Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +91% Effective Speed 91%Average User Bench +96% Read 215%, Write 184%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 102%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 79%Peak Lab Bench +113% Read 284%, Write 214%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite 61%Value & Sentiment -197%User Rating -59%, Market Share -335%Nice To Haves +197% DQ Read 292%, DQ Write 250%, DQ Mixed 237%, ADQ Read 181%, ADQ Write 158%, ADQ Mixed 188%, Age 41%, AS-SSD Total 231%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 198% (66^th of 1011)

Based on 22,462 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: 124%Average: 198% Great: 258%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 98.2% 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 787MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 941MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 135%. 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 566MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 739MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22,462 samples)

Rank 66198%

Min	Avg	Max
713	Read 1,476	1,963
644	Write 1,190	1,533
491	Mixed 739	934
299	SusWrite 566	671
221% 993 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	4K Read 49.6	60.8
51.4	4K Write 114	169
32.2	4K Mixed 62.8	82.7
216% 75.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
335	DQ Read 941	1,503
220	DQ Write 771	1,263
239	DQ Mixed 787	1,131
608% 833 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 38 mins ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 633 641 639 638 636 MB/s

252% Outstanding

Write 1,416

Mixed 887

SusWrite 628

268% 1,208 MB/s

4K Read 59.6

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 83.3

284% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1202

DQ Write 1,026

DQ Mixed 1049

804% 1,092 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

296GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 788 625 646 643 644 648 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 1,389

Mixed 767

SusWrite 665

246% 1,101 MB/s

4K Read 55.1

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 73.9

252% 89.5 MB/s

DQ Read 965

DQ Write 851

DQ Mixed 906

680% 907 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 hrs ago.

329GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 605 608 601 603 598 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,204

Mixed 764

SusWrite 623

225% 1,007 MB/s

4K Read 52.9

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 56.8

204% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,162

DQ Write 690

DQ Mixed 922

688% 925 MB/s

GRC-User, 2 hrs ago.

211GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 647 624 648 639 622 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,474

Mixed 897

SusWrite 650

273% 1,227 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 49.8

203% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 52.3

DQ Write 792

DQ Mixed 77.1

163% 307 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

445GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 625 627 629 625 628 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 1118

Mixed 698

SusWrite 654

194% 862 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 29

104% 32.6 MB/s

DQ Read 720

DQ Write 638

DQ Mixed 691

515% 683 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,120

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 59%, 240,276 samples	13,509x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 53%, 82,256 samples	1,036x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 34%, 52 samples	15x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 163,719 samples	9,198x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 65,749 samples	5,209x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	45x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 198%, 22,462 samples	1,482x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 71%, 31,098 samples	5,881x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 12,536 samples	1,686x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 3,362 samples	1,088x

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USA-User

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

19 months ago.

JPN-User

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2,312

Excellent

22 months ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

8 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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