Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed +75% Effective Speed 75%Average Score +58% Read 250%, Write 60%, 4K Read 107%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite -94%Peak Score +138% Read 409%, Write 66%, 4K Read 470%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 52%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite -107%Value & Sentiment -554%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,096%Nice To Haves +114% DQ Read 142%, DQ Write 124%, DQ Mixed 120%, ADQ Read 136%, ADQ Write 108%, ADQ Mixed 120%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 156%

Average Bench: 174% (115^th of 1058)

Based on 8,684 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 89%Average: 174% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 74.4% 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. Sequential Read Speed 1,627MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 129%. 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 157MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 501MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,684 samples)

Rank 115174%

Min	Avg	Max
786	Read 1,627	2,578
41	Write 657	807
77.3	Mixed 501	647
31.7	SusWrite 157	187
160% 735 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.8	4K Read 71.6	245
2.74	4K Write 106	164
5.24	4K Mixed 56.8	79.5
237% 78 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
266	DQ Read 763	889
120	DQ Write 600	801
192	DQ Mixed 579	729
461% 647 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

94GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 168 168 168 168 168 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 780

Mixed 570

SusWrite 188

174% 796 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 68.1

218% 77 MB/s

DQ Read 883

DQ Write 806

DQ Mixed 720

574% 803 MB/s

GBR-User, 19 hrs ago.

84GB free

Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 196 162 154 161 161 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 649

Mixed 634

SusWrite 174

174% 794 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 97.1

4K Mixed 60.3

206% 69.4 MB/s

DQ Read 886

DQ Write 743

DQ Mixed 724

567% 784 MB/s

GBR-User, 19 hrs ago.

84GB free

Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 162 161 161 154 161 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 721

Mixed 529

SusWrite 177

168% 767 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 96.2

4K Mixed 59.8

193% 66.3 MB/s

DQ Read 867

DQ Write 738

DQ Mixed 701

553% 769 MB/s

FRA-User, 19 hrs ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 173 164 165 164 163 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 687

Mixed 466

SusWrite 172

136% 618 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 97.3

4K Mixed 38.9

157% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 684

DQ Mixed 696

540% 743 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 hrs ago.

52GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 146 141 142 137 134 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 686

Mixed 508

SusWrite 155

170% 783 MB/s

4K Read 51.2

4K Write 40.5

4K Mixed 43.3

154% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 62.1

DQ Write 85.1

DQ Mixed 81.8

60% 76.3 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 67%, 135,066 samples	4,952x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 399,458 samples	4,893x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 242,062 samples	5,415x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 129,158 samples	2,757x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 84,422 samples	1,670x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 174%, 8,684 samples	470x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 96,929 samples	1,754x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 49,537 samples	1,382x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 37%, 11,222 samples	1,099x

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Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 174% (115^th of 1058)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 174% (115th of 1058)

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