Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (27,469)
MKT (0.4%)
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Effective Speed +130% Effective Speed 130%Average User Bench +152% Read 281%, Write 273%, 4K Read 60%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 228%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 132%Peak Lab Bench +172% Read 366%, Write 294%, 4K Read 60%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 279%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 115%Value & Sentiment -32%User Rating -31%, Market Share -33%Nice To Haves +242% DQ Read 311%, DQ Write 261%, DQ Mixed 333%, ADQ Read 229%, ADQ Write 190%, ADQ Mixed 262%, Age 96%, AS-SSD Total 253%

Average Bench: 227% (55^th of 1016)

Based on 27,469 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 145%Average: 227% Great: 289%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 127.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 910MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,035MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 144%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 695MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27,469 samples)

Rank 55227%

Min	Avg	Max
821	Read 1,750	2,341
809	Write 1,539	1,905
701	Mixed 1,176	1,572
468	SusWrite 695	843
288% 1,290 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.8	4K Read 54.3	66.5
58.8	4K Write 117	165
35.3	4K Mixed 70.4	88.8
234% 80.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
365	DQ Read 1,035	1,506
224	DQ Write 839	1,291
273	DQ Mixed 910	1,375
689% 928 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUT-User, 1 hr ago.

0GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1727 810 591 595 589 568 MB/s

287% Outstanding

Write 1,926

Mixed 1,470

SusWrite 813

364% 1,631 MB/s

4K Read 65.3

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 87.7

284% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,330

DQ Write 1,180

DQ Mixed 1,251

939% 1,254 MB/s

SVN-User, 19 mins ago.

263GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 631 638 639 631 633 MB/s

284% Outstanding

Write 1,904

Mixed 1,593

SusWrite 647

360% 1,615 MB/s

4K Read 68.8

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 95.5

320% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,320

DQ Write 1,055

DQ Mixed 326

479% 901 MB/s

NOR-User, 35 mins ago.

436GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1173 1162 610 607 609 611 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 1,811

Mixed 1,364

SusWrite 795

342% 1,532 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 85.3

270% 96.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,457

DQ Write 1,234

DQ Mixed 1,325

998% 1,339 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 hr ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 575 581 584 597 600 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 1,881

Mixed 1497

SusWrite 618

348% 1,562 MB/s

4K Read 56.7

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 70.5

235% 79.5 MB/s

DQ Read 920

DQ Write 768

DQ Mixed 814

618% 834 MB/s

CAN-User, 44 mins ago.

384GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1104 691 641 648 647 647 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 1101

Mixed 723

SusWrite 730

189% 834 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 24.5

108% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,070

DQ Write 941

DQ Mixed 1037

769% 1,016 MB/s

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 206,053 samples	10,178x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 77%, 6,755 samples	1,572x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 66%, 62,986 samples	776x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 147,791 samples	8,099x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 28%, 5,186 samples	4,045x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples	170x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 227%, 27,469 samples	1,319x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 9,324 samples	2,807x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 4,894 samples	1,737x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,902 samples	1,460x

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the best money can buy, once mated with Samsung NVMe drivers

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 227% (55th of 1016)

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Outstanding average bench

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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Average Bench: 227% (55^th of 1016)