Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +107% Effective Speed 107%Average Score +111% Read 230%, Write 199%, 4K Read 63%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 117%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 94%Peak Score +122% Read 293%, Write 216%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 44%, Mixed 129%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 81%Value & Sentiment -77%User Rating -11%, Market Share -142%Nice To Haves +208% DQ Read 324%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 261%, ADQ Read 205%, ADQ Write 156%, ADQ Mixed 217%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 247%

Average Bench: 200% (86^th of 1058)

Based on 42,507 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: 200% Great: 263%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 100.4% 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 786MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 992MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 137%. 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 553MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 751MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 42,507 samples)

Rank 86200%

Min	Avg	Max
751	Read 1,506	1,990
593	Write 1,201	1,534
492	Mixed 751	949
268	SusWrite 553	678
223% 1,003 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.5	4K Read 54.7	61.9
42.3	4K Write 114	175
26.4	4K Mixed 62.9	83.8
224% 77 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
389	DQ Read 992	1,559
219	DQ Write 726	1,220
252	DQ Mixed 786	1,149
607% 835 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

421GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 647 651 651 649 648 MB/s

259% Outstanding

Write 1,488

Mixed 928

SusWrite 678

285% 1,282 MB/s

4K Read 61.6

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 83

286% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,208

DQ Write 947

DQ Mixed 1,013

776% 1,056 MB/s

SWE-User, 3 hrs ago.

222GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 598 589 588 588 582 MB/s

256% Outstanding

Write 1,445

Mixed 871

SusWrite 626

264% 1,188 MB/s

4K Read 59.9

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 85.6

285% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,473

DQ Write 1,097

DQ Mixed 1,091

868% 1,220 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 hrs ago.

390GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 613 614 612 604 605 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,324

Mixed 751

SusWrite 642

249% 1,120 MB/s

4K Read 57.3

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 73.3

257% 91.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,221

DQ Write 908

DQ Mixed 973

752% 1034 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

334GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 653 658 651 652 646 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 1,389

Mixed 867

SusWrite 687

250% 1,117 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 58.2

204% 75 MB/s

DQ Read 828

DQ Write 702

DQ Mixed 760

571% 763 MB/s

IND-User, 4 hrs ago.

236GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 569 562 560 553 554 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,130

Mixed 680

SusWrite 593

201% 900 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 86.4

4K Mixed 69.5

214% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 998

DQ Write 680

DQ Mixed 806

610% 828 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

394GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 584 619 619 624 638 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 1330

Mixed 766

SusWrite 627

246% 1,108 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 84.4

4K Mixed 53.4

173% 59.1 MB/s

DQ Read 424

DQ Write 427

DQ Mixed 399

307% 417 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 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 485,617 samples	7,364x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 67%, 153,784 samples	622x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 55%, 134 samples	30x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 284,509 samples	4,727x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 163,454 samples	3,182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	15x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 200%, 42,507 samples	598x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 73,152 samples	2,671x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 6,111 samples	619x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 26,506 samples	614x

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USA-User

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20 months ago.

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

JPN-User

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3,166

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 200% (86th of 1058)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

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