Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed +74% Effective Speed 74%Average Score +56% Read 239%, Write 60%, 4K Read 97%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -92%Peak Score +81% Read 294%, Write 61%, 4K Read 201%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite -107%Value & Sentiment -761%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,511%Nice To Haves +112% DQ Read 142%, DQ Write 113%, DQ Mixed 119%, ADQ Read 142%, ADQ Write 113%, ADQ Mixed 132%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 129%

Average Bench: 172% (119^th of 1058)

Based on 9,456 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 98%Average: 172% Great: 217%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 71.8% 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 604MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,568MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 119%. 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 156MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 497MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,456 samples)

Rank 119172%

Min	Avg	Max
666	Read 1,568	1,998
43.3	Write 649	780
80.3	Mixed 497	632
39.6	SusWrite 156	186
157% 718 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	4K Read 67.4	129
2.82	4K Write 107	164
5.7	4K Mixed 57.4	77.5
232% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
346	DQ Read 780	890
139	DQ Write 611	761
154	DQ Mixed 604	723
477% 665 MB/s

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USA-User, 1 day ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 153 153 153 153 153 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 762

Mixed 604

SusWrite 158

184% 841 MB/s

4K Read 52.5

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 57.3

207% 70.8 MB/s

DQ Read 886

DQ Write 581

DQ Mixed 685

524% 718 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 hrs ago.

53GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 126 132 128 128 127 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 499

Mixed 426

SusWrite 142

108% 487 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 16.7

4K Mixed 16.4

86% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 352

DQ Write 33.1

DQ Mixed 68.9

82% 151 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 402,676 samples	5,451x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 67%, 153,479 samples	5,449x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 244,772 samples	5,999x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 140,985 samples	3,055x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 91,911 samples	1,843x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 172%, 9,456 samples	523x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 107,096 samples	1,933x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 69%, 55,218 samples	1,536x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 37%, 11,405 samples	1,187x

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Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 172% (119^th of 1058)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 172% (119th of 1058)

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