Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (40,550)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(1)
BUY • $160

Effective Speed +150% Effective Speed 150%Average Score +149% Read 281%, Write 271%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 116%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 253%Peak Score +155% Read 308%, Write 271%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 63%, Mixed 135%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 260%Value & Sentiment -17%User Rating -11%, Market Share -304%, Price -48%, Value 293%Nice To Haves +236% DQ Read 322%, DQ Write 304%, DQ Mixed 276%, ADQ Read 253%, ADQ Write 208%, ADQ Mixed 245%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 267%

Average Bench: 241% (57^th of 1058)

Based on 40,550 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 170%Average: 241% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 141.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 856MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,148MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 126%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 749MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40,550 samples)

Rank 57241%

Min	Avg	Max
1,100	Read 1,739	2,067
898	Write 1,490	1,802
544	Mixed 749	973
397	SusWrite 1,008	1,350
278% 1,247 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.4	4K Read 44.5	51.6
55	4K Write 133	198
40.4	4K Mixed 58.8	72.1
213% 78.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
428	DQ Read 1,148	1,553
156	DQ Write 875	1,424
234	DQ Mixed 856	1,197
682% 959 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

847GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1216 1223 1183 1167 1166 MB/s

284% Outstanding

Write 1,783

Mixed 946

SusWrite 1,236

326% 1,453 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 172

4K Mixed 76.5

259% 98.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,355

DQ Write 1,089

DQ Mixed 1034

825% 1,159 MB/s

CHE-User, 3 hrs ago.

336GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 808 819 787 758 756 MB/s

245% Outstanding

Write 1,594

Mixed 766

SusWrite 772

278% 1,249 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 62.9

224% 84.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,364

DQ Write 1,070

DQ Mixed 973

794% 1,136 MB/s

UKR-User, 3 hrs ago.

686GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 1359 1365 1372 1097 1081 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,455

Mixed 690

SusWrite 1,270

297% 1,331 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 60

4K Mixed 45.1

149% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 441

DQ Write 200

DQ Mixed 430

290% 357 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

462GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 917 1124 1101 1078 1049 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 1,753

Mixed 646

SusWrite 1,060

290% 1296 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 48.1

182% 69.8 MB/s

DQ Read 789

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 382

322% 483 MB/s

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 18,289 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 124%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 113%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 90%, 701,217 samples	12,278x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 255,011 samples	2,152x
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 88%, 333,096 samples	964x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 136%, 799,794 samples	3,630x
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 105%, 915,325 samples	2,598x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	1,212x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $160Bench 241%, 40,550 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $80Bench 84%, 257,293 samples	1,202x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 83%, 540,354 samples	1,081x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $175Bench 94%, 76,885 samples	854x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,607

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 241% (57^th of 1058)

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Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 241% (57th of 1058)

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