Samsung

960 PRO 512GB

960 PRO 512GB
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Effective Speed +121% Effective Speed 121%Average Score +128% Read 278%, Write 243%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 149%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 139%Peak Score +183% Read 434%, Write 271%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 55%, Mixed 352%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 123%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +178% DQ Read 212%, DQ Write 307%, DQ Mixed 213%, ADQ Read 121%, ADQ Write 183%, ADQ Mixed 134%, Age 26%, AS-SSD Total 224%

Average Bench: 218% (83^rd of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 960 PRO 512GB

Poor: 137%Average: 218% Great: 264%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 PRO 512GB averaged 117.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 PRO 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 610MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 818MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 PRO 512GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 PRO 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 709MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 122MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 83218%

Min	Avg	Max
678	Read 1,730	2,707
630	Write 1,389	1,798
505	Mixed 895	1,915
393	SusWrite 709	864
263% 1,181 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	4K Read 45.2	55.7
22.1	4K Write 122	190
19.3	4K Mixed 50.8	66.9
198% 72.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.7	DQ Read 720	1,146
40	DQ Write 818	1,459
65	DQ Mixed 610	1036
503% 716 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

351GB free

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1391 1139 613 610 607 607 MB/s

877% Outstanding

Write 1,454

Mixed 2,368

SusWrite 828

683% 3,160 MB/s

4K Read 869

4K Write 91.5

4K Mixed 164

1,574% 375 MB/s

DQ Read 2,463

DQ Write 532

DQ Mixed 827

781% 1,274 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 years ago.

427GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1491 968 588 591 591 593 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,601

Mixed 809

SusWrite 804

264% 1,177 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 66.9

239% 91.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,146

DQ Write 1,398

DQ Mixed 1036

847% 1,194 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 years ago.

318GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1700 951 598 598 599 599 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,616

Mixed 672

SusWrite 841

276% 1,237 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 53.7

187% 68.7 MB/s

DQ Read 48.6

DQ Write 1,432

DQ Mixed 668

540% 716 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 years ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 554 552 554 549 542 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,426

Mixed 713

SusWrite 578

230% 1,027 MB/s

4K Read 53.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 52.7

212% 75.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1142

DQ Write 687

DQ Mixed 681

570% 837 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 years ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 369 377 368 370 422 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 813

Mixed 649

SusWrite 393

215% 983 MB/s

4K Read 52.7

4K Write 22.1

4K Mixed 23.5

122% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 728

DQ Write 40

DQ Mixed 65

128% 278 MB/s

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