Samsung

MZ7KM960 960GB

MZ7KM960 960GB
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Effective Speed -6%Effective Speed -6%Average Score -5%Read -3%, Write 6%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 39%Peak Score -11%Read -3%, Write -3%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed 13%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed 6%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -3%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 93.3% (295^th of 1074)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZ7KM960

Poor: 81%Average: 93.3% Great: 103%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung MZ7KM960 960GB averaged just 6.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7KM960 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7KM960 960GB is 22.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7KM960 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 393MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 446MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 29593.3%

Min	Avg	Max
386	Read 446	492
367	Write 430	473
329	Mixed 393	478
278	SusWrite 413	462
94.8% 421 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.6	4K Read 28.1	34.6
32.7	4K Write 59.4	81.9
26.3	4K Mixed 37.3	44.3
122% 41.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
201	DQ Read 306	389
65.6	DQ Write 232	336
104	DQ Mixed 253	352
193% 263 MB/s

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

879GB free

Firmware: 003Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 460 459 461 460 462 MB/s

98.1% Outstanding

Write 467

Mixed 436

SusWrite 460

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 57.8

4K Mixed 38.4

125% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 295

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 257

195% 263 MB/s

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	146x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
MZ7KM960 960GBSamsungBench 93%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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MZ7KM960 960GB

Average Bench: 93.3% (295^th of 1074)

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MZ7KM960 960GB

Average Bench: 93.3% (295th of 1074)

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Excellent average bench

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Good consistency

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

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