Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (36,594)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +144% Effective Speed 144%Average Score +144% Read 279%, Write 268%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 112%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite 240%Peak Score +154% Read 314%, Write 273%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 132%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 255%Value & Sentiment -67%User Rating -11%, Market Share -343%, Price -103%, Value 189%Nice To Haves +218% DQ Read 308%, DQ Write 264%, DQ Mixed 239%, ADQ Read 247%, ADQ Write 195%, ADQ Mixed 229%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total 249%

Average Bench: 240% (54^th of 1058)

Based on 36,594 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 169%Average: 240% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 139.9% 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 847MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,114MB/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 127%. 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 762MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36,594 samples)

Rank 54240%

Min	Avg	Max
1,144	Read 1,749	2,099
934	Write 1,488	1,810
579	Mixed 762	982
403	SusWrite 1,009	1,370
280% 1,252 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.2	4K Read 42.9	53.4
60	4K Write 131	187
41.4	4K Mixed 59.4	71.4
211% 77.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
592	DQ Read 1,114	1,497
131	DQ Write 841	1,303
240	DQ Mixed 847	1,120
669% 934 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

216GB free

Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1184 1183 1180 1188 1188 MB/s

301% Outstanding

Write 1,810

Mixed 952

SusWrite 1,240

336% 1,504 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 197

4K Mixed 77.8

274% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,550

DQ Write 1166

DQ Mixed 1,152

917% 1,289 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

645GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 1131 1138 1136 1137 1127 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 1,676

Mixed 787

SusWrite 1,168

310% 1,388 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 58.4

201% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,435

DQ Write 1,249

DQ Mixed 1,024

855% 1,236 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

743GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1677 1811 1462 1126 1123 1104 MB/s

268% Outstanding

Write 1,778

Mixed 850

SusWrite 1,384

333% 1,489 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 63

234% 85.6 MB/s

DQ Read 834

DQ Write 687

DQ Mixed 722

551% 747 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

527GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1392 1223 1216 1207 1210 1184 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 1,747

Mixed 788

SusWrite 1,239

319% 1,425 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 61.6

218% 81.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,279

DQ Write 777

DQ Mixed 952

730% 1,003 MB/s

AUS-User, 10 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 266 252 248 234 156 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,156

Mixed 636

SusWrite 312

210% 953 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 73.7

4K Mixed 48.3

159% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 357

262% 345 MB/s

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Gaming 126%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 115%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $334

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 92%, 630,213 samples	9,912x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 92%, 224,293 samples	1,751x
Core i7-8700Intel $312Bench 89%, 290,244 samples	793x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 136%, 754,041 samples	3,050x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples	2,185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples	1,025x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $250Bench 240%, 36,594 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 86%, 201,751 samples	1,018x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples	891x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $190Bench 93%, 73,067 samples	701x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $2,081

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 240% (54^th of 1058)

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960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 240% (54th of 1058)

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