Pm961

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB
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Effective Speed +103% Effective Speed 103%Average Score +110% Read 250%, Write 199%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 143%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 94%Peak Score +162% Read 429%, Write 221%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 307%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 76%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +178% DQ Read 293%, DQ Write 234%, DQ Mixed 244%, ADQ Read 136%, ADQ Write 124%, ADQ Mixed 147%, Age 12%, AS-SSD Total 234%

Average Bench: 200% (96^th of 1072)

Based on 223 user benchmarks. Model: PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Poor: 122%Average: 200% Great: 266%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB averaged 100.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 642MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,600MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB is 144%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 576MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 223 samples)

Rank 96200%

Min	Avg	Max
628	Read 1,600	2,678
498	Write 1,212	1,555
464	Mixed 874	1,722
322	SusWrite 576	681
237% 1,066 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.1	4K Read 48.4	58.5
34.7	4K Write 103	162
22.8	4K Mixed 57.2	78
201% 69.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
51.4	DQ Read 770	1,443
101	DQ Write 647	1,196
36.6	DQ Mixed 642	1,138
499% 686 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 635 643 647 642 646 MB/s

277% Outstanding

Write 1,463

Mixed 929

SusWrite 674

283% 1,275 MB/s

4K Read 63.1

4K Write 200

4K Mixed 90.1

317% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,462

DQ Write 1,061

DQ Mixed 1125

878% 1,216 MB/s

GBR-User, 28 days ago.

102GB free

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 806 574 546 515 483 446 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,539

Mixed 944

SusWrite 562

277% 1,247 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 75.5

253% 88.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,321

DQ Write 1,070

DQ Mixed 1091

845% 1,161 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 months ago.

436GB free

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 653 648 648 646 640 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 1,395

Mixed 860

SusWrite 683

249% 1,113 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 93.1

4K Mixed 59.4

197% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 910

DQ Write 713

DQ Mixed 803

603% 808 MB/s

AUS-User, 19 days ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 781 605 614 614 620 616 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,273

Mixed 701

SusWrite 642

240% 1,082 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 55.7

180% 60.2 MB/s

DQ Read 612

DQ Write 825

DQ Mixed 698

533% 712 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

427GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 637 629 636 646 645 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 893

Mixed 634

SusWrite 652

184% 824 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 64

4K Mixed 43.7

148% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 449

DQ Mixed 587

442% 600 MB/s

GBR-User, 12 days ago.

427GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 620 636 637 634 632 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 682

Mixed 538

SusWrite 651

148% 657 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 50.5

128% 46.4 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 509

DQ Mixed 584

439% 590 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 months ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 569 575 299 424 406 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 747

Mixed 599

SusWrite 476

168% 754 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 38.9

128% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 404

DQ Write 418

DQ Mixed 396

302% 406 MB/s

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell Precision 5520

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	1,561x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	427x
Xeon E3-1505M v6IntelBench 70%, 4,124 samples	310x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,219x
Quadro M1200NvidiaBench 15%, 4,250 samples	677x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	330x

SSD
NVMe SED Samsung 512GBPm961Bench 200%, 223 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	349x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	260x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	172x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Pm961

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 200% (96^th of 1072)

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NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 200% (96th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 200% (96^th of 1072)