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Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe

Description:  MZVLW512HMJP, M.2. PCI Express Gen3 x4

Drive Size:  476.9 GB

Other names:  NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW512, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L7, PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000H7, PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-00000, NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU

Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-03-10

Drive Rating/$Price: 382.47

Overall Rank:  4282

Last Price Change:  $42 USD (2024-08-27)

Average Drive Rating
16064
Samples: 1381

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,670 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,369 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)862 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD164 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 17th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
85,191
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,370
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
50,814
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,460
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
49,143
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,064
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,248
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,663
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,306
Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe
16,064
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3405169 - Apr 11 2026
16134
BL3402042 - Apr 10 2026
16737
BL3397329 - Apr 08 2026
13456
BL3394596 - Apr 07 2026
16424
BL3393412 - Apr 05 2026
14630