Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +76% Effective Speed 76%Average User Bench +59% Read 238%, Write 67%, 4K Read 83%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite -85%Peak Lab Bench +63% Read 293%, Write 66%, 4K Read 57%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 53%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment -539%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,042%Nice To Haves +120% DQ Read 143%, DQ Write 124%, DQ Mixed 129%, ADQ Read 149%, ADQ Write 119%, ADQ Mixed 138%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 123%

Average Bench: 173% (95^th of 1016)

Based on 6,437 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 113%Average: 173% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 73.5% 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 601MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,551MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 97.6%. 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 163MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 522MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,437 samples)

Rank 95173%

Min	Avg	Max
775	Read 1,551	1,977
125	Write 690	801
129	Mixed 522	634
90.8	SusWrite 163	186
160% 731 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.7	4K Read 62.1	65.2
42.4	4K Write 116	172
17.1	4K Mixed 60.6	80.4
233% 79.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
259	DQ Read 782	890
149	DQ Write 633	802
183	DQ Mixed 601	728
479% 672 MB/s

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71GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 213 165 166 165 164 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 749

Mixed 492

SusWrite 178

137% 618 MB/s

4K Read 54.8

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 48.2

186% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 868

DQ Write 732

DQ Mixed 699

551% 766 MB/s

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 40%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 287,552 samples	10,687x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 59%, 95,384 samples	10,489x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 182,922 samples	12,820x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples	4,938x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 49,897 samples	3,415x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 173%, 6,437 samples	2,283x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 67,842 samples	5,684x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 33,130 samples	3,054x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 7,646 samples	2,905x

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Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 173% (95^th of 1016)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 173% (95th of 1016)

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