Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +116% Effective Speed 116%Average Score +144% Read 272%, Write 272%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 222%, 4K Mixed 48%, SusWrite 115%Peak Score +175% Read 364%, Write 321%, 4K Read 54%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 274%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite 122%Value & Sentiment -10%User Rating -9%, Market Share -11%Nice To Haves +207% DQ Read 314%, DQ Write 229%, DQ Mixed 292%, ADQ Read 198%, ADQ Write 135%, ADQ Mixed 207%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 247%

Average Bench: 216% (76^th of 1058)

Based on 63,336 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 138%Average: 216% Great: 288%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 115.6% 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 809MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 976MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 150%. 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 638MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63,336 samples)

Rank 76216%

Min	Avg	Max
783	Read 1,724	2,349
727	Write 1,521	2,042
652	Mixed 1,166	1,582
363	SusWrite 638	857
282% 1,262 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.5	4K Read 54.2	66.6
59.6	4K Write 111	161
34	4K Mixed 68	89.3
228% 77.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
381	DQ Read 976	1,521
233	DQ Write 684	1,177
334	DQ Mixed 809	1,298
610% 823 MB/s

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IRN-User, 2 hrs ago.

225GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 645 650 648 648 638 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,926

Mixed 1,299

SusWrite 659

336% 1,506 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 96

4K Mixed 64.2

206% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 887

DQ Write 662

DQ Mixed 754

569% 768 MB/s

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Typical PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB Builds (Compare 6,820 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 77%, 411,961 samples	3,311x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 78%, 293,263 samples	1,917x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 470,004 samples	775x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 411,941 samples	2,302x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 8,686 samples	1,038x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,866 samples	627x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 216%, 63,336 samples	1,426x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 97,935 samples	3,115x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 38,254 samples	686x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 2,359 samples	457x

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ITA-User

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Excellent

3 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

12 months ago.

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

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Good

13 months ago.

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Excellent

19 months ago.

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Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 216% (76th of 1058)

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System: Razer Blade

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Average Bench: 216% (76^th of 1058)