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Samsung PM961 Polaris NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives

PM961 1TB Polaris NVMe M.2 SSD Discontinued
PM961 512GB Polaris NVMe M.2 SSD, MZVLW512HMJP Discontinued
PM961 256GB Polaris NVMe M.2 SSD, MZVLW256HEHP Discontinued
PM961 128GB Polaris NVMe M.2 SSD, MZVLW128HEGR Discontinued
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Samsung PM961 Polaris NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives

Replaced by the Samsung PM991 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSDs

The Samsung PM961 M.2 Solid State Drives offer lightning read and writes speeds at a very competitive price.

Features

Samsung Polaris Controller
Incredibly fast M.2 SSD
NVMe 1.1 Host Controller Interface
Sequential read and write speeds of up to 3000 and 650 MB/s *
Random read and write 4KB of up to 360,000 and 150,000 IOPS *
Sequential read and write speeds of up to 3000 and 1700 MB/s †
Random read and write 4K of up to 360,000 and 330,000 IOPS †

*PM961 M.2 128GB only
†PM961 M.2 1TB only

The PM961 NVMe boasts outstanding performance, supports PCIe 3.0 (x4) interface. For ultra-slim notebooks and workstations wanting to adopt the PCIe 3.0 interface, the PM961 can read and write sequentially at 3000 MB/s and 1150 MB/s respectively, which would provide approximately four times faster sequential reading performance compared to current SATA SSDs. With a PCIe 3.0 interface, the drive achieves substantially higher energy efficiency, requiring only about 450 MB/s per watt for sequential reading and 250 MB/s per watt for sequential writing, which translates into a more than 50 percent improvement in performance per watt over that of the XP941 SSD. In addition, the new SSD’s random read and write speeds reach up to 360,000 and 280,000 IOPS (inputs / outputs per second) respectively.

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Specifications	PM961 M.2 128GB	PM961 M.2 1TB	PM961 M.2 256GB	PM961 M.2 512GB
Model Number	MZVLW128HEGR-00000	MZVLW1T0HMLH-00000	MZVLW256HEHP-00000	MZVLW512HMJP-00000
Usage Application	Client PCs (Ultra-thin PCs compatible)	Client PCs (Ultra-thin PCs compatible)	Client PCs (Ultra-thin PCs compatible)	Client PCs (Ultra-thin PCs compatible)
Capacity	128GB	1TB	256GB	512GB
Dimensions (LxWxH)	80 x 22 x 3.7 (mm)	80 x 22 x 3.7 (mm)	80 x 22 x 3.7 (mm)	80 x 22 x 3.7 (mm)
Interface	PCIe Gen3 32Gb/s x4	PCIe Gen3 32Gb/s x4	PCIe Gen3 32Gb/s x4	PCIe Gen3 32Gb/s x4
Form Factor	M.2	M.2	M.2	M.2
Key ID Type	M (PCIe ×4 and SATA)	M (PCIe ×4 and SATA)	M (PCIe ×4 and SATA)	M (PCIe ×4 and SATA)
Bytes per Sector	512 Bytes	512 Bytes	512 Bytes	512 Bytes
Host Controller Interface	NVMe 1.1	NVMe 1.1	NVMe 1.1	NVMe 1.1
Controller	Samsung Polaris	Samsung Polaris	Samsung Polaris	Samsung Polaris
Sequential Read	2800 MB/s Max	3000 MB/s Max	2800 MB/s Max	2800 MB/s Max
Sequential Write	600 MB/s Max	1700 MB/s Max	1100 MB/s Max	1600 MB/s Max
4KB Random Read	140,000 IOPS Max	360,000 IOPS Max	250,000 IOPS Max	260,000 IOPS Max
4KB Random Write	40,000 IOPS Max	330,000 IOPS Max	180,000 IOPS Max	260,000 IOPS Max
TRIM Support	Yes (Requires OS Support)	Yes (Requires OS Support)	Yes (Requires OS Support)	Yes (Requires OS Support)
Weight	Max. 10g	Max. 10g	Max. 10g	Max. 10g
Reliability	MTBF 1.5 million hours	MTBF 1.5 million hours	MTBF 1.5 million hours	MTBF 1.5 million hours
Power Saving Modes	APM and L1.2	APM and L1.2	APM and L1.2	APM and L1.2
Power Consumption	Active 6.1W, Idle 450mW, L1.2 5mW	Active 6.1W, Idle 450mW, L1.2 5mW	Active 6.1W, Idle 450mW, L1.2 5mW	Active 6.1W, Idle 450mW, L1.2 5mW
Temperature	Operating 0°C to 70°C Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C	Operating 0°C to 70°C Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C	Operating 0°C to 70°C Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C	Operating 0°C to 70°C Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C
Humidity	5% to 95%, non-condensing	5% to 95%, non-condensing	5% to 95%, non-condensing	5% to 95%, non-condensing
Vibration	Non-Operating 10~2000Hz, 20G	Non-Operating 10~2000Hz, 20G	Non-Operating 10~2000Hz, 20G	Non-Operating 10~2000Hz, 20G
Shock	Non-Operating 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3 axis	Non-Operating 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3 axis	Non-Operating 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3 axis	Non-Operating 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3 axis
MTBF	1.5 Million Hours	1.5 Million Hours	1.5 Million Hours	1.5 Million Hours
Warranty	24 months	24 months	24 months	24 months

Specifications	PM961 M.2 128GB	PM961 M.2 1TB	PM961 M.2 256GB	PM961 M.2 512GB
Model Number	MZVLW128HEGR-00000	MZVLW1T0HMLH-00000	MZVLW256HEHP-00000	MZVLW512HMJP-00000
Usage Application	Client PCs (Ultra-thin PCs compatible)
Capacity	128GB	1TB	256GB	512GB
Dimensions (LxWxH)	80 x 22 x 3.7 (mm)
Interface	PCIe Gen3 32Gb/s x4
Form Factor	M.2
Key ID Type	M (PCIe ×4 and SATA)
Bytes per Sector	512 Bytes
Host Controller Interface	NVMe 1.1
Controller	Samsung Polaris
Sequential Read	2800 MB/s Max	3000 MB/s Max	2800 MB/s Max
Sequential Write	600 MB/s Max	1700 MB/s Max	1100 MB/s Max	1600 MB/s Max
4KB Random Read	140,000 IOPS Max	360,000 IOPS Max	250,000 IOPS Max	260,000 IOPS Max
4KB Random Write	40,000 IOPS Max	330,000 IOPS Max	180,000 IOPS Max	260,000 IOPS Max
TRIM Support	Yes (Requires OS Support)
Weight	Max. 10g
Reliability	MTBF 1.5 million hours
Power Saving Modes	APM and L1.2
Power Consumption	Active 6.1W, Idle 450mW, L1.2 5mW
Temperature	Operating 0°C to 70°C Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C
Humidity	5% to 95%, non-condensing
Vibration	Non-Operating 10~2000Hz, 20G
Shock	Non-Operating 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3 axis
MTBF	1.5 Million Hours
Warranty	24 months