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PM981a Samsung 1024GB

PM981a Samsung 1024GB
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Effective Speed -103%Effective Speed -103%Average Score -103%Read -118%, Write -172%, 4K Read -52%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -122%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -146%Peak Score -117%Read -121%, Write -149%, 4K Read -156%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed -121%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite -148%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -60%DQ Read -10%, DQ Write -12%, DQ Mixed -12%, ADQ Read -74%, ADQ Write -91%, ADQ Mixed -72%, Age -182%, AS-SSD Total -30%

Average Bench: 264% (57^th of 1080)

Based on 172 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM981a NVMe Samsung 1024GB

Poor: 152%Average: 264% Great: 414%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM981a Samsung 1024GB averaged 164.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM981a Samsung 1024GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 866MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,680MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM981a Samsung 1024GB is 261%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM981a Samsung 1024GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 124MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 54.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 172 samples)

Rank 57264%

Min	Avg	Max
988	Read 1,878	2,582
873	Write 1,680	2,466
867	Mixed 1,412	1,912
504	SusWrite 1,291	1,846
352% 1,565 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.4	4K Read 54.1	74.7
47.1	4K Write 124	227
41.1	4K Mixed 70.3	109
238% 82.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
259	DQ Read 981	2,099
85.6	DQ Write 658	1,706
126	DQ Mixed 866	1,869
634% 835 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 5 months ago.

709GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 1398 1359 1352 1331 1362 MB/s

280% Outstanding

Write 1,502

Mixed 1,439

SusWrite 1,333

349% 1,557 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 64

225% 80.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,271

DQ Write 1,038

DQ Mixed 1,165

869% 1,158 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

484GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1277 1217 1186 1264 1247 1252 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1,472

Mixed 1,362

SusWrite 1,240

344% 1,539 MB/s

4K Read 53.1

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 64.7

220% 74.8 MB/s

DQ Read 625

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 515

366% 475 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

822GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1004 1062 1105 1375 1442 1438 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 1,350

Mixed 1,276

SusWrite 1,237

317% 1,415 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 92.3

4K Mixed 59.6

198% 66.6 MB/s

DQ Read 664

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 642

435% 538 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 months ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15304129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 685 729 764 742 733 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 1,874

Mixed 1,373

SusWrite 727

334% 1,492 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 66

4K Mixed 50

154% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 152

122% 174 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

228GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15304129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1117 929 932 870 793 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,134

Mixed 1,006

SusWrite 956

234% 1,039 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 35

110% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 476

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 434

293% 364 MB/s

ZAF-User, 3 months ago.

880GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 447 512 678 739 740 MB/s

99.8% Outstanding

Write 542

Mixed 622

SusWrite 601

146% 653 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 26.2

4K Mixed 16.3

68% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 295

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 247

170% 216 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5502

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	875x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	750x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	8x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,406x
GeForce MX330NvidiaBench 14%, 4,518 samples	176x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples	43x

SSD
PM981a Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 264%, 172 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	178x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples	148x
SMS4WEC8C1K0446FCG 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,420 samples	88x

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Average Bench: 264% (57^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 264% (57th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 264% (57^th of 1080)