Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +126% Effective Speed 126%Average Score +152% Read 284%, Write 280%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 232%, 4K Mixed 55%, SusWrite 124%Peak Score +174% Read 365%, Write 307%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 36%, Mixed 278%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 117%Value & Sentiment -44%User Rating -33%, Market Share -56%Nice To Haves +224% DQ Read 303%, DQ Write 247%, DQ Mixed 314%, ADQ Read 206%, ADQ Write 169%, ADQ Mixed 241%, Age 68%, AS-SSD Total 247%

Average Bench: 223% (63^rd of 1037)

Based on 44,307 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: 223% Great: 283%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 122.5% 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 882MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 990MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 137%. 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 667MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 114MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 44,307 samples)

Rank 63223%

Min	Avg	Max
758	Read 1,762	2,333
791	Write 1,566	1,970
708	Mixed 1,193	1,568
391	SusWrite 667	853
290% 1,297 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.3	4K Read 53.3	65.1
59.4	4K Write 114	164
42.6	4K Mixed 69.4	88.1
230% 79 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
388	DQ Read 990	1,474
247	DQ Write 792	1,240
311	DQ Mixed 882	1,313
663% 888 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

412GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1740 848 599 600 605 601 MB/s

312% Outstanding

Write 1,962

Mixed 1,480

SusWrite 832

369% 1,652 MB/s

4K Read 68.8

4K Write 187

4K Mixed 95.3

325% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,581

DQ Write 1,434

DQ Mixed 1,467

1,112% 1,494 MB/s

NOR-User, 29 mins ago.

313GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 578 577 578 589 572 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,847

Mixed 1,543

SusWrite 624

352% 1,580 MB/s

4K Read 56.3

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 71.7

237% 80.2 MB/s

DQ Read 582

DQ Write 447

DQ Mixed 435

347% 488 MB/s

USA-User, 55 mins ago.

443GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 919 600 594 598 597 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 1,931

Mixed 1151

SusWrite 798

322% 1,437 MB/s

4K Read 43.1

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 65.4

204% 70.6 MB/s

DQ Read 664

DQ Write 650

DQ Mixed 642

486% 652 MB/s

LTU-User, 1 hr ago.

295GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1216 671 663 662 663 658 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 978

Mixed 907

SusWrite 756

207% 919 MB/s

4K Read 58.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 66.8

236% 80.9 MB/s

DQ Read 786

DQ Write 537

DQ Mixed 724

524% 682 MB/s

USA-User, 19 mins ago.

414GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 994 1074 640 605 606 608 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 766

Mixed 788

SusWrite 754

172% 761 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 54.8

4K Mixed 28.8

110% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,121

DQ Write 1,032

DQ Mixed 1,090

814% 1,081 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 78%, 275,472 samples	1,562x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 81%, 164,221 samples	954x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 361,402 samples	371x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 249,305 samples	1,145x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 4,619 samples	492x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 44%, 22,971 samples	270x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 223%, 44,307 samples	728x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 75%, 52,422 samples	1,563x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 19,456 samples	341x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 1,971 samples	245x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 223% (63rd of 1037)

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System: Razer Blade

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Average Bench: 223% (63^rd of 1037)