Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +104% Effective Speed 104%Average Score +106% Read 221%, Write 194%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 110%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 92%Peak Score +120% Read 294%, Write 216%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 123%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite 78%Value & Sentiment -160%User Rating -34%, Market Share -287%Nice To Haves +200% DQ Read 292%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 247%, ADQ Read 195%, ADQ Write 161%, ADQ Mixed 204%, Age 21%, AS-SSD Total 233%

Average Bench: 198% (77^th of 1040)

Based on 28,694 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: 128%Average: 198% Great: 255%

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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 804MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 953MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 127%. 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 563MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 752MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28,694 samples)

Rank 77198%

Min	Avg	Max
725	Read 1,466	1,965
551	Write 1,198	1,533
496	Mixed 752	926
298	SusWrite 563	675
222% 995 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.5	4K Read 49	59.8
48.9	4K Write 114	161
29.7	4K Mixed 63.9	81.2
217% 75.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
338	DQ Read 953	1,423
177	DQ Write 760	1,222
295	DQ Mixed 804	1,128
616% 839 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IND-User, 2 hrs ago.

372GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 657 656 469 652 655 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1,520

Mixed 788

SusWrite 660

261% 1,169 MB/s

4K Read 54.5

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 70.8

236% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,055

DQ Write 846

DQ Mixed 919

696% 940 MB/s

HND-User, 9 hrs ago.

363GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 640 642 639 644 639 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 1,411

Mixed 780

SusWrite 668

248% 1,114 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 71.2

236% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,029

DQ Write 780

DQ Mixed 912

680% 907 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 hr ago.

427GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 602 627 627 627 625 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 1,366

Mixed 844

SusWrite 653

257% 1,155 MB/s

4K Read 52.9

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 66

230% 80.5 MB/s

DQ Read 852

DQ Write 606

DQ Mixed 770

564% 743 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

442GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 623 630 610 619 630 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,049

Mixed 681

SusWrite 650

201% 898 MB/s

4K Read 56.1

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 73.9

248% 86.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,119

DQ Write 921

DQ Mixed 968

739% 1,003 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

76GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 257 237 218 198 181 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 776

Mixed 614

SusWrite 269

150% 676 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 50.4

174% 60.9 MB/s

DQ Read 836

DQ Write 608

DQ Mixed 659

509% 701 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 78%, 295,714 samples	1,707x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 81%, 176,982 samples	1,049x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 378,041 samples	404x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 246,250 samples	1,242x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 80%, 5,157 samples	542x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 45%, 24,554 samples	308x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 198%, 28,694 samples	282x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 57,953 samples	1,707x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 25,139 samples	379x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 1,996 samples	264x

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Comments

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USA-User

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1 month ago.

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

JPN-User

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

21 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $185	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $46
Intel Core i5-9400F $142	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $548	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28