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SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB

SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB
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Effective Speed +51% Effective Speed 51%Average Score +50% Read 81%, Write 71%, 4K Read 10%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 55%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 113%Peak Score +76% Read 140%, Write 88%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 136%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +132% DQ Read 207%, DQ Write 162%, DQ Mixed 208%, ADQ Read 91%, ADQ Write 60%, ADQ Mixed 111%, Age 63%, AS-SSD Total 156%

Average Bench: 149% (158^th of 1072)

Based on 137 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZ1KW480

Poor: 72%Average: 149% Great: 219%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB averaged 48.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 548MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 623MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB is 147%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 557MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 630MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 137 samples)

Rank 158149%

Min	Avg	Max
333	Read 827	1,216
262	Write 692	910
268	Mixed 557	748
246	SusWrite 630	914
152% 676 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	4K Read 37.6	51.2
28.5	4K Write 95.1	187
14.1	4K Mixed 49.3	71.2
171% 60.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
245	DQ Read 623	1,126
170	DQ Write 463	940
180	DQ Mixed 548	1,019
408% 545 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

317GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 851 860 859 853 830 MB/s

229% Outstanding

Write 840

Mixed 658

SusWrite 851

193% 861 MB/s

4K Read 45.8

4K Write 268

4K Mixed 62.6

292% 126 MB/s

DQ Read 1,120

DQ Write 945

DQ Mixed 1,022

769% 1,029 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

318GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 843 870 835 822 841 MB/s

222% Outstanding

Write 850

Mixed 695

SusWrite 840

200% 893 MB/s

4K Read 54

4K Write 201

4K Mixed 73.5

282% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 778

DQ Write 886

DQ Mixed 631

531% 765 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

317GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 892 893 879 886 868 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 858

Mixed 673

SusWrite 885

194% 863 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 205

4K Mixed 66.9

256% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,123

DQ Write 926

DQ Mixed 941

727% 997 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

318GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 847 823 641 681 776 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 850

Mixed 727

SusWrite 778

188% 838 MB/s

4K Read 55.8

4K Write 195

4K Mixed 74.3

283% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 781

DQ Write 865

DQ Mixed 622

524% 756 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

342GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 923 926 922 924 909 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 889

Mixed 722

SusWrite 919

200% 892 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 66.2

238% 86.4 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 906

DQ Mixed 635

534% 768 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

318GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 794 657 706 698 437 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 603

Mixed 420

SusWrite 674

130% 575 MB/s

4K Read 8.2

4K Write 30.8

4K Mixed 12.2

44% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 743

DQ Write 421

DQ Mixed 580

432% 581 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

167GB free

Firmware: CXU8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 258 248 249 258 233 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 264

Mixed 282

SusWrite 246

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 62

4K Mixed 46.6

153% 49.5 MB/s

DQ Read 395

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 401

284% 362 MB/s

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 12%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	692x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GBNvmeBench 149%, 137 samples	1x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Nvme

SAMSUNG MZ1KW480 480GB

Average Bench: 149% (158^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 149% (158th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 149% (158^th of 1072)