Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +79% Effective Speed 79%Average Score +77% Read 201%, Write 140%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 81%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score +99% Read 292%, Write 174%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 121%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite -9%Value & Sentiment +58% User Rating -9%, Market Share 18%, Price 103%, Value 121%Nice To Haves +188% DQ Read 324%, DQ Write 212%, DQ Mixed 208%, ADQ Read 199%, ADQ Write 140%, ADQ Mixed 182%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total 233%

Average Bench: 177% (126^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 126177%

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%

BGR-User, 2 hrs ago.

104GB free

Firmware: 3L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 324 326 326 326 326 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,324

Mixed 892

SusWrite 354

248% 1,122 MB/s

4K Read 59.9

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 78.5

273% 97.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,445

DQ Write 1,098

DQ Mixed 971

808% 1,171 MB/s

CIV-User, 7 mins ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 194 192 186 177 178 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,015

Mixed 770

SusWrite 218

209% 947 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 76.4

4K Mixed 52

173% 57.3 MB/s

DQ Read 877

DQ Write 521

DQ Mixed 686

514% 695 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

194GB free

Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 321 322 322 321 322 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 1,273

Mixed 845

SusWrite 353

219% 983 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 89.1

4K Mixed 41.4

151% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 887

DQ Write 632

DQ Mixed 768

572% 762 MB/s

CAN-User, 13 mins ago.

73GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 210 210 208 203 200 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 1,080

Mixed 679

SusWrite 238

192% 866 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 66.6

4K Mixed 46.1

150% 49.7 MB/s

DQ Read 804

DQ Write 447

DQ Mixed 603

454% 618 MB/s

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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	2,584x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,575x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	3,030x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,361x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	764x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $44Bench 177%, 99,566 samples	453x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	732x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	656x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples	465x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $44

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23 months ago.

Simply there are faster alternatives in the market

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Good

2 years ago.

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

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Excellent

3 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 $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060 $365	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 177% (126^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 177% (126th of 1071)

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