Samsung MZVLW256HEHP

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +83% Effective Speed 83%Average User Bench +79% Read 206%, Write 140%, 4K Read 64%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 79%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite 2%Peak Lab Bench +102% Read 298%, Write 173%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 117%, 4K Mixed 48%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment -42%User Rating -26%, Market Share -57%Nice To Haves +195% DQ Read 299%, DQ Write 220%, DQ Mixed 224%, ADQ Read 199%, ADQ Write 161%, ADQ Mixed 197%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 226%

Average Bench: 181% (86^th of 1011)

Based on 48,098 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: 181% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 81.3% 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 759MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 947MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 136%. 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 645MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 48,098 samples)

Rank 86181%

Min	Avg	Max
707	Read 1,407	1,994
545	Write 992	1,320
448	Mixed 645	899
177	SusWrite 306	354
186% 837 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27	4K Read 55.4	62.9
44.5	4K Write 112	172
26.7	4K Mixed 62.5	84.1
223% 76.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
166	DQ Read 947	1,461
173	DQ Write 770	1,142
176	DQ Mixed 759	1,027
596% 825 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 1 hr ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 320 320 318 318 316 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 1,121

Mixed 748

SusWrite 344

204% 916 MB/s

4K Read 65.7

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 85.5

304% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,538

DQ Write 1,067

DQ Mixed 1,000

828% 1,202 MB/s

MEX-User, 12 mins ago.

204GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 326 327 327 326 326 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 960

Mixed 548

SusWrite 350

164% 737 MB/s

4K Read 62.5

4K Write 168

4K Mixed 81.8

289% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,359

DQ Write 874

DQ Mixed 914

736% 1,049 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 322 325 264 172 166 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 961

Mixed 559

SusWrite 288

167% 752 MB/s

4K Read 58.1

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 72

259% 93.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1275

DQ Write 1,000

DQ Mixed 855

716% 1,043 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

72GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 245 231 246 229 222 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1,207

Mixed 702

SusWrite 273

188% 843 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 99

4K Mixed 61.1

205% 69.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,130

DQ Write 936

DQ Mixed 938

728% 1,002 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 hr ago.

199GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 296 319 316 317 319 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 883

Mixed 549

SusWrite 330

158% 712 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 35.8

4K Mixed 26

85% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 361

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 317

248% 340 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 40%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 61%, 277,878 samples	10,004x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 58%, 89,614 samples	9,723x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 174,619 samples	11,994x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 69,975 samples	4,528x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 44,646 samples	3,202x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 181%, 48,098 samples	2,794x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 65,800 samples	5,409x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 30,615 samples	2,876x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 7,168 samples	2,725x

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Good

1 month ago.

Simply there are faster alternatives in the market

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Excellent

3 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 i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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