Samsung

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (18,012)
MKT (0.2%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +89% Effective Speed 89%Average User Bench +96% Read 219%, Write 181%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 101%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 75%Peak Lab Bench +111% Read 286%, Write 211%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 122%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 61%Value & Sentiment -267%User Rating -59%, Market Share -476%Nice To Haves +187% DQ Read 274%, DQ Write 245%, DQ Mixed 229%, ADQ Read 166%, ADQ Write 142%, ADQ Mixed 177%, Age 43%, AS-SSD Total 222%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 198% (59^th of 1003)

Based on 18,012 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: 127%Average: 198% Great: 256%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 98.0% 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 764MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 897MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 128%. 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 557MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 735MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,012 samples)

Rank 59198%

Min	Avg	Max
738	Read 1,497	1,973
598	Write 1,183	1,520
463	Mixed 735	927
260	SusWrite 557	674
221% 993 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.2	4K Read 53.4	61.2
43.7	4K Write 113	163
27.7	4K Mixed 63	81.6
221% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
218	DQ Read 897	1,437
193	DQ Write 738	1,249
201	DQ Mixed 764	1,106
587% 800 MB/s

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

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

129GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 599 564 521 556 586 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 509

Mixed 458

SusWrite 549

116% 512 MB/s

4K Read 63.3

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 83.8

288% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,351

DQ Write 1,217

DQ Mixed 1,118

884% 1,228 MB/s

SGP-User, 4 hrs ago.

209GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 628 635 628 565 472 MB/s

176% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 678

SusWrite 620

195% 876 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 53.3

166% 62.6 MB/s

DQ Read 815

DQ Write 706

DQ Mixed 765

572% 762 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 min ago.

293GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 528 553 438 501 486 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 806

Mixed 655

SusWrite 515

176% 791 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 80.9

4K Mixed 52.9

171% 57.8 MB/s

DQ Read 816

DQ Write 625

DQ Mixed 729

543% 724 MB/s

SGP-User, 5 hrs ago.

209GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 490 491 486 475 474 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 1,241

Mixed 615

SusWrite 515

186% 826 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 46.5

174% 64.8 MB/s

DQ Read 832

DQ Write 723

DQ Mixed 784

586% 780 MB/s

USA-User, 14 mins ago.

72GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 108 235 194 226 257 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 960

Mixed 679

SusWrite 196

149% 663 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 56.1

190% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 988

DQ Write 829

DQ Mixed 879

666% 898 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 477 513 506 500 500 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 967

Mixed 694

SusWrite 532

178% 795 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 66.4

4K Mixed 48.5

158% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 335

248% 328 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 51%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,225

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 227,934 samples	12,764x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 63%, 77,490 samples	984x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 44%, 49 samples	14x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 152,286 samples	8,730x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 63,876 samples	4,890x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	44x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 198%, 18,012 samples	1,409x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 71%, 32,802 samples	5,602x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 56%, 10,535 samples	1,605x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 3,129 samples	1,035x

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Total price: $1,225

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

JPN-User

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2,212

Excellent

20 months ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

6 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 198% (59th of 1003)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,225

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Average Bench: 198% (59^th of 1003)