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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (22,367)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +104% Effective Speed 104%Average User Bench +105% Read 225%, Write 192%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 105%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 90%Peak Lab Bench +121% Read 294%, Write 217%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 73%Value & Sentiment -193%User Rating -33%, Market Share -353%Nice To Haves +210% DQ Read 299%, DQ Write 255%, DQ Mixed 261%, ADQ Read 205%, ADQ Write 168%, ADQ Mixed 219%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 238%

Average Bench: 202% (64^th of 1011)

Based on 22,367 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW512, NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU, PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-00000

Poor: 119%Average: 202% Great: 263%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 102.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 815MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 969MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 144%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 569MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 739MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22,367 samples)

Rank 64202%

Min	Avg	Max
723	Read 1,492	1,975
663	Write 1,208	1,534
461	Mixed 739	934
300	SusWrite 569	675
223% 1,002 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.3	4K Read 51.8	62.1
43.8	4K Write 117	174
29.8	4K Mixed 64.2	84.6
222% 77.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
322	DQ Read 969	1,461
216	DQ Write 791	1,265
244	DQ Mixed 815	1,144
628% 858 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

431GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 632 648 653 656 661 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1593

Mixed 979

SusWrite 688

291% 1,308 MB/s

4K Read 61.9

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 82.7

285% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,046

DQ Write 939

DQ Mixed 966

732% 984 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,104,221 SSDs tested.

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Typical PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB Builds (Compare 15,185 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 15%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 46%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,170

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 61%, 277,878 samples	14,068x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 58%, 89,614 samples	1,096x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 42%, 60 samples	19x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 174,619 samples	9,575x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 69,975 samples	5,446x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 504,565 samples	46x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 202%, 22,367 samples	1,521x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 33,213 samples	6,107x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 13,943 samples	1,751x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 3,672 samples	1,126x

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

21 months ago.

JPN-User

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2,380

Excellent

2 years ago.

I own it, got it virtually brand new at 2nd hand price

SWE-User

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Terrible

10 months ago.

Dreadful performance on non-sequential writes. Like a cheap thumbdrive.

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