Average Bench: 176% (127th of 1071)

Based on 11,069 user benchmarks.  Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 75.8% 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 575MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,615MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 126%. 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 155MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 497MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,069 samples)
Min Avg Max
752 Read 1,615 2,808
44.4 Write 649 798
87.6 Mixed 497 639
40.2 SusWrite 155 185
159% 729 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.9 4K Read 72.9 384
2.8 4K Write 111 169
5.69 4K Mixed 57.2 81.2
242% 80.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
381 DQ Read 789 892
125 DQ Write 585 794
153 DQ Mixed 575 727
460% 650 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 30 28 27 27 27 MB/s
Read 3,823
Write 31.8
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 27.5
205% 987 MB/s
4K Read 309
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 3.9
474% 105 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,510,370 SSDs tested.

Typical PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB Builds (Compare 5,525 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 80WK

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