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PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB

PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB
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Effective Speed +170% Effective Speed 170%Average Score +209% Read 322%, Write 281%, 4K Read 85%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 344%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite 309%Peak Score +277% Read 430%, Write 386%, 4K Read 97%, 4K Write 71%, Mixed 448%, 4K Mixed 101%, SusWrite 405%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +214% DQ Read 314%, DQ Write 236%, DQ Mixed 287%, ADQ Read 172%, ADQ Write 73%, ADQ Mixed 181%, Age 187%, AS-SSD Total 262%

Average Bench: 265% (49^th of 1072)

Based on 96 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM9A1 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Poor: 169%Average: 265% Great: 385%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB averaged 165.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 731MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,931MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB is 216%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 127MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 501MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 96 samples)

Rank 49265%

Min	Avg	Max
983	Read 1,931	2,684
789	Write 1,544	2,358
851	Mixed 1,595	2,320
618	SusWrite 1,211	1,955
352% 1,570 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.3	4K Read 63.6	84.6
56.4	4K Write 127	209
41.2	4K Mixed 81.1	117
268% 90.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
193	DQ Read 886	1,521
142	DQ Write 501	1,205
174	DQ Mixed 731	1,282
534% 706 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 3 months ago.

266GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1957 1193 962 984 971 970 MB/s

355% Outstanding

Write 2,237

Mixed 2,160

SusWrite 1,173

454% 2,025 MB/s

4K Read 79.5

4K Write 205

4K Mixed 115

376% 133 MB/s

DQ Read 1,764

DQ Write 1,153

DQ Mixed 1,380

1,051% 1,433 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

313GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36307529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 1352 979 964 966 952 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,405

Mixed 1,549

SusWrite 1,093

336% 1,501 MB/s

4K Read 67.5

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 89.3

287% 96.6 MB/s

DQ Read 773

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 756

508% 625 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 896 711 1042 1088 1126 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1,448

Mixed 1,511

SusWrite 1,016

330% 1,472 MB/s

4K Read 66.4

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 79.5

267% 89.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,004

DQ Write 387

DQ Mixed 703

518% 698 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1136 1080 1083 1216 1291 1275 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,164

Mixed 1319

SusWrite 1180

300% 1,340 MB/s

4K Read 57.3

4K Write 99.6

4K Mixed 70

229% 75.6 MB/s

DQ Read 650

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 520

373% 489 MB/s

PAN-User, 17 days ago.

174GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 1073 1046 847 848 848 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1210

Mixed 1344

SusWrite 949

295% 1,319 MB/s

4K Read 66.9

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 68.5

245% 80.4 MB/s

DQ Read 622

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 488

353% 466 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

255GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 36310529 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 746 709 722 698 700 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 835

Mixed 923

SusWrite 715

204% 911 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 40

4K Mixed 36.2

117% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 604

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 401

295% 400 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Dell Precision 5560

CPU
Core i7-11850HIntelBench 89%, 3,563 samples	605x
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples	300x
Core i9-11950HIntelBench 92%, 660 samples	211x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples	772x
RTX A2000 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 54%, 1,331 samples	221x
T1200 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 42%, 1,180 samples	156x

SSD
PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GBNvmeBench 265%, 96 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 92%, 3,591 samples	345x
M471A2G43BB2-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 1,112 samples	158x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	114x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

PM9A1 SED Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 265% (49^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 265% (49th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 265% (49^th of 1072)