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Samsung MZHPV128HDGM-00000

SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 165% (137th of 1072)

Based on 2,093 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZHPV128HDGM-00000
Poor: 116%Average: 165% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB averaged 64.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 360MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,423MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB is 72%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 233MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 480MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,093 samples)
Rank 137165%
Min Avg Max
732 Read 1,423 1,597
201 Write 571 672
286 Mixed 587 713
147 SusWrite 480 652
169% 765 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.5 4K Read 51.3 47.1
49 4K Write 113 149
29 4K Mixed 45.8 54.5
196% 70 MB/s
Min Avg Max
445 DQ Read 653 701
130 DQ Write 233 265
203 DQ Mixed 360 406
288% 415 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 583 580 587 592 586 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,403
Write 598
Mixed 617
SusWrite 585
177% 801 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 44.5
168% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 699
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 383
306% 442 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 603 421 612 454 606 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,310
Write 638
Mixed 619
SusWrite 543
172% 778 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 39.7
4K Mixed 28.6
108% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 96.6
DQ Mixed 191
150% 214 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,044x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,247x
SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung  $110Bench 165%, 2,093 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples559x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $760

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