Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +87% Effective Speed 87%Average User Bench +84% Read 222%, Write 150%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 89%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 4%Peak Lab Bench +102% Read 297%, Write 173%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 128%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment +44% User Rating -27%, Market Share -50%, Price 108%, Value 144%Nice To Haves +197% DQ Read 307%, DQ Write 220%, DQ Mixed 227%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 165%, ADQ Mixed 201%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total 229%

Average Bench: 184% (87^th of 1016)

Based on 53,409 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: 119%Average: 184% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 84.2% 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 758MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 948MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 123%. 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 311MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 677MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 53,409 samples)

Rank 87184%

Min	Avg	Max
754	Read 1,476	1,992
627	Write 1,028	1,322
484	Mixed 677	944
199	SusWrite 311	356
193% 873 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.2	4K Read 53.5	61.7
48.8	4K Write 113	166
27.2	4K Mixed 63	81.9
221% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
225	DQ Read 948	1,490
174	DQ Write 766	1,144
214	DQ Mixed 758	1,038
594% 824 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TWN-User, 20 mins ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 307 328 329 330 329 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,213

Mixed 849

SusWrite 346

240% 1,087 MB/s

4K Read 57.1

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 76

257% 90.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,079

DQ Write 1,006

DQ Mixed 962

744% 1,016 MB/s

USA-User, 51 mins ago.

98GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 303 297 296 295 292 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,280

Mixed 870

SusWrite 313

242% 1,092 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 67.6

226% 78 MB/s

DQ Read 705

DQ Write 647

DQ Mixed 678

508% 677 MB/s

ROU-User, 23 mins ago.

78GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 203 199 193 189 187 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 1,000

Mixed 638

SusWrite 226

173% 781 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 96.9

4K Mixed 63.3

206% 69.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,013

DQ Write 609

DQ Mixed 762

580% 794 MB/s

TUR-User, 45 mins ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 254 251 255 250 249 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 1,033

Mixed 657

SusWrite 280

199% 900 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 84.8

4K Mixed 52.6

174% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 658

DQ Write 497

DQ Mixed 588

437% 581 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 287,552 samples	10,670x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 59%, 95,384 samples	10,471x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 182,922 samples	12,806x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples	4,923x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 49,897 samples	3,409x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $60Bench 184%, 53,409 samples	2,917x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 67,842 samples	5,678x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 33,193 samples	3,046x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 7,612 samples	2,898x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $60

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4 months ago.

Simply there are faster alternatives in the market

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Excellent

6 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 184% (87^th of 1016)

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Average Bench: 184% (87th of 1016)

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