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PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB

PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB
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Effective Speed +148% Effective Speed 148%Average Score +180% Read 264%, Write 281%, 4K Read 67%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 248%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 354%Peak Score +241% Read 400%, Write 383%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 48%, Mixed 325%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 411%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +165% DQ Read 245%, DQ Write 146%, DQ Mixed 196%, ADQ Read 165%, ADQ Write 62%, ADQ Mixed 178%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total 198%

Average Bench: 244% (59^th of 1072)

Based on 53 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM981a NVMe SAMSUNG 2048GB

Poor: 177%Average: 244% Great: 344%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB averaged 144.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 723MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,544MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB is 167%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 467MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)

Rank 59244%

Min	Avg	Max
955	Read 1,663	2,532
956	Write 1,544	2,341
833	Mixed 1,249	1,798
687	SusWrite 1,345	1,978
326% 1,450 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.6	4K Read 57.3	68.4
55	4K Write 97.5	181
40.4	4K Mixed 60.5	92.7
216% 71.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
459	DQ Read 865	1,266
178	DQ Write 467	881
381	DQ Mixed 723	982
522% 685 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1639 1964 1970 1970 1615 1510 MB/s

283% Outstanding

Write 2,020

Mixed 1,598

SusWrite 1778

416% 1,846 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 88.2

4K Mixed 61.8

198% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 847

DQ Write 646

DQ Mixed 731

551% 741 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1684 1759 1765 1764 1590 1499 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 1719

Mixed 1,335

SusWrite 1,677

344% 1,518 MB/s

4K Read 46.7

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 59.5

193% 64.6 MB/s

DQ Read 838

DQ Write 651

DQ Mixed 727

549% 739 MB/s

USA-User, 27 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1577 1757 1759 1761 1666 1493 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1792

Mixed 1,415

SusWrite 1,669

352% 1,554 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 60.1

194% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 831

DQ Write 628

DQ Mixed 709

536% 723 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1577 1752 1747 1738 1667 1499 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,772

Mixed 1,302

SusWrite 1,664

339% 1,495 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 59.9

193% 64 MB/s

DQ Read 830

DQ Write 636

DQ Mixed 723

544% 730 MB/s

GTM-User, 30 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 1224 1240 1195 1160 1236 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,257

Mixed 1,045

SusWrite 1,207

269% 1,192 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 73.9

4K Mixed 54.2

177% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 615

DQ Write 249

DQ Mixed 551

377% 472 MB/s

GTM-User, 30 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15303229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1214 1198 1219 1110 1211 1215 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 1,216

Mixed 990

SusWrite 1,194

254% 1,122 MB/s

4K Read 44.9

4K Write 72.8

4K Mixed 54

176% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 618

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 546

373% 467 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Dell XPS 17 9700

CPU
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	993x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples	349x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	304x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	927x
GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 64%, 7,329 samples	621x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	91x

SSD
PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GBNvmeBench 244%, 53 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 86%, 2,975 samples	165x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples	150x
M471A4G43AB1-CWE 2x31.5GBSamsungBench 92%, 2,607 samples	118x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB

Average Bench: 244% (59^th of 1072)

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PM981a SAMSUNG 2048GB

Average Bench: 244% (59th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 244% (59^th of 1072)