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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (44,403)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -178%Effective Speed -178%Average Score -218%Read -190%, Write -299%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -83%, Mixed -337%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite -464%Peak Score -287%Read -202%, Write -322%, 4K Read -214%, 4K Write -130%, Mixed -398%, 4K Mixed -165%, SusWrite -575%Value & Sentiment -278%User Rating -34%, Market Share -522%Nice To Haves -119%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -58%, DQ Mixed -85%, ADQ Read -76%, ADQ Write -79%, ADQ Mixed -95%, Age -427%, 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%

USA-User, 1 day ago.

329GB free

Firmware: 7L7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 634 633 631 633 630 MB/s

285% Outstanding

Write 1,510

Mixed 880

SusWrite 672

283% 1,274 MB/s

4K Read 63.2

4K Write 210

4K Mixed 86.5

318% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 1,619

DQ Write 1,290

DQ Mixed 1,114

926% 1,341 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

477GB free

Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 664 665 663 662 661 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1,364

Mixed 1,050

SusWrite 700

286% 1,287 MB/s

4K Read 61.4

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 82.7

285% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,362

DQ Write 1,099

DQ Mixed 1,142

879% 1,201 MB/s

USA-User, 16 hrs ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 477 462 449 434 419 MB/s

263% Outstanding

Write 1,539

Mixed 903

SusWrite 497

263% 1,184 MB/s

4K Read 53.1

4K Write 211

4K Mixed 86.6

303% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,662

DQ Write 1,350

DQ Mixed 1,183

974% 1,398 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

369GB free

Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 631 626 631 626 621 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,384

Mixed 876

SusWrite 652

269% 1,213 MB/s

4K Read 51.7

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 67.6

238% 85.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,385

DQ Write 1,124

DQ Mixed 1,107

869% 1,205 MB/s

DNK-User, 22 hrs ago.

418GB free

Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 633 626 626 624 621 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,333

Mixed 773

SusWrite 660

234% 1,048 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 81.7

4K Mixed 55.7

182% 60.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1123

DQ Write 842

DQ Mixed 923

706% 963 MB/s

IND-User, 3 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 621 609 599 589 553 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,248

Mixed 730

SusWrite 629

224% 1,002 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 88.2

4K Mixed 59.1

196% 65.3 MB/s

DQ Read 599

DQ Write 421

DQ Mixed 465

360% 495 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 days ago.

296GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 639 651 657 654 654 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,048

Mixed 726

SusWrite 675

219% 982 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 50.6

166% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 688

DQ Write 429

DQ Mixed 601

436% 573 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

118GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 299 300 286 276 293 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 832

Mixed 607

SusWrite 300

162% 730 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 32.1

101% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 515

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 436

324% 433 MB/s

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Typical PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB Builds (Compare 4,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

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Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,810x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	309x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,659x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,442x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	292x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,204x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	269x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	245x

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Total price: $1,300

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4 years ago.

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

JPN-User

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

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)