Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +143% Effective Speed 143%Average Score +174% Read 264%, Write 320%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 260%Peak Score +213% Read 352%, Write 374%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 295%Value & Sentiment -45%User Rating -11%, Market Share -78%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 332%, DQ Write 241%, DQ Mixed 308%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 222%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total 262%

Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1072)

Based on 34,988 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 145%Average: 239% Great: 329%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 138.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 838MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,703MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 185%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 52MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34,988 samples)

Rank 65239%

Min	Avg	Max
765	Read 1,663	2,292
688	Write 1,703	2,296
673	Mixed 1,244	1,720
459	SusWrite 1,066	1,530
319% 1,419 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.5	4K Read 52	65.5
52	4K Write 113	184
33.1	4K Mixed 67.4	92.9
225% 77.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
402	DQ Read 989	1,586
189	DQ Write 704	1,222
273	DQ Mixed 838	1,352
628% 844 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 2 days ago.

467GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5M2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 1270 1269 1247 1231 1219 MB/s

325% Outstanding

Write 1,508

Mixed 1,570

SusWrite 1,259

372% 1,668 MB/s

4K Read 66.4

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 91.8

310% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,453

DQ Write 1,162

DQ Mixed 1,276

964% 1,297 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

534GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1987 1978 1196 1104 1112 552 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 2,072

Mixed 1,341

SusWrite 1,322

373% 1,660 MB/s

4K Read 62.1

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 79.5

265% 90.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,288

DQ Write 996

DQ Mixed 1,118

843% 1,134 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 day ago.

671GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1250 1252 1255 1256 1258 1255 MB/s

272% Outstanding

Write 2,043

Mixed 1,464

SusWrite 1,254

378% 1,683 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 69

225% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,201

DQ Write 890

DQ Mixed 1,031

774% 1,041 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 day ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1126 837 814 765 732 718 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 2,149

Mixed 1,663

SusWrite 832

389% 1,739 MB/s

4K Read 59.1

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 80.3

269% 94.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,112

DQ Write 790

DQ Mixed 958

713% 953 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

541GB free

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1241 1220 1232 1153 1073 1078 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 1195

Mixed 1,140

SusWrite 1,166

272% 1,206 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 93.3

4K Mixed 64.3

209% 69.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,496

DQ Write 1,202

DQ Mixed 1,319

996% 1,339 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

910GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1282 1347 1034 1071 1027 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,241

Mixed 1,118

SusWrite 1,177

284% 1,263 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 94.7

4K Mixed 52.5

184% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 708

DQ Write 459

DQ Mixed 567

427% 578 MB/s

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	320x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	274x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	308x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	280x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	3x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	410x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	349x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	154x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	86x

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4 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

6 years ago.

IMHO best M.2 NVMe SSD in Q1 2018, but since it's an OEM drive Samsung offers literately no drivers if you buy one of them aftermarket (which I tried), so gotta wait for the "980 evo" or whatever they'll call the non OEM version...

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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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

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PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 239% (65th of 1072)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1072)