Write 1,037	1,370
323	Mixed 539	762
264	SusWrite 942	1,433
228% 1,023 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.4	4K Read 50.6	57
59.3	4K Write 123	178
36.2	4K Mixed 59.2	74.3
218% 77.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
232	DQ Read 1,016	1,534
230	DQ Write 765	1,106
235	DQ Mixed 784	990
615% 855 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 809 760 785 789 757 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 904

Mixed 660

SusWrite 809

259% 1,181 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 70

259% 96.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,361

DQ Write 888

DQ Mixed 895

729% 1,048 MB/s

NOR-User, 6 hrs ago.

182GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 1180 1090 1084 1048 946 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,103

Mixed 524

SusWrite 1,096

253% 1,138 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 91.6

4K Mixed 53.3

183% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 512

DQ Write 823

DQ Mixed 656

500% 664 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 hrs ago.

167GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 1139 1294 1435 1413 1398 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1,212

Mixed 598

SusWrite 1,253

250% 1,115 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 64.9

214% 73.6 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 779

DQ Mixed 66.1

192% 396 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

180GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 859 812 884 845 841 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 766

Mixed 453

SusWrite 846

159% 706 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 61.5

235% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,286

DQ Write 968

DQ Mixed 980

773% 1,078 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 hrs ago.

36GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 337 296 261 248 250 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 600

Mixed 379

SusWrite 298

146% 669 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 64.7

4K Mixed 38.3

125% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 453

DQ Mixed 261

220% 313 MB/s

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 190,677 samples	837x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 69%, 48,675 samples	585x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 132,815 samples	250x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $359Bench 96%, 179,233 samples	1x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 226%, 11,388 samples	538x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 13,899 samples	552x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 45%, 16,223 samples	66x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 87%, 1,565 samples	27x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24