Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (19,909)
MKT (0.4%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +127% Effective Speed 127%Average User Bench +146% Read 273%, Write 260%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 217%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 134%Peak Lab Bench +173% Read 366%, Write 291%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 274%, 4K Mixed 61%, SusWrite 117%Value & Sentiment -44%User Rating -33%, Market Share -54%Nice To Haves +242% DQ Read 317%, DQ Write 265%, DQ Mixed 328%, ADQ Read 225%, ADQ Write 182%, ADQ Mixed 259%, Age 103%, AS-SSD Total 258%

Average Bench: 225% (49^th of 1011)

Based on 19,909 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 150%Average: 225% Great: 292%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 124.5% 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 918MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,032MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 142%. 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 702MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19,909 samples)

Rank 49225%

Min	Avg	Max
830	Read 1,714	2,338
699	Write 1,490	1,890
680	Mixed 1,141	1,551
494	SusWrite 702	845
282% 1,262 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.7	4K Read 53.8	67.1
63	4K Write 117	176
31.1	4K Mixed 68.7	91.5
231% 79.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
413	DQ Read 1,032	1,528
255	DQ Write 832	1,303
360	DQ Mixed 918	1,356
691% 927 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 19 mins ago.

293GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1734 787 588 587 589 595 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 1,721

Mixed 1,318

SusWrite 814

334% 1,498 MB/s

4K Read 59.4

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 76.6

252% 85.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,202

DQ Write 1049

DQ Mixed 1,104

833% 1,118 MB/s

USA-User, 4 mins ago.

293GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1737 878 588 591 595 594 MB/s

263% Outstanding

Write 1858

Mixed 1311

SusWrite 830

343% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 59.1

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 73.3

248% 84.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,196

DQ Write 1,039

DQ Mixed 1,110

834% 1,115 MB/s

USA-User, 32 mins ago.

213GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 494 494 500 483 484 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 1,745

Mixed 1,506

SusWrite 510

337% 1,513 MB/s

4K Read 64.3

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 86.4

289% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,098

DQ Write 958

DQ Mixed 1,010

762% 1,022 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

380GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 1023 603 593 604 603 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1532

Mixed 1,104

SusWrite 833

296% 1,323 MB/s

4K Read 58.7

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 65.2

246% 87.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,080

DQ Write 947

DQ Mixed 1035

770% 1,021 MB/s

USA-User, 46 mins ago.

141GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 413 406 401 395 390 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 1,797

Mixed 1280

SusWrite 414

305% 1,367 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 66.1

217% 73.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,086

DQ Write 932

DQ Mixed 984

744% 1,001 MB/s

POL-User, 57 mins ago.

94GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 303 295 294 289 283 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 862

Mixed 833

SusWrite 310

168% 751 MB/s

4K Read 59.3

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 78.7

261% 90.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,016

DQ Write 871

DQ Mixed 948

709% 945 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%, 165,333 samples	9,255x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 78%, 4,935 samples	1,426x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 67%, 60,131 samples	679x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 128,951 samples	7,366x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 26%, 4,419 samples	3,665x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 69,975 samples	144x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 225%, 19,909 samples	1,211x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 8,486 samples	2,587x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,523 samples	1,615x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,531 samples	1,313x

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

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 225% (49th of 1011)

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Average Bench: 225% (49^th of 1011)