Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +145% Effective Speed 145%Average Score +144% Read 284%, Write 268%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 55%, Mixed 113%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 232%Peak Score +154% Read 312%, Write 272%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 63%, Mixed 130%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 252%Value & Sentiment -20%User Rating -11%, Market Share -256%, Price -60%, Value 246%Nice To Haves +234% DQ Read 325%, DQ Write 312%, DQ Mixed 258%, ADQ Read 259%, ADQ Write 210%, ADQ Mixed 235%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 271%

Average Bench: 241% (64^th of 1072)

Based on 38,097 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 157%Average: 241% Great: 302%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 141.1% 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 871MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,170MB/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 145%. 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 765MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38,097 samples)

Rank 64241%

Min	Avg	Max
1,046	Read 1,755	2,087
895	Write 1,493	1,803
573	Mixed 765	973
353	SusWrite 984	1,363
279% 1,249 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.8	4K Read 41.8	53.1
64.9	4K Write 136	200
40.5	4K Mixed 59.2	73
211% 78.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
541	DQ Read 1,170	1,559
172	DQ Write 895	1,477
238	DQ Mixed 871	1,186
695% 979 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

664GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1450 1245 1235 1236 1233 1239 MB/s

296% Outstanding

Write 1,740

Mixed 844

SusWrite 1,273

328% 1,466 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 172

4K Mixed 68.6

246% 94.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,555

DQ Write 1,250

DQ Mixed 1,040

877% 1,282 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

438GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 1157 1151 1123 1082 1043 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,723

Mixed 691

SusWrite 1151

300% 1,342 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 54

173% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 823

DQ Write 598

DQ Mixed 720

535% 714 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 days ago.

378GB free

Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 1328 1182 1166 1157 1153 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,412

Mixed 785

SusWrite 1,221

272% 1,209 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 78.7

4K Mixed 51.4

173% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,010

DQ Write 613

DQ Mixed 760

580% 795 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

293GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1104 845 791 775 744 717 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1509

Mixed 609

SusWrite 830

245% 1,093 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 135

4K Mixed 58.7

206% 77.5 MB/s

DQ Read 789

DQ Write 1,000

DQ Mixed 673

570% 821 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

697GB free

Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 1485 1503 1176 1070 1075 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 1,571

Mixed 799

SusWrite 1,307

301% 1,341 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 62.7

4K Mixed 43.7

138% 46.3 MB/s

DQ Read 478

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 429

310% 404 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

270GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 925 709 651 618 583 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 1394

Mixed 568

SusWrite 757

241% 1,081 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 74.1

4K Mixed 42.6

146% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 599

DQ Write 612

DQ Mixed 603

454% 605 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 357 344 335 331 331 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 1,031

Mixed 684

SusWrite 411

205% 926 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 75.6

4K Mixed 41.3

150% 51.5 MB/s

DQ Read 349

DQ Write 541

DQ Mixed 344

289% 412 MB/s

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,132x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,209x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,086

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 241% (64^th of 1072)

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Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 241% (64th of 1072)

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