Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (27,320)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +100% Effective Speed 100%Average Score +102% Read 216%, Write 190%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 106%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 84%Peak Score +118% Read 291%, Write 213%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 71%Value & Sentiment -206%User Rating -36%, Market Share -377%Nice To Haves +204% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 252%, DQ Mixed 253%, ADQ Read 199%, ADQ Write 157%, ADQ Mixed 206%, Age 26%, AS-SSD Total 239%

Average Bench: 196% (74^th of 1026)

Based on 27,320 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: 196% Great: 257%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 96.3% 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 778MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 954MB/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 549MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 738MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27,320 samples)

Rank 74196%

Min	Avg	Max
749	Read 1,458	1,962
635	Write 1,188	1,516
505	Mixed 738	931
255	SusWrite 549	673
219% 983 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.4	4K Read 48.8	60.2
51.6	4K Write 114	162
31.1	4K Mixed 63.3	80.8
215% 75.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
416	DQ Read 954	1,472
166	DQ Write 743	1,259
257	DQ Mixed 778	1,121
601% 825 MB/s

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

SWE-User, 4 hrs ago.

400GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 624 627 377 295 295 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1,515

Mixed 854

SusWrite 511

265% 1,194 MB/s

4K Read 58.9

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 80.6

276% 98.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,345

DQ Write 1,168

DQ Mixed 1,114

874% 1,209 MB/s

GBR-User, 56 mins ago.

403GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 627 622 630 632 629 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,526

Mixed 909

SusWrite 662

279% 1,254 MB/s

4K Read 57.9

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 76.2

261% 92.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,102

DQ Write 933

DQ Mixed 996

752% 1,010 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 799 550 399 306 224 208 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,499

Mixed 928

SusWrite 414

268% 1,207 MB/s

4K Read 55.4

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 73.2

247% 86.7 MB/s

DQ Read 928

DQ Write 834

DQ Mixed 841

642% 868 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

205GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 631 631 630 629 629 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,413

Mixed 790

SusWrite 656

253% 1,134 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 63.6

199% 69.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,101

DQ Write 947

DQ Mixed 965

739% 1,004 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 432 416 427 427 422 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,385

Mixed 825

SusWrite 452

239% 1075 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 70.9

4K Mixed 40

143% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 988

DQ Write 864

DQ Mixed 845

655% 899 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 hrs ago.

397GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 661 603 615 608 616 617 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 1,238

Mixed 732

SusWrite 620

226% 1,016 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 88.9

4K Mixed 58.6

184% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 54

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 407

251% 264 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 57%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,149

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 327,667 samples	17,110x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 113,064 samples	1,352x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 57%, 86 samples	28x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 207,755 samples	11,568x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 93,239 samples	6,710x
GTX 1080Nvidia $520Bench 103%, 660,501 samples	48x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 27,320 samples	1,777x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 50,918 samples	7,278x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 55%, 16,472 samples	2,031x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 3,914 samples	1,371x

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7 months ago.

came in a new lenovo neither lenovo or samsung support it and it wont clone tested with data migration / and disk director from acronis 12 and 12.5

JPN-User

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

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Terrible

18 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 196% (74th of 1026)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,149

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Average Bench: 196% (74^th of 1026)