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 +117% Effective Speed 117%Average User Bench +139% Read 261%, Write 261%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 209%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 126%Peak Lab Bench +167% Read 359%, Write 290%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 276%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 103%Value & Sentiment -67%User Rating -62%, Market Share -72%Nice To Haves +238% DQ Read 319%, DQ Write 268%, DQ Mixed 320%, ADQ Read 206%, ADQ Write 178%, ADQ Mixed 232%, Age 125%, AS-SSD Total 258%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 225% (50^th of 1011)

Based on 21,014 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 149%Average: 225% Great: 294%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 124.7% 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 905MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,026MB/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 715MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,014 samples)

Rank 50225%

Min	Avg	Max
777	Read 1,691	2,347
801	Write 1,513	1,901
674	Mixed 1,130	1,562
474	SusWrite 715	846
282% 1,262 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	4K Read 53.5	67.3
57.1	4K Write 117	178
36.9	4K Mixed 69.7	92
233% 80.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
270	DQ Read 1,026	1,607
208	DQ Write 829	1,331
243	DQ Mixed 905	1,409
683% 920 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 12 mins ago.

446GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1748 800 593 605 603 604 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,864

Mixed 1,516

SusWrite 825

362% 1,620 MB/s

4K Read 61.8

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 82.7

276% 96.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,043

DQ Write 897

DQ Mixed 974

729% 971 MB/s

USA-User, 58 mins ago.

170GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 654 648 612 592 575 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 623

SusWrite 652

154% 682 MB/s

4K Read 58.7

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 76.1

253% 86.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,332

DQ Write 1,153

DQ Mixed 1,238

929% 1,241 MB/s

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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 71%, 170,615 samples	8,599x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 76%, 5,535 samples	1,334x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 63%, 48,508 samples	634x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 113,725 samples	6,859x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 27%, 4,376 samples	3,403x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 65,749 samples	137x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 225%, 21,014 samples	1,112x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 8,214 samples	2,403x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 4,698 samples	1,531x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 2,513 samples	1,222x

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

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Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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