Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Effective Speed +64% Effective Speed 64%Average User Bench +51% Read 225%, Write 64%, 4K Read 69%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 44%, 4K Mixed 26%, SusWrite -95%Peak Lab Bench +55% Read 281%, Write 65%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed 33%, SusWrite -126%Value & Sentiment -707%User Rating -61%, Market Share -1,354%Nice To Haves +109% DQ Read 132%, DQ Write 122%, DQ Mixed 117%, ADQ Read 118%, ADQ Write 103%, ADQ Mixed 112%, Age 49%, AS-SSD Total 115%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 171% (84^th of 1003)

Based on 5,261 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 104%Average: 171% Great: 212%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 70.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 591MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,522MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 108%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 523MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,261 samples)

Rank 84171%

Min	Avg	Max
710	Read 1,522	1,942
156	Write 689	805
200	Mixed 523	654
109	SusWrite 162	184
159% 724 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.6	4K Read 60.8	63.3
46.6	4K Write 115	170
21	4K Mixed 60.3	80.9
230% 78.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
58.7	DQ Read 746	890
146	DQ Write 621	798
160	DQ Mixed 591	728
468% 653 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

57GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 146 145 143 144 143 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 790

Mixed 643

SusWrite 161

194% 890 MB/s

4K Read 55.1

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 71.5

244% 85.8 MB/s

DQ Read 768

DQ Write 547

DQ Mixed 707

515% 674 MB/s

LTU-User, 1 hr ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 152 152 150 148 148 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 752

Mixed 609

SusWrite 167

191% 877 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 65.3

223% 76.5 MB/s

DQ Read 701

DQ Write 656

DQ Mixed 534

440% 630 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

57GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 150 149 138 122 145 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 759

Mixed 523

SusWrite 149

146% 663 MB/s

4K Read 40.2

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 63.8

204% 73.3 MB/s

DQ Read 884

DQ Write 763

DQ Mixed 733

574% 794 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 43%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 216,500 samples	8,631x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 63%, 74,703 samples	8,295x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 152,089 samples	10,398x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 57,081 samples	3,791x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 36%, 36,348 samples	2,735x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 171%, 5,261 samples	2,062x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 52,352 samples	4,808x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 23,630 samples	2,497x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 6,204 samples	2,371x

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Intel Core i7-8700K $365	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $139	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12