Samsung

PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB

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Effective Speed +58% Effective Speed 58%Average Score +45% Read 111%, Write 59%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 27%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 111%Peak Score +53% Read 119%, Write 73%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 31%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 139%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +117% DQ Read 186%, DQ Write 131%, DQ Mixed 126%, ADQ Read 150%, ADQ Write 90%, ADQ Mixed 128%, Age -7%, AS-SSD Total 132%

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

Based on 2,610 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe PM951 NVMe SAMSU, PM951 NVMe SAMSUNG 1024GB

Poor: 93%Average: 155% Great: 201%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB averaged 55.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 594MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 817MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB is 108%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 456MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 625MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,610 samples)

Rank 148155%

Min	Avg	Max
623	Read 966	1,112
238	Write 644	837
290	Mixed 456	555
136	SusWrite 625	927
150% 673 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.6	4K Read 36.1	41.2
44.6	4K Write 108	155
16.2	4K Mixed 38.1	52.7
160% 60.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
250	DQ Read 817	1,049
125	DQ Write 549	827
177	DQ Mixed 594	750
467% 653 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ESP-User, 30 days ago.

952GB free

Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 942 939 937 933 931 922 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 831

Mixed 547

SusWrite 934

192% 856 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 54.5

215% 83.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,046

DQ Write 826

DQ Mixed 748

611% 873 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

323GB free

Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 908 893 918 924 912 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 824

Mixed 539

SusWrite 910

186% 831 MB/s

4K Read 40.2

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 50.1

199% 76.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,046

DQ Write 820

DQ Mixed 750

611% 872 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

772GB free

Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 932 934 932 930 922 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 834

Mixed 538

SusWrite 930

191% 852 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 89.8

4K Mixed 46.9

170% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,050

DQ Write 409

DQ Mixed 660

506% 706 MB/s

POL-User, 1 month ago.

954GB free

Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 908 907 902 902 904 MB/s

176% Outstanding

Write 836

Mixed 533

SusWrite 905

180% 802 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 46

169% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 818

DQ Write 612

DQ Mixed 665

511% 698 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 month ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 274 276 263 262 249 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 357

Mixed 324

SusWrite 270

107% 486 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 44.9

4K Mixed 22.1

102% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 698

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 59.4

146% 322 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,513x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,183x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	88x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

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