Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (33,375)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
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BUY • $430

Effective Speed +146% Effective Speed 146%Average Score +144% Read 278%, Write 272%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 110%, 4K Mixed 33%, SusWrite 238%Peak Score +153% Read 314%, Write 273%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 127%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 255%Value & Sentiment -144%User Rating -11%, Market Share -367%, Price -280%, Value 80%Nice To Haves +222% DQ Read 312%, DQ Write 264%, DQ Mixed 247%, ADQ Read 254%, ADQ Write 207%, ADQ Mixed 233%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total 251%

Average Bench: 242% (53^rd of 1057)

Based on 33,375 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 173%Average: 242% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 141.6% 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 863MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,142MB/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 122%. 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 755MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 33,375 samples)

Rank 53242%

Min	Avg	Max
1,057	Read 1,748	2,098
838	Write 1,506	1,811
553	Mixed 755	960
422	SusWrite 1,014	1,369
280% 1,256 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.9	4K Read 42.1	52.1
65.4	4K Write 132	183
41.4	4K Mixed 59.9	71.8
210% 78.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
625	DQ Read 1,142	1,513
138	DQ Write 877	1,304
230	DQ Mixed 863	1,148
686% 961 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

822GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 1208 1193 1195 1189 1190 MB/s

300% Outstanding

Write 1,808

Mixed 870

SusWrite 1,231

328% 1,464 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 66.8

264% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1550

DQ Write 1,471

DQ Mixed 1,139

957% 1,387 MB/s

ITA-User, 8 hrs ago.

342GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1800 1844 1364 1125 1121 1119 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 1,750

Mixed 877

SusWrite 1,396

343% 1,535 MB/s

4K Read 42.2

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 67

248% 97.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,069

DQ Write 931

DQ Mixed 896

700% 966 MB/s

ROU-User, 12 hrs ago.

334GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 847 951 933 910 892 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,507

Mixed 820

SusWrite 931

259% 1,155 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 61.3

198% 73.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,347

DQ Write 1,062

DQ Mixed 994

801% 1,134 MB/s

ARE-User, 5 hrs ago.

215GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1087 507 321 298 296 299 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,592

Mixed 788

SusWrite 468

261% 1,173 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 41.7

176% 65.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1401

DQ Write 566

DQ Mixed 1,010

740% 992 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

87GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 267 245 237 231 231 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 757

Mixed 820

SusWrite 318

203% 925 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 98.6

4K Mixed 53.8

177% 63 MB/s

DQ Read 932

DQ Write 601

DQ Mixed 806

590% 780 MB/s

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 13,226 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 125%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 113%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 633,193 samples	8,873x
Core i5-8600KIntel $220Bench 91%, 203,505 samples	1,561x
Core i7-8700Intel $302Bench 89%, 263,985 samples	704x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,074Bench 135%, 684,921 samples	2,751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 831,064 samples	1,998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,127,629 samples	955x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $430Bench 242%, 33,375 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $110Bench 85%, 187,812 samples	921x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	818x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 94%, 62,509 samples	637x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $2,248

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	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: 242% (53^rd of 1057)

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960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 242% (53rd of 1057)

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