Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +32% Effective Speed 32%Average Score +34% Read 106%, Write 61%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed 22%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite 101%Peak Score +38% Read 116%, Write 59%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 27%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite 106%Value & Sentiment User Rating -13%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read 32%, DQ Write -37%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read 33%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -25%, Age -45%, AS-SSD Total 13%

Average Bench: 130% (165^th of 1058)

Based on 2,779 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00004, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00005

Poor: 85%Average: 130% Great: 158%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 30.1% 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 207MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 956MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB is 73.5%. 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 221MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 443MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,779 samples)

Rank 165130%

Min	Avg	Max
614	Read 956	1,094
360	Write 654	772
305	Mixed 443	537
288	SusWrite 593	791
148% 661 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.4	4K Read 33.9	36.4
27.6	4K Write 73.1	116
17.6	4K Mixed 35.4	48.7
135% 47.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
190	DQ Read 431	484
122	DQ Write 221	261
129	DQ Mixed 207	242
185% 286 MB/s

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52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 440 398 362 342 315 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 721

Mixed 449

SusWrite 390

145% 655 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 84.1

4K Mixed 43.3

151% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 479

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 215

196% 307 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Asus G751JY

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Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 66%, 70,609 samples	339x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 67%, 75,010 samples	324x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 925 samples	104x

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GTX 980MNvidiaBench 42%, 12,930 samples	552x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 40%, 8,326 samples	341x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 22,415 samples	2x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 130%, 2,779 samples	182x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,377 samples	168x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 15,778 samples	94x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 3x8GBSamsungBench 48%, 462 samples	82x

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 130% (165^th of 1058)

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Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 130% (165th of 1058)

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 130% (165^th of 1058)