Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +65% Effective Speed 65%Average User Bench +53% Read 236%, Write 70%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite -98%Peak Lab Bench +54% Read 286%, Write 65%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 55%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite -135%Value & Sentiment -580%User Rating -62%, Market Share -1,099%Nice To Haves +113% DQ Read 132%, DQ Write 124%, DQ Mixed 118%, ADQ Read 116%, ADQ Write 105%, ADQ Mixed 109%, Age 80%, AS-SSD Total 116%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 171% (68^th of 970)

Based on 3,609 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW128, SAMSUNG MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Poor: 106%Average: 171% Great: 204%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 71.2% 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 583MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,567MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB is 98.2%. 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 546MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,609 samples)

Rank 68171%

Min	Avg	Max
944	Read 1,567	1,970
621	Write 721	801
445	Mixed 546	634
125	SusWrite 165	183
164% 750 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.7	4K Read 55.1	62
45.5	4K Write 115	173
27.6	4K Mixed 61.2	78.6
223% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
62	DQ Read 732	889
144	DQ Write 625	798
77.5	DQ Mixed 583	728
463% 646 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 169 168 167 166 167 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 736

Mixed 555

SusWrite 171

184% 845 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 76.6

278% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 738

DQ Mixed 550

461% 664 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 207 168 168 167 167 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 737

Mixed 583

SusWrite 182

188% 863 MB/s

4K Read 52.2

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 77.6

266% 98.1 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 740

DQ Mixed 542

457% 662 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 168 168 168 168 166 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 742

Mixed 559

SusWrite 172

178% 813 MB/s

4K Read 58.8

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 74.5

270% 98.5 MB/s

DQ Read 702

DQ Write 735

DQ Mixed 535

453% 657 MB/s

SYC-User, 7 hrs ago.

50GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 190 167 166 166 165 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 762

Mixed 557

SusWrite 177

180% 824 MB/s

4K Read 54.9

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 65.7

240% 86 MB/s

DQ Read 890

DQ Write 756

DQ Mixed 56.2

252% 567 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

46GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 213 163 165 165 164 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 749

Mixed 543

SusWrite 182

175% 802 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 54.3

182% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 670

DQ Write 571

DQ Mixed 637

473% 626 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

45GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 144 145 143 139 134 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 664

Mixed 458

SusWrite 144

154% 706 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 43.1

4K Mixed 34.3

118% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 784

DQ Write 678

DQ Mixed 679

523% 714 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 44%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 149,597 samples	6,521x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 64%, 46,572 samples	5,979x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 101,425 samples	7,813x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 33,885 samples	2,663x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 33%, 20,235 samples	2,023x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 171%, 3,609 samples	1,803x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 35,275 samples	3,721x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 18,040 samples	1,931x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 4,519 samples	1,781x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $365	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $67
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $240	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i5-8600K $250	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $129	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $82	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $830	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVLW128

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 171% (68^th of 970)

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB

Average Bench: 171% (68th of 970)

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