Pm961

NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

NVMe SED Samsung 256GB
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Effective Speed +102% Effective Speed 102%Average Score +102% Read 270%, Write 170%, 4K Read 69%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 121%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 4%Peak Score +134% Read 406%, Write 182%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 240%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +196% DQ Read 328%, DQ Write 227%, DQ Mixed 220%, ADQ Read 179%, ADQ Write 164%, ADQ Mixed 187%, Age 20%, AS-SSD Total 245%

Average Bench: 199% (97^th of 1071)

Based on 61 user benchmarks. Model: PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Poor: 135%Average: 199% Great: 248%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB averaged 99.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 746MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,694MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 308MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 795MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)

Rank 97199%

Min	Avg	Max
755	Read 1,694	2,566
556	Write 1,093	1,368
356	Mixed 795	1,438
205	SusWrite 308	353
215% 973 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.3	4K Read 57.9	62.7
61.4	4K Write 118	164
35.3	4K Mixed 64	81.4
232% 79.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
64.4	DQ Read 911	1,572
188	DQ Write 763	1,170
45.9	DQ Mixed 746	1,060
583% 806 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB71D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 182 161 133 136 132 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,045

Mixed 811

SusWrite 187

219% 994 MB/s

4K Read 52.2

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 66.6

220% 74.3 MB/s

DQ Read 840

DQ Write 695

DQ Mixed 765

574% 767 MB/s

SRB-User, 6 months ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB71D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 324 324 325 166 109 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 1,019

Mixed 742

SusWrite 290

215% 976 MB/s

4K Read 50.6

4K Write 96.7

4K Mixed 61.4

207% 69.6 MB/s

DQ Read 925

DQ Write 614

DQ Mixed 724

553% 754 MB/s

SRB-User, 7 months ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB71D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 321 322 322 324 317 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 954

Mixed 667

SusWrite 345

202% 916 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 47.2

151% 49 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 344

248% 321 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 months ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 322 324 323 323 323 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 1,115

Mixed 761

SusWrite 346

206% 928 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 59.3

4K Mixed 40.2

141% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 236

180% 248 MB/s

PAK-User, 6 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 312 316 315 316 324 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 1,024

Mixed 602

SusWrite 342

178% 798 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 60

4K Mixed 43.2

142% 46.5 MB/s

DQ Read 585

DQ Write 368

DQ Mixed 448

342% 467 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7050

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,608x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	852x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	616x

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HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	2,187x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,357x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	166x

SSD
NVMe SED Samsung 256GBPm961Bench 199%, 61 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	239x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,458 samples	209x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples	124x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $167

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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

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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 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (97^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7050

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Pm961

NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (97th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 199% (97^th of 1071)