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Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -311%Effective Speed -311%Average Score -365%Read -321%, Write -615%, 4K Read -137%, 4K Write -197%, Mixed -633%, 4K Mixed -221%, SusWrite -428%Peak Score -487%Read -437%, Write -741%, 4K Read -421%, 4K Write -210%, Mixed -776%, 4K Mixed -345%, SusWrite -481%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -520%DQ Read -383%, DQ Write -631%, DQ Mixed -774%, ADQ Read -288%, ADQ Write -461%, ADQ Mixed -614%, Age -563%, AS-SSD Total -450%

Average Bench: 133% (183^rd of 1080)

Based on 1,434 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00004, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00005

Poor: 86%Average: 133% Great: 160%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 32.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 208MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 996MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB is 74.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 224MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 441MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,434 samples)

Rank 183133%

Min	Avg	Max
552	Read 996	1,104
316	Write 652	765
329	Mixed 441	533
273	SusWrite 597	788
150% 671 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.8	4K Read 37.4	36.8
29	4K Write 69.7	122
17.1	4K Mixed 34.4	49.2
138% 47.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
286	DQ Read 441	480
140	DQ Write 224	260
132	DQ Mixed 208	240
188% 291 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 15 days ago.

238GB free

Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 785 815 795 793 778 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 762

Mixed 523

SusWrite 791

175% 785 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 48.6

178% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 481

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 206

194% 308 MB/s

EST-User, 24 days ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 582 571 554 545 593 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 687

Mixed 458

SusWrite 558

150% 674 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 44.9

4K Mixed 27.9

95% 32.1 MB/s

DQ Read 197

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 212

159% 211 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 month ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 254 254 238 225 210 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 618

Mixed 404

SusWrite 246

125% 565 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 63.6

4K Mixed 34

116% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 466

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 215

192% 296 MB/s

TUR-User, 25 days ago.

200GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 575 564 616 560 548 MB/s

97.7% Outstanding

Write 565

Mixed 417

SusWrite 577

132% 593 MB/s

4K Read 12.9

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 16.8

61% 22.6 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 177

152% 227 MB/s

MAR-User, 1 month ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 223 240 241 243 265 MB/s

97.1% Outstanding

Write 663

Mixed 462

SusWrite 241

127% 573 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 47.3

4K Mixed 28.5

96% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 472

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 237

206% 312 MB/s

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Workstation 23%

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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	250x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	214x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 1,015 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	369x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	237x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	130x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	98x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	73x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	58x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $278	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 133% (183^rd of 1080)

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XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 133% (183rd of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 133% (183^rd of 1080)