Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (44,403)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -176%Effective Speed -176%Average Score -215%Read -187%, Write -296%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -331%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -467%Peak Score -284%Read -200%, Write -316%, 4K Read -213%, 4K Write -130%, Mixed -393%, 4K Mixed -165%, SusWrite -574%Value & Sentiment -510%User Rating -34%, Market Share -987%Nice To Haves -127%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -58%, DQ Mixed -85%, ADQ Read -76%, ADQ Write -80%, ADQ Mixed -95%, Age -494%, AS-SSD Total -81%

Average Bench: 196% (110^th of 1080)

Based on 44,403 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: 126%Average: 196% Great: 259%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 96.1% 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 762MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 974MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 133%. 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 560MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 739MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 44,403 samples)

Rank 110196%

Min	Avg	Max
712	Read 1,444	1,964
562	Write 1,165	1,524
481	Mixed 739	938
265	SusWrite 560	677
218% 977 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.1	4K Read 50.8	61.1
45.6	4K Write 113	165
29.8	4K Mixed 62.7	82.7
217% 75.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
405	DQ Read 974	1,554
196	DQ Write 701	1,202
244	DQ Mixed 762	1,135
590% 812 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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

IND-User, 1 day ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 604 613 590 615 614 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,202

Mixed 721

SusWrite 635

223% 1,002 MB/s

4K Read 59.3

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 76.4

258% 89.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,446

DQ Write 1148

DQ Mixed 1,052

854% 1,215 MB/s

FRA-User, 12 hrs ago.

135GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 298 296 289 282 279 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,323

Mixed 887

SusWrite 335

248% 1,123 MB/s

4K Read 56

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 70.2

237% 81 MB/s

DQ Read 1,560

DQ Write 1,178

DQ Mixed 1,146

917% 1,295 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 639 600 563 511 368 485 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 691

Mixed 858

SusWrite 528

201% 908 MB/s

4K Read 49.1

4K Write 93.3

4K Mixed 62.6

204% 68.3 MB/s

DQ Read 973

DQ Write 626

DQ Mixed 750

572% 783 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 335 331 324 316 310 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 1,242

Mixed 805

SusWrite 371

234% 1,059 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 95.9

4K Mixed 60.6

201% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 840

DQ Write 616

DQ Mixed 738

548% 731 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

322GB free

Firmware: CXY73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 626 620 620 620 619 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,334

Mixed 807

SusWrite 658

238% 1,066 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 56.1

186% 62.4 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 511

DQ Mixed 625

462% 613 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

295GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 443 359 438 339 356 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,263

Mixed 709

SusWrite 450

216% 971 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 63

4K Mixed 46.5

151% 49.2 MB/s

DQ Read 522

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 453

333% 441 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 301 305 305 307 302 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 825

Mixed 604

SusWrite 346

158% 709 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 63.4

4K Mixed 44.5

144% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 544

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 424

322% 439 MB/s

PRI-User, 1 day ago.

156GB free

Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 426 1293 1293 1253 MB/s

53.4% Above average

Write 26.6

Mixed 36.1

SusWrite 720

54% 236 MB/s

4K Read 3.8

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 2.5

10% 2.53 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,763x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	303x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,621x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,427x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	288x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,192x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	268x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	240x

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Total price: $1,300

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3 years ago.

Very fast, storage is a little limiting if you're going to install big files.

JPN-User

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3,424

Excellent

6 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

5 years ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342

Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 196% (110th of 1080)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

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Average Bench: 196% (110^th of 1080)