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PM961 SED S 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 174% (129th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PM961 NVMe SED S
Poor: 113%Average: 174% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM961 SED S 256GB averaged 73.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM961 SED S 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 595MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,479MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM961 SED S 256GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM961 SED S 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 294MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 129174%
Min Avg Max
559 Read 1,479 2,586
526 Write 1,021 1,326
451 Mixed 740 1,652
187 SusWrite 294 347
196% 884 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 4K Read 47.3 63
19.7 4K Write 103 180
17.3 4K Mixed 59.4 83.1
202% 69.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
96.3 DQ Read 785 1,371
88.3 DQ Write 598 1,124
88.9 DQ Mixed 595 1,006
471% 659 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 305 313 315 309 297 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,316
Write 1,100
Mixed 657
SusWrite 335
189% 852 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 64.7
217% 74.4 MB/s
DQ Read 589
DQ Write 564
DQ Mixed 540
415% 564 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 285 301 299 300 294 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,310
Write 1,141
Mixed 801
SusWrite 323
199% 894 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 63.9
214% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 565
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 527
402% 542 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 293 294 296 293 296 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,319
Write 1,135
Mixed 792
SusWrite 318
198% 891 MB/s
4K Read 50
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 63.2
212% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 570
DQ Write 536
DQ Mixed 516
397% 541 MB/s
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Typical PM961 SED S 256GB Builds (Compare 2,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Latitude 5580

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples569x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples368x
Core i7-7600UIntelBench 50%, 13,451 samples354x
GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples864x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples670x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples266x
SSD
PM961 SED S 256GBNvmeBench 174%, 19 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples283x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples140x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples134x
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