Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (44,403)
MKT (0.1%)
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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 -61%User Rating -11%, Market Share -112%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% (103^rd of 1071)

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 103196%

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

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ALB-User, 57 mins ago.

291GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 612 616 610 604 604 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 1,476

Mixed 884

SusWrite 640

267% 1,198 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 68.4

4K Mixed 47.8

163% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 637

DQ Write 526

DQ Mixed 565

428% 576 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 hrs ago.

414GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 631 635 633 632 632 MB/s

173% Outstanding

Write 1,381

Mixed 818

SusWrite 647

244% 1,090 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 71.3

4K Mixed 48.1

157% 52.4 MB/s

DQ Read 693

DQ Write 382

DQ Mixed 503

383% 526 MB/s

GHA-User, 5 hrs ago.

290GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 602 523 636 644 644 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 894

Mixed 760

SusWrite 582

192% 861 MB/s

4K Read 44.9

4K Write 77.1

4K Mixed 55.7

180% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 782

DQ Write 441

DQ Mixed 540

421% 588 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

177GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 339 341 380 377 377 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 617

Mixed 550

SusWrite 357

126% 562 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 64.3

209% 69.7 MB/s

DQ Read 832

DQ Write 672

DQ Mixed 876

622% 793 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

405GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 468 574 523 584 551 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 760

Mixed 633

SusWrite 545

164% 731 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 50.6

4K Mixed 39.5

122% 39.9 MB/s

DQ Read 510

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 358

274% 377 MB/s

NOR-User, 3 hrs ago.

98GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 287 292 229 213 308 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 739

Mixed 755

SusWrite 312

174% 784 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 55

4K Mixed 41

132% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 337

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 226

176% 247 MB/s

ARG-User, 4 hrs ago.

97GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 708 608 600 538 559 344 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 1,232

Mixed 719

SusWrite 560

222% 996 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 26.1

4K Mixed 23.8

79% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 136

102% 136 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 hrs ago.

15GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 132 65 57 29 36 MB/s

92.7% Outstanding

Write 218

Mixed 392

SusWrite 102

76% 343 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 59

4K Mixed 49.6

125% 42.8 MB/s

DQ Read 524

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 383

299% 417 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,805x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	234x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	10x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,916x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,109x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	232x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	908x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	201x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 26,973 samples	181x

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Total price: $1,300

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Comments

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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

5 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

4 years ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $365	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16