Samsung

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +132% Effective Speed 132%Average Score +112% Read 249%, Write 155%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 53%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 214%Peak Score +143% Read 357%, Write 186%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 83%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 270%Value & Sentiment -468%User Rating -11%, Market Share -925%Nice To Haves +199% DQ Read 305%, DQ Write 212%, DQ Mixed 212%, ADQ Read 233%, ADQ Write 168%, ADQ Mixed 216%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total 230%

Average Bench: 226% (64^th of 1040)

Based on 14,889 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: 143%Average: 226% Great: 300%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 125.9% 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 788MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,048MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 157%. 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 547MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 120MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,889 samples)

Rank 64226%

Min	Avg	Max
739	Read 1,594	2,293
408	Write 1,036	1,380
335	Mixed 547	758
270	SusWrite 939	1,454
229% 1,029 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.1	4K Read 46.8	56.1
64.3	4K Write 120	171
40.5	4K Mixed 59.2	72.8
210% 75.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
478	DQ Read 1,048	1,484
229	DQ Write 756	1,114
308	DQ Mixed 788	993
620% 864 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 7 hrs ago.

149GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1220 1223 1222 1221 1210 1185 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1,227

Mixed 610

SusWrite 1,213

245% 1,091 MB/s

4K Read 50.9

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 64.8

225% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,243

DQ Write 1,084

DQ Mixed 872

733% 1,066 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 970 603 549 498 451 438 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,193

Mixed 544

SusWrite 585

230% 1,043 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 63.8

212% 76.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,107

DQ Write 922

DQ Mixed 927

718% 986 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 hrs ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L0QCXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 337 303 287 247 254 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 505

Mixed 396

SusWrite 308

178% 824 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 52.9

202% 72.4 MB/s

DQ Read 897

DQ Write 541

DQ Mixed 716

534% 718 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 hr ago.

114GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 1034 1020 891 895 858 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1082

Mixed 645

SusWrite 945

219% 978 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 85.4

4K Mixed 36.9

145% 52.3 MB/s

DQ Read 947

DQ Write 744

DQ Mixed 860

640% 850 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

119GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 713 676 553 541 592 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 788

Mixed 435

SusWrite 643

192% 871 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 48.4

159% 55.5 MB/s

DQ Read 722

DQ Write 383

DQ Mixed 635

450% 580 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

28GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 234 230 222 217 209 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 342

Mixed 336

SusWrite 234

131% 605 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 47.4

166% 60.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,228

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 516

448% 690 MB/s

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 77%, 319,269 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 70,689 samples	333x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 306,824 samples	106x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,264Bench 176%, 237,217 samples	2x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 226%, 14,889 samples	224x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 27,910 samples	274x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 29,987 samples	29x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 86%, 6,110 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 226% (64th of 1040)

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System: Asus Zephyrus M GM501GS

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Average Bench: 226% (64^th of 1040)