Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +30% Effective Speed 30%Average User Bench +33% Read 105%, Write 60%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 23%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite 97%Peak Lab Bench +38% Read 116%, Write 61%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 27%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 100%Value & Sentiment -2,832%User Rating -41%, Market Share -5,622%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read 32%, DQ Write -37%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read 35%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age -40%, AS-SSD Total 14%

Average Bench: 129% (142^nd of 1016)

Based on 1,892 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00004, SAMSUNG MZHPU256HCGL-00005

Poor: 83%Average: 129% Great: 159%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 28.5% 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 205MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 942MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB is 76.2%. 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 223MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 442MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,892 samples)

Rank 142129%

Min	Avg	Max
624	Read 942	1,085
461	Write 658	780
352	Mixed 442	525
288	SusWrite 592	783
147% 658 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 30.6	36.5
30.3	4K Write 76.3	119
15.2	4K Mixed 35.5	48.8
132% 47.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
154	DQ Read 422	484
131	DQ Write 223	262
98.1	DQ Mixed 205	242
184% 283 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

184GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 763 743 757 768 761 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 772

Mixed 531

SusWrite 757

168% 751 MB/s

4K Read 35.8

4K Write 99.6

4K Mixed 46.2

166% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 492

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 219

200% 313 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

165GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 697 781 758 774 764 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 702

Mixed 417

SusWrite 674

156% 699 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 67.1

4K Mixed 34.2

120% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 474

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 204

196% 314 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 658 670 696 658 686 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 654

Mixed 476

SusWrite 662

157% 706 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 30.3

108% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 480

DQ Write 244

DQ Mixed 207

195% 310 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 568 620 623 610 602 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 680

Mixed 494

SusWrite 555

146% 654 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 62.8

4K Mixed 30.8

111% 39.7 MB/s

DQ Read 473

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 238

212% 324 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 420 375 338 322 287 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 740

Mixed 493

SusWrite 374

144% 647 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 62.6

4K Mixed 33.8

118% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 446

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 225

196% 298 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 40%

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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 57%, 53,858 samples	723x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 55%, 48,479 samples	673x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 59%, 666 samples	234x

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GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 11,376 samples	1,148x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 6,042 samples	767x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 32%, 18,116 samples	1x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 129%, 1,892 samples	439x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 19,243 samples	313x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 11,549 samples	210x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 21,592 samples	208x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-9400F $154	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $356	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $224

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZHPU256HCGL

XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 129% (142^nd of 1016)

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Very poor consistency

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System: Asus G751JY

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XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 129% (142nd of 1016)

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 129% (142^nd of 1016)