Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (35,983)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +102% Effective Speed 102%Average Score +106% Read 227%, Write 198%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed 110%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 84%Peak Score +118% Read 294%, Write 216%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 122%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 75%Value & Sentiment -104%User Rating -11%, Market Share -197%Nice To Haves +194% DQ Read 299%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 240%, ADQ Read 190%, ADQ Write 146%, ADQ Mixed 190%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 235%

Average Bench: 199% (87^th of 1058)

Based on 35,983 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: 128%Average: 199% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 98.5% 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 753MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 934MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 126%. 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 553MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 754MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,983 samples)

Rank 87199%

Min	Avg	Max
758	Read 1,512	1,995
631	Write 1,205	1,533
508	Mixed 754	937
270	SusWrite 553	674
224% 1,006 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.7	4K Read 52.1	60.8
45.2	4K Write 114	163
29.2	4K Mixed 63.2	81.1
220% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
369	DQ Read 934	1,464
145	DQ Write 702	1,238
207	DQ Mixed 753	1,126
580% 796 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 19 mins ago.

447GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 629 619 617 616 617 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,544

Mixed 914

SusWrite 658

278% 1247 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 71.3

238% 82.6 MB/s

DQ Read 994

DQ Write 837

DQ Mixed 904

680% 912 MB/s

IND-User, 2 hrs ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 642 626 632 642 733 MB/s

173% Outstanding

Write 602

Mixed 489

SusWrite 657

135% 599 MB/s

4K Read 52.3

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 72.5

245% 87.5 MB/s

DQ Read 791

DQ Write 571

DQ Mixed 673

505% 678 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 340 331 332 319 318 MB/s

83.5% Excellent

Write 770

Mixed 545

SusWrite 368

140% 624 MB/s

4K Read 14.6

4K Write 38.3

4K Mixed 20.2

68% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 127

DQ Mixed 193

136% 174 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 77%, 334,396 samples	2,731x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 79%, 247,628 samples	1,595x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 402,676 samples	658x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 363,190 samples	1,877x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 7,158 samples	852x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 29,704 samples	525x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 199%, 35,983 samples	437x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 78,765 samples	2,615x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 30,320 samples	570x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 2,207 samples	390x

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Comments

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9 months ago.

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

JPN-User

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Excellent

3 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

2 years ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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