Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +99% Effective Speed 99%Average Score +102% Read 216%, Write 188%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 106%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 88%Peak Score +117% Read 288%, Write 214%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 122%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 75%Value & Sentiment -72%User Rating -11%, Market Share -133%Nice To Haves +198% DQ Read 323%, DQ Write 236%, DQ Mixed 243%, ADQ Read 198%, ADQ Write 143%, ADQ Mixed 193%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total 242%

Average Bench: 196% (92^nd of 1059)

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 92196%

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

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 8 hrs ago.

161GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 482 451 451 433 419 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1,345

Mixed 802

SusWrite 489

237% 1,065 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 67.3

232% 82.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,441

DQ Write 930

DQ Mixed 1,016

803% 1,129 MB/s

NZL-User, 3 hrs ago.

462GB free

Firmware: 6L1QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 653 646 643 650 646 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,235

Mixed 831

SusWrite 681

248% 1,116 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 51.9

182% 61.3 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 544

DQ Mixed 699

515% 682 MB/s

ROU-User, 6 hrs ago.

415GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 636 640 652 654 644 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 1,165

Mixed 698

SusWrite 675

210% 938 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 50.7

161% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,093

DQ Write 823

DQ Mixed 931

704% 949 MB/s

MEX-User, 6 hrs ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 637 637 626 600 615 MB/s

168% Outstanding

Write 1,305

Mixed 768

SusWrite 640

234% 1,047 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 47.6

147% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 697

DQ Write 362

DQ Mixed 530

394% 530 MB/s

ROU-User, 6 hrs ago.

63GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 6.1 6.8 9.8 8.2 10 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 17.1

Mixed 26.4

SusWrite 8.3

83% 397 MB/s

4K Read 96.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 3.6

152% 34 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 64%, 483,864 samples	2,119x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 66%, 161,205 samples	174x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 57%, 139 samples	7x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 295,906 samples	1,434x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 165,406 samples	848x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,286,823 samples	5x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	173x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	704x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	164x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 26,973 samples	138x

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USA-User

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2 years ago.

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

JPN-User

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Excellent

4 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

3 years ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $415	Crucial MX500 250GB $38
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $550	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $53	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17