Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed +79% Effective Speed 79%Average Score +61% Read 260%, Write 59%, 4K Read 122%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite -96%Peak Score +172% Read 456%, Write 65%, 4K Read 675%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed 33%, SusWrite -109%Value & Sentiment -476%User Rating -11%, Market Share -941%Nice To Haves +116% DQ Read 143%, DQ Write 120%, DQ Mixed 119%, ADQ Read 138%, ADQ Write 104%, ADQ Mixed 122%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total 171%

Average Bench: 178% (114^th of 1058)

Based on 11,284 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 108%Average: 178% Great: 221%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 77.5% 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 579MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 77.1MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 113%. 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 153MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 499MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,284 samples)

Rank 114178%

Min	Avg	Max
724	Read 1,669	2,821
41.7	Write 644	800
84	Mixed 499	642
35.1	SusWrite 153	185
162% 741 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30	4K Read 77.1	333
2.67	4K Write 106	161
5.53	4K Mixed 56.3	77.5
245% 79.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
281	DQ Read 770	892
124	DQ Write 587	788
160	DQ Mixed 579	724
460% 645 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

74GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 158 159 160 159 159 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 752

Mixed 611

SusWrite 173

191% 877 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 74.2

246% 88.6 MB/s

DQ Read 890

DQ Write 752

DQ Mixed 696

556% 779 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

74GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 164 165 165 165 163 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 741

Mixed 600

SusWrite 179

188% 862 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 70.8

246% 88.1 MB/s

DQ Read 891

DQ Write 747

DQ Mixed 702

558% 780 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 hrs ago.

82GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 160 160 161 161 161 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 746

Mixed 572

SusWrite 175

170% 778 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 70.2

224% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 883

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 713

561% 778 MB/s

GEO-User, 16 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 190 165 166 166 166 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 759

Mixed 488

SusWrite 176

126% 564 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 93.1

4K Mixed 54.9

196% 66.2 MB/s

DQ Read 837

DQ Write 727

DQ Mixed 712

553% 759 MB/s

HKG-User, 16 hrs ago.

27GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 90 88 86 84 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 242

Mixed 96

SusWrite 92.1

43% 193 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 93.4

4K Mixed 18.3

100% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 453

DQ Write 91.3

DQ Mixed 160

146% 235 MB/s

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 452,697 samples	6,022x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 152,271 samples	5,995x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 254,506 samples	6,657x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 161,517 samples	3,366x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 105,330 samples	1,991x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 178%, 11,284 samples	580x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 115,185 samples	2,115x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 56,993 samples	1,707x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 38%, 11,887 samples	1,277x

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 178% (114^th of 1058)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 178% (114th of 1058)

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