Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +120% Effective Speed 120%Average Score +145% Read 274%, Write 267%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 219%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite 116%Peak Score +177% Read 363%, Write 317%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 48%, Mixed 276%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 122%Value & Sentiment -2%User Rating -9%, Market Share 5%Nice To Haves +219% DQ Read 341%, DQ Write 247%, DQ Mixed 308%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 147%, ADQ Mixed 216%, Age 26%, AS-SSD Total 265%

Average Bench: 217% (83^rd of 1069)

Based on 80,540 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 130%Average: 217% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 117.1% 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 821MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 989MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 166%. 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 642MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 80,540 samples)

Rank 83217%

Min	Avg	Max
747	Read 1,711	2,346
646	Write 1,486	2,021
547	Mixed 1,146	1,592
331	SusWrite 642	858
278% 1,246 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.8	4K Read 53.8	67.4
52.4	4K Write 115	181
35.2	4K Mixed 69.1	93.1
231% 79.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
375	DQ Read 989	1,620
211	DQ Write 711	1,243
275	DQ Mixed 821	1,350
621% 841 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 24 mins ago.

412GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 477 489 471 401 402 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1902

Mixed 1,493

SusWrite 455

339% 1,520 MB/s

4K Read 53.9

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 66.1

220% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 870

DQ Write 481

DQ Mixed 694

511% 682 MB/s

IND-User, 2 hrs ago.

134GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 525 508 482 458 439 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,909

Mixed 1,509

SusWrite 508

338% 1,516 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 59.9

194% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,064

DQ Write 674

DQ Mixed 863

645% 867 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 hrs ago.

47GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 128 114 117 186 219 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 638

Mixed 1,241

SusWrite 181

213% 967 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 78.9

4K Mixed 54.3

169% 57.1 MB/s

DQ Read 607

DQ Write 649

DQ Mixed 607

463% 621 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

435GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 440 603 607 608 545 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 882

Mixed 878

SusWrite 599

197% 882 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 54.5

4K Mixed 39.6

129% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 166

DQ Mixed 339

235% 299 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

140GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 313 435 449 455 454 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 707

Mixed 676

SusWrite 459

152% 678 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 44.4

4K Mixed 26.3

93% 31.4 MB/s

DQ Read 552

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 426

322% 439 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 71%, 360,375 samples	1,338x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 74%, 322,580 samples	694x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 64%, 483,864 samples	311x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 473,480 samples	919x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 9,581 samples	391x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 44%, 37,938 samples	261x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	565x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	1,160x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	259x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,214 samples	193x

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Excellent

9 months ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

2 years ago.

trash prebuild gaming pc and that SSD is overprice to buy..

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3070 $450	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i7-12700K $329	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $468	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 217% (83rd of 1069)

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Average Bench: 217% (83^rd of 1069)