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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed -158%Effective Speed -158%Average Score -284%Read -138%, Write -641%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -548%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -448%Peak Score -360%Read -134%, Write -733%, 4K Read -226%, 4K Write -115%, Mixed -597%, 4K Mixed -217%, SusWrite -499%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -142%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -166%, DQ Mixed -139%, ADQ Read -54%, ADQ Write -112%, ADQ Mixed -107%, Age -399%, AS-SSD Total -110%

Average Bench: 211% (98^th of 1080)

Based on 1,293 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVPW128HEGM-00000, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPW128

Poor: 133%Average: 211% Great: 273%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 110.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 716MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,112MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 499MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 575MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,293 samples)

Rank 98211%

Min	Avg	Max
726	Read 1,761	2,529
85.9	Write 629	772
137	Mixed 499	670
70.7	SusWrite 575	764
190% 866 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.2	4K Read 61.3	58.8
4.83	4K Write 124	176
6.86	4K Mixed 55.4	69
229% 80.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
537	DQ Read 1,112	1,525
166	DQ Write 594	714
303	DQ Mixed 716	876
569% 807 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CHE-User, 2 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 766 770 771 715 664 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 758

Mixed 544

SusWrite 742

203% 920 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 46.5

174% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 924

DQ Write 705

DQ Mixed 817

610% 815 MB/s

CHE-User, 2 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 688 725 676 643 663 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 772

Mixed 510

SusWrite 688

192% 866 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 95.3

4K Mixed 55.9

188% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 941

DQ Write 671

DQ Mixed 833

615% 815 MB/s

CHE-User, 2 months ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 772 752 772 768 755 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 681

Mixed 458

SusWrite 753

185% 834 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 46.2

171% 62.7 MB/s

DQ Read 953

DQ Write 651

DQ Mixed 825

610% 810 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 month ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 546 558 542 550 544 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 553

Mixed 433

SusWrite 499

120% 534 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 98.8

4K Mixed 54.8

193% 66.6 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 626

DQ Mixed 823

581% 737 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 month ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXZ7400Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 495 553 545 559 532 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 502

Mixed 404

SusWrite 509

113% 501 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 88.8

4K Mixed 51.8

179% 61.2 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 628

DQ Mixed 823

582% 740 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 160%

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Motherboard: Asrock X570 Steel Legend

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $140Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	308x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples	212x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $126Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	182x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	124x
RX 5700-XTAMD $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	110x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $389Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	105x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 211%, 1,293 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	54x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	44x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	40x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $925

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Samsung

SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 211% (98^th of 1080)

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SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 211% (98th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 211% (98^th of 1080)