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NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 218% (83rd of 1072)

Based on 48 user benchmarks.  Model: PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB
Poor: 128%Average: 218% Great: 270%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB averaged 118.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 727MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,623MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB is 142%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 100MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 48 samples)
Rank 83218%
Min Avg Max
547 Read 1,623 2,774
522 Write 1,275 1,641
373 Mixed 904 1,903
154 SusWrite 891 1,237
262% 1,173 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.7 4K Read 44.6 58
34.8 4K Write 100 171
23.3 4K Mixed 56.4 82.3
193% 67 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.9 DQ Read 833 1,740
31.3 DQ Write 706 1,376
21 DQ Mixed 727 1,314
556% 755 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 335 332 328 316 307 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,677
Write 1,060
Mixed 826
SusWrite 368
218% 983 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 71.7
4K Mixed 48.8
157% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 608
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 542
407% 546 MB/s
219GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 313 305 308 305 304 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 1,412
Write 1,032
Mixed 740
SusWrite 364
197% 887 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 36.9
122% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 488
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 394
301% 410 MB/s
491GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 775 792 792 786 773 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 848
Write 814
Mixed 544
SusWrite 783
168% 747 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 14.2
4K Mixed 12.9
43% 13.2 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 92.2
DQ Mixed 110
83% 112 MB/s
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC8i7HVB

CPU
Core i7-8809GIntelBench 80%, 3,729 samples721x
GPU
Radeon RX Vega M GHAMDBench 38%, 3,270 samples627x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples7x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples7x
SSD
NVMe SED Samsung 1024GBPm961Bench 218%, 48 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GBKingstonBench 80%, 5,417 samples40x
Vengeance SODIM CMSX64GX4M2A2400C16 2x31.5GBCorsairBench 75%, 54 samples22x
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 5,229 samples21x
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