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Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 133% (175th of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,434 samples)
Rank 175133%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 566 709 647 770 785 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 848
Write 742
Mixed 462
SusWrite 662
152% 678 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 40.4
142% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 479
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 230
206% 317 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 468 396 379 338 306 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 1,026
Write 758
Mixed 417
SusWrite 415
145% 654 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 37.5
129% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 459
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 229
204% 312 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 334 319 303 285 291 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,024
Write 720
Mixed 455
SusWrite 328
140% 632 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 29.8
100% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 466
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 166
166% 274 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 321 299 287 295 277 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 720
Write 537
Mixed 436
SusWrite 306
111% 499 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 57.4
4K Mixed 32.4
107% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 431
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 229
192% 286 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 595 584 545 507 467 MB/s
83.5% Excellent
Read 643
Write 522
Mixed 325
SusWrite 549
114% 510 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 15.2
52% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 158
124% 175 MB/s
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Typical XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB Builds (Compare 578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples240x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples203x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 1,015 samples54x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples348x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples229x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples1x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples127x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples56x
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