Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (26,241)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +151% Effective Speed 151%Average Score +147% Read 279%, Write 273%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 51%, Mixed 112%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 255%Peak Score +156% Read 319%, Write 274%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 135%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 256%Value & Sentiment -169%User Rating -33%, Market Share -527%, Price -230%, Value 112%Nice To Haves +241% DQ Read 323%, DQ Write 289%, DQ Mixed 280%, ADQ Read 268%, ADQ Write 222%, ADQ Mixed 250%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 264%

Average Bench: 244% (42^nd of 1021)

Based on 26,241 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 161%Average: 244% Great: 297%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 144.0% 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 886MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,174MB/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 135%. 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 41.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,241 samples)

Rank 42244%

Min	Avg	Max
1,055	Read 1,735	2,103
888	Write 1,523	1,810
555	Mixed 755	971
437	SusWrite 1,040	1,385
282% 1,263 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.3	4K Read 41.8	51.7
54.6	4K Write 133	186
41.3	4K Mixed 59.5	71.3
210% 78 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
550	DQ Read 1,174	1,548
124	DQ Write 927	1,388
226	DQ Mixed 886	1,204
708% 996 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

859GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1410 1205 1200 1197 1193 1192 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 1,784

Mixed 778

SusWrite 1,233

323% 1,446 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 64

222% 82.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,325

DQ Write 1,171

DQ Mixed 1006

820% 1,167 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

884GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1396 1379 1377 1228 1144 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 1,372

Mixed 869

SusWrite 1,320

282% 1,257 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 33.9

114% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,103

DQ Write 950

DQ Mixed 913

715% 989 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

623GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 1160 1129 1065 1103 1098 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 1238

Mixed 766

SusWrite 1,131

244% 1,086 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 52.4

176% 65.2 MB/s

DQ Read 938

DQ Write 871

DQ Mixed 910

682% 906 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

150GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 298 291 290 287 284 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,278

Mixed 771

SusWrite 360

233% 1,052 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 59.3

205% 73.3 MB/s

DQ Read 991

DQ Write 721

DQ Mixed 830

628% 848 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

248GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 496 495 487 481 467 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 888

Mixed 618

SusWrite 533

179% 803 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 65.4

222% 79.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,110

DQ Write 943

DQ Mixed 993

753% 1,016 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

596GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 502 574 565 566 566 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 547

Mixed 464

SusWrite 514

123% 550 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 60.4

203% 74 MB/s

DQ Read 778

DQ Write 606

DQ Mixed 830

583% 738 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

438GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 885 949 962 982 916 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 840

Mixed 576

SusWrite 934

184% 816 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 50.1

4K Mixed 18.8

88% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 310

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 456

286% 323 MB/s

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 32,713 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 116%

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Desktop 125%

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $240

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 95%, 464,053 samples	23,545x
Core i5-8600KIntel $240Bench 93%, 161,368 samples	4,460x
Core i7-8700Intel $344Bench 90%, 173,216 samples	1,522x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $740Bench 130%, 508,712 samples	8,019x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 102%, 678,876 samples	6,386x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples	2,782x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $430Bench 244%, 26,241 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 86%, 133,367 samples	3,111x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples	2,580x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 82%, 55,627 samples	1,328x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $1,850

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $56

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 244% (42^nd of 1021)

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Samsung MZ-V6E1T0BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 244% (42nd of 1021)

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