Samsung

MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB

MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB
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Effective Speed +60% Effective Speed 60%Average Score +58% Read 83%, Write 76%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 65%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 140%Peak Score +74% Read 137%, Write 88%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 79%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 138%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +135% DQ Read 208%, DQ Write 158%, DQ Mixed 210%, ADQ Read 113%, ADQ Write 68%, ADQ Mixed 118%, Age 54%, AS-SSD Total 154%

Average Bench: 158% (146^th of 1072)

Based on 390 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV

Poor: 79%Average: 158% Great: 215%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB averaged 57.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 567MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 695MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 592MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 96.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 390 samples)

Rank 146158%

Min	Avg	Max
344	Read 835	1,200
258	Write 713	912
272	Mixed 592	758
254	SusWrite 710	922
160% 712 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.2	4K Read 40.4	52.4
39.5	4K Write 96.4	162
27.3	4K Mixed 50.6	69.3
177% 62.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
380	DQ Read 695	1,130
179	DQ Write 486	926
250	DQ Mixed 567	1028
430% 583 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SGP-User, 8 months ago.

338GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 909 899 903 892 879 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 860

Mixed 765

SusWrite 898

204% 909 MB/s

4K Read 60.1

4K Write 263

4K Mixed 82.7

336% 135 MB/s

DQ Read 1,133

DQ Write 936

DQ Mixed 1,043

779% 1,037 MB/s

VNM-User, 5 months ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 905 906 907 906 891 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 864

Mixed 757

SusWrite 902

202% 901 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 232

4K Mixed 79.8

313% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,135

DQ Write 943

DQ Mixed 1,031

774% 1,036 MB/s

VNM-User, 7 months ago.

348GB free

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 901 886 908 912 898 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 862

Mixed 757

SusWrite 902

208% 928 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 58.6

202% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,089

DQ Write 873

DQ Mixed 956

722% 973 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 months ago.

403GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 913 912 911 909 892 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 875

Mixed 746

SusWrite 906

194% 861 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 63.3

225% 81.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,122

DQ Write 938

DQ Mixed 1,037

775% 1,033 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 889 886 888 879 872 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 860

Mixed 757

SusWrite 884

197% 877 MB/s

4K Read 46.5

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 58.3

203% 71.2 MB/s

DQ Read 829

DQ Write 687

DQ Mixed 735

557% 750 MB/s

CHN-User, 8 months ago.

220GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXU81M1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 628 638 636 629 619 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 802

Mixed 733

SusWrite 657

184% 825 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 57.9

197% 69.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,106

DQ Write 748

DQ Mixed 991

722% 948 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X399 AORUS PRO-CF

CPU
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	84x
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	44x
Ryzen TR 2920XAMDBench 81%, 3,902 samples	38x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	16x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	15x

SSD
MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GBSamsungBench 158%, 390 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	5x
F4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 128%, 25 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	4x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,010

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB

Average Bench: 158% (146^th of 1072)

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MZ1KW480HMHQ-000MV 480GB

Average Bench: 158% (146th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 158% (146^th of 1072)