Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
BENCHMARKS (5,586)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +69% Effective Speed 69%Average User Bench +54% Read 238%, Write 66%, 4K Read 67%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 46%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite -95%Peak Lab Bench +55% Read 284%, Write 66%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 54%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite -126%Value & Sentiment -908%User Rating -60%, Market Share -1,756%Nice To Haves +114% DQ Read 132%, DQ Write 123%, DQ Mixed 117%, ADQ Read 134%, ADQ Write 115%, ADQ Mixed 125%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total 116%

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Average Bench: 177% (88^th of 1011)

Based on 5,586 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 116%Average: 177% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 76.8% 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 615MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,587MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 94.1%. 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 165MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 534MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,586 samples)

Rank 88177%

Min	Avg	Max
811	Read 1,587	1,961
322	Write 701	809
257	Mixed 534	641
125	SusWrite 165	185
163% 747 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.6	4K Read 61.2	63.8
48.6	4K Write 119	172
24.2	4K Mixed 62.5	80.3
236% 81 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
371	DQ Read 785	891
164	DQ Write 647	807
219	DQ Mixed 615	728
488% 682 MB/s

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

BEL-User, 1 hr ago.

119GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 166 164 165 164 165 MB/s

169% Outstanding

Write 650

Mixed 536

SusWrite 182

131% 590 MB/s

4K Read 60.7

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 74.9

268% 95.3 MB/s

DQ Read 887

DQ Write 715

DQ Mixed 710

556% 770 MB/s

GRC-User, 2 hrs ago.

58GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 124 121 120 118 118 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 646

Mixed 456

SusWrite 143

110% 495 MB/s

4K Read 59.4

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 75.1

264% 94.1 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 712

561% 781 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 hrs ago.

68GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 153 159 160 160 159 MB/s

91.5% Outstanding

Write 801

Mixed 485

SusWrite 178

149% 676 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 28.4

4K Mixed 25.1

73% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 161

124% 170 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 40%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 58%, 230,303 samples	9,277x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 52%, 83,606 samples	8,923x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 157,501 samples	11,114x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 60,914 samples	4,130x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 36%, 44,066 samples	2,953x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 177%, 5,586 samples	2,130x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 60,062 samples	5,079x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 24,661 samples	2,662x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 38%, 6,004 samples	2,528x

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Intel Core i5-9400F $143	AMD RX 580 $172	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	AMD RX Vega 56 $300	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 177% (88^th of 1011)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 177% (88th of 1011)

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