Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +108% Effective Speed 108%Average User Bench +132% Read 250%, Write 252%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 17%, Mixed 202%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 122%Peak Lab Bench +161% Read 356%, Write 288%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 268%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 100%Value & Sentiment -99%User Rating -68%, Market Share -130%Nice To Haves +207% DQ Read 254%, DQ Write 229%, DQ Mixed 272%, ADQ Read 183%, ADQ Write 157%, ADQ Mixed 210%, Age 137%, AS-SSD Total 215%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 217% (51^st of 1003)

Based on 16,143 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 140%Average: 217% Great: 283%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 117.5% 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 855MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 955MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 143%. 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 706MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16,143 samples)

Rank 51217%

Min	Avg	Max
781	Read 1,643	2,331
725	Write 1,483	1,893
647	Mixed 1,106	1,539
467	SusWrite 706	838
276% 1,235 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.4	4K Read 52.9	65.3
54.7	4K Write 111	159
35.1	4K Mixed 67.7	86.7
226% 77.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
192	DQ Read 955	1,357
172	DQ Write 781	1,189
97.6	DQ Mixed 855	1,249
644% 864 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 1 hr ago.

361GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7101Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1546 904 598 602 603 608 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 1,498

Mixed 1,173

SusWrite 810

288% 1,286 MB/s

4K Read 57.3

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 78

263% 93.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,051

DQ Write 753

DQ Mixed 815

632% 873 MB/s

AUS-User, 59 mins ago.

416GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1689 869 591 597 599 598 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,795

Mixed 1,107

SusWrite 824

310% 1,387 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 96.7

4K Mixed 64.1

210% 70.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,040

DQ Write 901

DQ Mixed 959

722% 967 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

411GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 580 591 593 590 568 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1,693

Mixed 1,032

SusWrite 641

257% 1,140 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 70.1

230% 79.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,256

DQ Write 1,083

DQ Mixed 1,157

871% 1,165 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

416GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 942 599 604 602 590 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,581

Mixed 933

SusWrite 803

265% 1,181 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 83.5

4K Mixed 60.6

193% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 919

DQ Write 849

DQ Mixed 840

642% 869 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

411GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 598 595 584 315 312 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,552

Mixed 848

SusWrite 498

229% 1,018 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 57.6

201% 72.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,246

DQ Write 988

DQ Mixed 930

747% 1,055 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

344GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 990 752 711 530 534 548 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 605

Mixed 544

SusWrite 678

134% 594 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 76.2

255% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 612

DQ Write 407

DQ Mixed 484

368% 501 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 69%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 82%, 134,329 samples	7,492x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 89%, 4,295 samples	1,171x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 74%, 38,718 samples	533x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 88,272 samples	5,974x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 34%, 4,604 samples	2,967x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 63,876 samples	111x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 16,143 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 6,938 samples	2,125x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 3,904 samples	1,389x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 2,213 samples	1,124x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
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