Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (36,085)
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Effective Speed +96% Effective Speed 96%Average Score +100% Read 217%, Write 187%, 4K Read 51%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 83%Peak Score +117% Read 290%, Write 215%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 122%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 75%Value & Sentiment -97%User Rating -11%, Market Share -183%Nice To Haves +184% DQ Read 280%, DQ Write 224%, DQ Mixed 234%, ADQ Read 181%, ADQ Write 139%, ADQ Mixed 188%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 220%

Average Bench: 193% (93^rd of 1058)

Based on 36,085 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: 110%Average: 193% Great: 253%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 92.5% 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 743MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 904MB/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 544MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 731MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36,085 samples)

Rank 93193%

Min	Avg	Max
791	Read 1,465	1,974
599	Write 1,160	1,528
456	Mixed 731	942
235	SusWrite 544	674
217% 975 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.9	4K Read 52.1	60.9
39.9	4K Write 109	161
25.7	4K Mixed 60.7	81.3
214% 73.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
322	DQ Read 904	1,395
150	DQ Write 682	1,162
199	DQ Mixed 743	1,104
569% 776 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 6 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 619 626 625 626 622 MB/s

245% Outstanding

Write 1,449

Mixed 917

SusWrite 635

268% 1,202 MB/s

4K Read 55.4

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 75.7

257% 91.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,324

DQ Write 1,117

DQ Mixed 1119

866% 1,187 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

419GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 624 625 621 623 583 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,156

Mixed 809

SusWrite 646

233% 1,046 MB/s

4K Read 52.2

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 67.4

228% 79.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,065

DQ Write 801

DQ Mixed 880

672% 915 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

420GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 620 594 368 348 345 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,329

Mixed 766

SusWrite 511

231% 1,036 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 66.3

225% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,078

DQ Write 780

DQ Mixed 848

656% 902 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 hrs ago.

362GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 767 593 622 620 614 622 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 940

Mixed 683

SusWrite 640

182% 813 MB/s

4K Read 58.1

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 78.6

264% 92.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,084

DQ Write 731

DQ Mixed 864

657% 893 MB/s

SWE-User, 4 hrs ago.

382GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 596 603 590 591 597 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1194

Mixed 801

SusWrite 612

240% 1,080 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 93.7

4K Mixed 60.1

200% 67.4 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 461

DQ Mixed 583

429% 568 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,500

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 451,277 samples	6,038x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 152,271 samples	512x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 119 samples	24x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 254,506 samples	3,826x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 148,616 samples	2,657x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	11x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 193%, 36,085 samples	490x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 67,104 samples	2,236x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 25,172 samples	523x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 5,863 samples	504x

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Total price: $1,500

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12 months ago.

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

JPN-User

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3,056

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $72	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 193% (93rd of 1058)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,500

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Average Bench: 193% (93^rd of 1058)