Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Effective Speed +78% Effective Speed 78%Average Score +60% Read 255%, Write 62%, 4K Read 109%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 41%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite -93%Peak Score +158% Read 401%, Write 64%, 4K Read 628%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 52%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment -722%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,407%Nice To Haves +122% DQ Read 143%, DQ Write 120%, DQ Mixed 128%, ADQ Read 145%, ADQ Write 113%, ADQ Mixed 136%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total 164%

Average Bench: 175% (104^th of 1030)

Based on 7,115 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 103%Average: 175% Great: 225%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 75.5% 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 603MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,629MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 122%. 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 510MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,115 samples)

Rank 104175%

Min	Avg	Max
870	Read 1,629	2,513
38.8	Write 666	794
84.6	Mixed 510	630
38	SusWrite 156	186
162% 740 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.7	4K Read 70.2	301
2.61	4K Write 106	157
5.12	4K Mixed 57.6	78.4
236% 78 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
380	DQ Read 787	890
161	DQ Write 617	786
197	DQ Mixed 603	725
478% 669 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

118GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 162 162 161 161 160 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 611

Mixed 591

SusWrite 179

179% 822 MB/s

4K Read 61.3

4K Write 172

4K Mixed 80

286% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 694

DQ Mixed 690

544% 759 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 hrs ago.

118GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 160 161 161 162 162 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 706

Mixed 579

SusWrite 180

179% 822 MB/s

4K Read 57.8

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 75.4

261% 92.6 MB/s

DQ Read 888

DQ Write 706

DQ Mixed 697

549% 764 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

118GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 162 161 161 161 160 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 582

Mixed 557

SusWrite 180

169% 775 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 64.5

225% 80.6 MB/s

DQ Read 891

DQ Write 692

DQ Mixed 688

543% 757 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 hrs ago.

42GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 167 167 164 151 148 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 705

Mixed 542

SusWrite 175

164% 750 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 61.7

203% 73.5 MB/s

DQ Read 860

DQ Write 722

DQ Mixed 671

536% 751 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

43GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 165 163 163 164 163 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 519

Mixed 479

SusWrite 174

101% 451 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 62.9

239% 86 MB/s

DQ Read 781

DQ Write 640

DQ Mixed 713

533% 711 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 116,639 samples	2,466x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 338,405 samples	2,399x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 217,210 samples	2,676x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 103,793 samples	1,351x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 30%, 63,043 samples	838x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 175%, 7,115 samples	250x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 84,366 samples	980x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 69%, 40,803 samples	648x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 38%, 9,348 samples	543x

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Intel Core i5-9600K $192	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $151	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $325	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $47

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 175% (104^th of 1030)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 175% (104th of 1030)

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