Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
BENCHMARKS (99,566)
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Effective Speed +80% Effective Speed 80%Average Score +77% Read 202%, Write 140%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 81%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score +99% Read 292%, Write 174%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 121%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -9%Value & Sentiment -2%User Rating -9%, Market Share 6%Nice To Haves +188% DQ Read 324%, DQ Write 212%, DQ Mixed 208%, ADQ Read 199%, ADQ Write 139%, ADQ Mixed 182%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total 233%

Average Bench: 177% (125^th of 1071)

Based on 99,566 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L1, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW256, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L7

Poor: 106%Average: 177% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 76.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 733MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 976MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 306MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 650MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 99,566 samples)

Rank 125177%

Min	Avg	Max
657	Read 1,379	1,988
410	Write 971	1,330
367	Mixed 650	937
170	SusWrite 306	356
183% 827 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.2	4K Read 52.5	61.3
40	4K Write 108	165
25.8	4K Mixed 61.2	80.9
215% 74 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
341	DQ Read 976	1,555
168	DQ Write 691	1,116
204	DQ Mixed 733	1,021
574% 800 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 14 hrs ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 314 311 290 286 309 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,182

Mixed 761

SusWrite 334

226% 1,024 MB/s

4K Read 61.9

4K Write 186

4K Mixed 89.3

307% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 1,389

DQ Write 1127

DQ Mixed 984

811% 1,167 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

204GB free

Firmware: 5L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 327 328 330 330 331 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 1,374

Mixed 902

SusWrite 360

248% 1,120 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 80.2

4K Mixed 56.7

185% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 747

DQ Write 557

DQ Mixed 660

491% 655 MB/s

LTU-User, 16 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 203 189 184 176 173 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 1,015

Mixed 606

SusWrite 217

179% 808 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 60

198% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 904

DQ Write 655

DQ Mixed 791

588% 783 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 day ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 329 331 327 328 327 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 711

Mixed 510

SusWrite 353

132% 590 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 87.5

4K Mixed 57.8

192% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 796

DQ Write 469

DQ Mixed 654

481% 640 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 day ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 315 325 325 326 327 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 738

Mixed 556

SusWrite 348

137% 610 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 70.7

4K Mixed 49.1

161% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 486

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 348

265% 365 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 day ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 325 327 327 328 327 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 725

Mixed 519

SusWrite 348

133% 595 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 67.2

4K Mixed 46.3

153% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 450

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 327

248% 340 MB/s

FRA-User, 18 hrs ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 100 74 53 67 64 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 470

Mixed 449

SusWrite 112

103% 468 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 41.3

4K Mixed 25.8

82% 28.3 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 375

DQ Mixed 356

268% 356 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	3,484x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,467x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	4,197x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,750x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	999x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	622x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	987x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	895x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples	588x

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3 years ago.

Simply there are faster alternatives in the market

GRC-User

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Good

3 years ago.

I have been using it on my Mi Notebook Pro and it is a monster in IO

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Excellent

4 years ago.

Bought this used for $25, and it simply blew my 120 GB SSD out of the water! Fastest drive of any kind that I have ever had.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 177% (125th of 1071)

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System: Lenovo 80WK

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