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PM961 SED S 512GB

PM961 SED S 512GB
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Effective Speed +122% Effective Speed 122%Average Score +133% Read 311%, Write 227%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 221%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 97%Peak Score +169% Read 444%, Write 220%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 317%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 76%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +167% DQ Read 308%, DQ Write 259%, DQ Mixed 253%, ADQ Read 86%, ADQ Write 95%, ADQ Mixed 73%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total 250%

Average Bench: 219% (83^rd of 1072)

Based on 58 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM961 NVMe SED S

Poor: 129%Average: 219% Great: 277%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM961 SED S 512GB averaged 118.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM961 SED S 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 451MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,878MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM961 SED S 512GB is 148%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM961 SED S 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 583MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 107MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 58 samples)

Rank 83219%

Min	Avg	Max
994	Read 1,878	2,754
796	Write 1,324	1,552
544	Mixed 1,153	1,764
238	SusWrite 583	681
275% 1,234 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.1	4K Read 45.8	61.6
40.5	4K Write 107	172
18.2	4K Mixed 55.4	84.7
197% 69.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.5	DQ Read 608	1,499
98.6	DQ Write 563	1,285
17.5	DQ Mixed 451	1,168
375% 541 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

LBN-User, 10 months ago.

217GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXY70D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 631 625 610 591 577 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 1,294

Mixed 850

SusWrite 650

250% 1,126 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 98.1

4K Mixed 61.7

202% 68.9 MB/s

DQ Read 924

DQ Write 758

DQ Mixed 828

624% 837 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

407GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 646 643 657 657 657 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,427

Mixed 848

SusWrite 683

258% 1156 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 66.8

4K Mixed 50.2

161% 52.4 MB/s

DQ Read 440

DQ Write 372

DQ Mixed 407

304% 406 MB/s

LTU-User, 10 months ago.

102GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 298 307 300 295 293 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 990

Mixed 749

SusWrite 337

200% 901 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 53.1

4K Mixed 42.1

132% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 401

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 331

245% 326 MB/s

POL-User, 10 months ago.

336GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 582 609 617 582 613 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 802

Mixed 606

SusWrite 599

171% 763 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 36.5

122% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 422

DQ Write 425

DQ Mixed 417

315% 421 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

401GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 633 644 645 642 646 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 1,304

Mixed 774

SusWrite 664

232% 1,039 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 26.7

4K Mixed 18.3

79% 24.2 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 130

96% 127 MB/s

LTU-User, 6 months ago.

251GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 601 621 622 585 503 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 883

Mixed 568

SusWrite 591

179% 802 MB/s

4K Read 17.3

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 17.5

62% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 79.2

DQ Mixed 98

80% 117 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

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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
PM961 SED S 512GBNvmeBench 219%, 58 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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Nvme

PM961 SED S 512GB

Average Bench: 219% (83^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 219% (83rd of 1072)

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