Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
BENCHMARKS (6,036)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +79% Effective Speed 79%Average User Bench +60% Read 245%, Write 65%, 4K Read 89%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite -86%Peak Lab Bench +61% Read 297%, Write 65%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 56%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -111%Value & Sentiment -499%User Rating -36%, Market Share -963%Nice To Haves +120% DQ Read 143%, DQ Write 123%, DQ Mixed 129%, ADQ Read 152%, ADQ Write 119%, ADQ Mixed 139%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 121%

Average Bench: 177% (87^th of 1011)

Based on 6,036 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 106%Average: 177% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 76.7% 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 610MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,584MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 104%. 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 160MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 523MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,036 samples)

Rank 87177%

Min	Avg	Max
836	Read 1,584	1,991
120	Write 682	799
146	Mixed 523	649
82.6	SusWrite 160	185
161% 737 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31	4K Read 63.9	63.5
40.8	4K Write 117	160
20.1	4K Mixed 62	79.3
238% 81.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
275	DQ Read 792	890
135	DQ Write 642	798
146	DQ Mixed 610	727
486% 681 MB/s

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

NOR-User, 57 mins ago.

79GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 208 167 169 169 169 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 757

Mixed 625

SusWrite 182

181% 828 MB/s

4K Read 65.7

4K Write 198

4K Mixed 85.9

314% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 884

DQ Write 758

DQ Mixed 711

563% 784 MB/s

IND-User, 2 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 169 168 168 168 182 MB/s

169% Outstanding

Write 729

Mixed 506

SusWrite 174

150% 681 MB/s

4K Read 53

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 66.1

226% 77.9 MB/s

DQ Read 881

DQ Write 748

DQ Mixed 707

559% 779 MB/s

ITA-User, 5 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 147 148 148 146 MB/s

94.5% Outstanding

Write 748

Mixed 546

SusWrite 147

129% 578 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 52.2

4K Mixed 35.3

124% 40.3 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 169

DQ Mixed 200

170% 254 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 62%, 275,461 samples	10,218x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 59%, 94,577 samples	9,946x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 180,604 samples	12,244x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 68,776 samples	4,644x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 53,248 samples	3,273x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 177%, 6,036 samples	2,238x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 67,658 samples	5,484x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 31,943 samples	2,927x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 7,631 samples	2,777x

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 177% (87^th of 1011)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 177% (87th of 1011)

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