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NVMe Samsung 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 125% (185th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: PM971 NVMe Samsung 128GB
Poor: 44%Average: 125% Great: 157%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm971 NVMe Samsung 128GB averaged 25.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm971 NVMe Samsung 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 462MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 685MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm971 NVMe Samsung 128GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm971 NVMe Samsung 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 400MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 185125%
Min Avg Max
403 Read 967 1,341
71 Write 564 655
83.6 Mixed 400 794
36 SusWrite 148 181
115% 520 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.3 4K Read 39.9 54.2
4.4 4K Write 80.2 121
2.9 4K Mixed 49.6 68
167% 56.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
59.6 DQ Read 685 857
32.8 DQ Write 461 646
13.3 DQ Mixed 462 636
375% 536 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 122 122 121 121 119 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,202
Write 619
Mixed 401
SusWrite 135
129% 589 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 82.1
4K Mixed 53.2
178% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 641
DQ Write 504
DQ Mixed 520
404% 555 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 158 158 158 148 127 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 1,064
Write 646
Mixed 461
SusWrite 157
128% 582 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 42.8
139% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 273
208% 284 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 136 112 102 112 112 MB/s
97.1% Outstanding
Read 888
Write 508
Mixed 334
SusWrite 134
103% 466 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 38.7
134% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 256
194% 263 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 143 155 157 157 159 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 704
Write 530
Mixed 283
SusWrite 164
93% 420 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 35.3
4K Mixed 24.7
86% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 161
128% 181 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Dell Latitude 7285

CPU
Core i7-7Y75IntelBench 44%, 2,904 samples49x
Core i5-7Y57IntelBench 48%, 407 samples15x
Core i5-7Y54IntelBench 47%, 1,509 samples3x
GPU
HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 3%, 11,115 samples67x
SSD
NVMe Samsung 128GBPm971Bench 125%, 27 samples1x
RAM
K4EBE304EB-EGCF 2x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 5,177 samples16x
H9CCNNNCLJALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 123 samples15x
MT52L1G32D4PG-107 2x8GBMicronBench 56%, 2,777 samples14x
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