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 -494%User Rating -9%, Market Share -1,933%, Price -189%, Value 156%Nice To Haves +249% DQ Read 390%, DQ Write 275%, DQ Mixed 286%, ADQ Read 276%, ADQ Write 197%, ADQ Mixed 259%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 298%

Average Bench: 279% (36^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 36279%

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

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 2 hrs ago.

360GB free

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1830 1823 1813 1746 1826 1841 MB/s

361% Outstanding

Write 1,772

Mixed 1,054

SusWrite 1,813

386% 1,726 MB/s

4K Read 55.6

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 83.5

291% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,798

DQ Write 1,347

DQ Mixed 1,282

1,037% 1,476 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

923GB free

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1754 1741 1745 1743 1741 1736 MB/s

350% Outstanding

Write 1,739

Mixed 1,125

SusWrite 1,743

383% 1,712 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 187

4K Mixed 80.5

280% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,696

DQ Write 1,349

DQ Mixed 1,285

1,026% 1,443 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

954GB free

Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1614 1702 1694 1680 1664 1668 MB/s

346% Outstanding

Write 1578

Mixed 1,187

SusWrite 1,670

384% 1,721 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 75.2

256% 95.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1681

DQ Write 1,343

DQ Mixed 1,330

1,045% 1,452 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

582GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1466 1447 1465 1490 1493 1486 MB/s

314% Outstanding

Write 1,507

Mixed 954

SusWrite 1,475

352% 1,580 MB/s

4K Read 49.2

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 70.3

239% 86.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,320

DQ Write 1,137

DQ Mixed 1,157

887% 1,205 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

165GB free

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 1132 1028 847 562 631 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 1,432

Mixed 927

SusWrite 884

294% 1,321 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 71.8

250% 92 MB/s

DQ Read 1,629

DQ Write 1,238

DQ Mixed 1,260

990% 1,376 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

380GB free

Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 979 945 925 864 823 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 1,633

Mixed 890

SusWrite 932

311% 1,398 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 67.1

231% 85.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,662

DQ Write 1,151

DQ Mixed 1,214

959% 1,343 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

105GB free

Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1428 1419 1298 1403 652 420 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,499

Mixed 861

SusWrite 1,103

289% 1,293 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 82.2

4K Mixed 49.7

165% 56.6 MB/s

DQ Read 659

DQ Write 440

DQ Mixed 540

405% 546 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $321

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $352Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	240x
Core i9-7900XIntel $416Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	225x
Core i7-7800XIntel $235Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $980Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	61x

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

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples	18x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,352

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6P1T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (36^th of 1071)

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960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 279% (36th of 1071)

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