Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +86% Effective Speed 86%Average Score +88% Read 240%, Write 149%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 92%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite 5%Peak Score +101% Read 299%, Write 177%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 129%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment -401%User Rating -14%, Market Share -789%Nice To Haves +179% DQ Read 320%, DQ Write 203%, DQ Mixed 208%, ADQ Read 178%, ADQ Write 123%, ADQ Mixed 167%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total 229%

Average Bench: 184% (116^th of 1072)

Based on 7,214 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU, PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB

Poor: 107%Average: 184% Great: 243%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 83.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 694MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 908MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 310MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 688MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,214 samples)

Rank 116184%

Min	Avg	Max
698	Read 1,555	2,023
463	Write 1,011	1,344
375	Mixed 688	971
156	SusWrite 310	357
197% 891 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26	4K Read 57.1	62.3
41.3	4K Write 109	156
26.3	4K Mixed 61.5	81.1
223% 75.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
289	DQ Read 908	1,541
154	DQ Write 643	1,087
209	DQ Mixed 694	1,019
540% 748 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 8 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 207 191 175 152 137 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,325

Mixed 936

SusWrite 212

250% 1,132 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 200

4K Mixed 91.6

324% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 1,587

DQ Write 1,204

DQ Mixed 1,071

889% 1,287 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

237GB free

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 323 325 324 323 321 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,085

Mixed 744

SusWrite 350

211% 952 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 85.3

4K Mixed 52.9

176% 59.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,374

DQ Write 1,041

DQ Mixed 992

800% 1,136 MB/s

ROU-User, 6 days ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 331 328 331 332 331 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 1,283

Mixed 836

SusWrite 359

236% 1,067 MB/s

4K Read 40.7

4K Write 73.8

4K Mixed 51.7

167% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 917

DQ Write 628

DQ Mixed 766

574% 770 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 days ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 317 319 323 322 320 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 1,198

Mixed 825

SusWrite 350

231% 1,044 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 69.6

4K Mixed 51.1

166% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 924

DQ Write 639

DQ Mixed 755

571% 773 MB/s

KHM-User, 2 days ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 221 217 212 208 208 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 933

Mixed 629

SusWrite 241

187% 850 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 59.8

4K Mixed 46.6

153% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 645

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 396

320% 461 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 307 328 326 152 108 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 971

Mixed 615

SusWrite 280

170% 763 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 78.4

4K Mixed 53.1

172% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 700

DQ Write 392

DQ Mixed 574

420% 556 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7577

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,159x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	842x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,536x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	1,049x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	326x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	174x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	352x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	284x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	259x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 184% (116^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 184% (116th of 1072)

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