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Samsung MZ-V6P2T0BW

960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 271% (54th of 1080)

Based on 3,492 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2TB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 162%Average: 271% Great: 354%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 170.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 850MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,103MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB is 192%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 125MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 888MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,492 samples)
Rank 54271%
Min Avg Max
1,156 Read 1,980 2,551
468 Write 1,411 1,944
521 Mixed 888 1,169
341 SusWrite 1,333 1,941
313% 1,403 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 50.7 54.5
46.1 4K Write 125 194
36.2 4K Mixed 62.5 80.2
223% 79.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
486 DQ Read 1,103 1,792
117 DQ Write 763 1,316
203 DQ Mixed 850 1,273
657% 905 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1773 1712 1699 1657 1705 1717 MB/s
364% Outstanding
Read 2,376
Write 1,788
Mixed 1236
SusWrite 1,711
398% 1,777 MB/s
4K Read 58.1
4K Write 210
4K Mixed 85.2
308% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 1,819
DQ Write 1,305
DQ Mixed 1,311
1,047% 1,478 MB/s
455GB free
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1660 1613 1608 1580 1567 1232 MB/s
330% Outstanding
Read 2,062
Write 1,642
Mixed 932
SusWrite 1,543
346% 1,545 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 79
273% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,782
DQ Write 1322
DQ Mixed 1,278
1,030% 1,461 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 1441 1427 1463 1410 931 MB/s
255% Outstanding
Read 2,150
Write 1,337
Mixed 920
SusWrite 1,305
318% 1,428 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 53.9
180% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 849
DQ Write 638
DQ Mixed 724
547% 737 MB/s
499GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 1120 1105 1116 1108 1108 MB/s
229% Outstanding
Read 1,312
Write 1,099
Mixed 793
SusWrite 1,111
242% 1,079 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 63.7
214% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,124
DQ Write 801
DQ Mixed 907
692% 944 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 1372 1381 1373 1395 1392 MB/s
224% Outstanding
Read 2,077
Write 1531
Mixed 998
SusWrite 1,377
334% 1,496 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 37.6
130% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 634
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 191
186% 310 MB/s
290GB free
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1229 1220 1215 1224 1246 1249 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1,843
Write 1,270
Mixed 836
SusWrite 1,230
289% 1,295 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 47.4
155% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 516
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 472
336% 433 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 850 862 864 877 874 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,207
Write 944
Mixed 791
SusWrite 862
213% 951 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 51.9
4K Mixed 39.8
128% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 333
241% 314 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 206 151 196 143 163 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1152
Write 136
Mixed 248
SusWrite 181
92% 429 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 35.7
117% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 203
164% 237 MB/s
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Gaming 103%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $179

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $195Bench 80%, 28,524 samples271x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $399Bench 82%, 19,432 samples265x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples130x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples261x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples76x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples73x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $690Bench 271%, 3,492 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $1,668

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