Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 SSD

Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 NGFF PCIe Gen3 x4 NVME (MZVLW128HEGR-00000)

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Model PM961, Interface PCI Express Gen3 x4, Form Factor M.2 NVME
Capacity128GB, Flash 2-bit MLC V-NAND
Sequential Read Up to 2800 MB/s, Sequential Write Up to 600 MB/s
Random Read Up to 140K IOPS,Random Write Up to 40K IOPS
Supply Voltage / Tolerance +3.3V ± 5%,Physical dimension Width: 22.00 ± 0.15 mmLength: 80.00 ± 0.15

Specifications Overview

Model	MZVLW128HEGR-00000
Release Date	July 2018 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	128 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 480GB (143rd)		104%
Corsair NX500 400GB (144th)		104%
WD Blue SN500 500GB (144th)		104%
Intel 660p 1GB (146th)		103%
Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2 PX-512M8PeGN (147th)		102%
Intel SSD 760p Series 256GB M.2 (147th)		102%
HP EX920 256GB (147th)		102%
Crucial P1 500GB (150th)		101%
WD_BLACK 250GB SN750 SE (150th)		101%
Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB (152nd)		~
Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 (153rd)		100%
Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe (154th)		98%
Crucial P2 250GB (155th)		97%
XPG SX6000 Pro 256GB (156th)		96%
Crucial P2 500GB (156th)		96%
Samsung PM961 256GB (158th)		96%
Samsung NVMe SM951 128GB M.2 (158th)		96%
WD Blue SN550 250GB (158th)		96%
Toshiba OCZ RVD400-M22280-256G (158th)		96%
WD Blue SN500 250GB (162nd)		94%
Corsair MP500 480GB M.2 CSSD-F480GBMP500 (163rd)		92%