Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (33,116)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +100% Effective Speed 100%Average Score +103% Read 217%, Write 192%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 106%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 83%Peak Score +118% Read 291%, Write 218%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 77%Value & Sentiment -150%User Rating -11%, Market Share -289%Nice To Haves +197% DQ Read 298%, DQ Write 244%, DQ Mixed 242%, ADQ Read 195%, ADQ Write 158%, ADQ Mixed 198%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 234%

Average Bench: 198% (84^th of 1054)

Based on 33,116 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: 116%Average: 198% Great: 259%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 98.1% 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 783MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 951MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 143%. 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 555MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 747MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 33,116 samples)

Rank 84198%

Min	Avg	Max
682	Read 1,468	1,980
537	Write 1,196	1,545
461	Mixed 747	951
270	SusWrite 555	682
221% 992 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.1	4K Read 51.5	60.6
53.4	4K Write 115	160
29.6	4K Mixed 63.3	81.7
220% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
373	DQ Read 951	1,463
174	DQ Write 745	1,230
233	DQ Mixed 783	1,130
604% 826 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 1 hr ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 404 461 453 430 408 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,517

Mixed 946

SusWrite 488

274% 1,234 MB/s

4K Read 56.9

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 77.4

266% 95.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,259

DQ Write 1,077

DQ Mixed 1,100

843% 1145 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

140GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 533 358 351 341 197 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,400

Mixed 810

SusWrite 432

244% 1,098 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 77.6

262% 93.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,402

DQ Write 1,148

DQ Mixed 1,092

868% 1,214 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

374GB free

Firmware: CXY72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 656 654 648 648 651 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,412

Mixed 876

SusWrite 689

244% 1,091 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 72.3

244% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,348

DQ Write 1,119

DQ Mixed 1,126

873% 1,198 MB/s

FRA-User, 11 hrs ago.

392GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 592 604 619 610 604 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 1,165

Mixed 632

SusWrite 602

203% 908 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 66.3

231% 84.1 MB/s

DQ Read 795

DQ Write 586

DQ Mixed 482

417% 621 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 423 437 425 431 422 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 1,090

Mixed 614

SusWrite 429

182% 814 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 25.4

4K Mixed 22.6

78% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 939

DQ Write 724

DQ Mixed 819

616% 827 MB/s

COL-User, 11 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 318 329 283 287 277 MB/s

68% Good

Write 745

Mixed 481

SusWrite 337

139% 624 MB/s

4K Read 7.2

4K Write 12.2

4K Mixed 7.6

27% 9 MB/s

DQ Read 43.8

DQ Write 37.8

DQ Mixed 29.4

25% 37 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%, 318,653 samples	2,378x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 80%, 211,460 samples	1,403x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 403,180 samples	573x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 323,945 samples	1,652x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 80%, 7,150 samples	750x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 28,082 samples	444x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 198%, 33,116 samples	374x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 66,646 samples	2,312x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 28,569 samples	508x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 2,168 samples	351x

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Comments

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USA-User

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5 months ago.

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

JPN-User

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2,940

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 i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
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