Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +184% Effective Speed 184%Average Score +176% Read 341%, Write 252%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 59%, Mixed 145%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 352%Peak Score +208% Read 424%, Write 307%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 161%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 417%Value & Sentiment -211%User Rating -9%, Market Share -839%, Price -169%, Value 174%Nice To Haves +248% DQ Read 390%, DQ Write 275%, DQ Mixed 286%, ADQ Read 276%, ADQ Write 197%, ADQ Mixed 259%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 298%

Average Bench: 279% (37^th of 1071)

Based on 18,356 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 168%Average: 279% Great: 363%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 179.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 935MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,227MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 195%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 881MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,356 samples)

Rank 37279%

Min	Avg	Max
1,140	Read 2,017	2,657
380	Write 1,426	1,974
549	Mixed 881	1,106
324	SusWrite 1,340	2,002
316% 1,416 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.6	4K Read 47.3	55.9
63.5	4K Write 139	215
42.1	4K Mixed 65.1	82.8
229% 83.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
646	DQ Read 1,227	1,800
197	DQ Write 858	1,344
315	DQ Mixed 935	1,277
727% 1,007 MB/s

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

AUS-User, 2 days ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1026 968 846 851 826 810 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,066

Mixed 731

SusWrite 888

250% 1,127 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 80.9

4K Mixed 49.2

161% 55.5 MB/s

DQ Read 740

DQ Write 753

DQ Mixed 732

554% 742 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

953GB free

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1442 1341 1338 1303 1280 1296 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 1,132

Mixed 860

SusWrite 1,333

273% 1,216 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 45.9

4K Mixed 31.7

102% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 263

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 229

170% 226 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $179

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	267x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	255x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	130x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	258x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	72x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples	20x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,415

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (37^th of 1071)

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Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (37th of 1071)

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