Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed -149%Effective Speed -149%Average Score -160%Read -142%, Write -210%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -78%, Mixed -178%, 4K Mixed -56%, SusWrite -395%Peak Score -202%Read -151%, Write -214%, 4K Read -184%, 4K Write -109%, Mixed -190%, 4K Mixed -135%, SusWrite -432%Value & Sentiment -70%User Rating -31%, Market Share -109%Nice To Haves -108%DQ Read -43%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -77%, ADQ Mixed -81%, Age -411%, AS-SSD Total -70%

Average Bench: 217% (93^rd of 1080)

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 93217%

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%

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

389GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4M2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 969 892 890 881 844 810 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 2,143

Mixed 1,594

SusWrite 881

390% 1,745 MB/s

4K Read 54.9

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 71.1

228% 75.9 MB/s

DQ Read 897

DQ Write 605

DQ Mixed 711

542% 738 MB/s

TUR-User, 13 hrs ago.

392GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 302Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1654 854 583 598 600 601 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,873

Mixed 1,408

SusWrite 815

349% 1,562 MB/s

4K Read 49.9

4K Write 84

4K Mixed 61.1

198% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 1,018

DQ Write 669

DQ Mixed 805

611% 831 MB/s

LTU-User, 13 hrs ago.

264GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1626 749 562 574 571 566 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1885

Mixed 1,359

SusWrite 775

335% 1,499 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 96.5

4K Mixed 62.4

204% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 927

DQ Write 613

DQ Mixed 778

578% 773 MB/s

RUS-User, 15 hrs ago.

379GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 642 639 639 639 631 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,619

Mixed 1,259

SusWrite 662

300% 1,344 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 66

216% 71.9 MB/s

DQ Read 805

DQ Write 516

DQ Mixed 705

514% 675 MB/s

SVK-User, 12 hrs ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 640 640 626 628 631 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 1,414

Mixed 1,044

SusWrite 645

255% 1,136 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 60.2

4K Mixed 53.8

145% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 466

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 390

294% 396 MB/s

GBR-User, 12 hrs ago.

287GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 585 591 588 595 592 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 1,056

Mixed 956

SusWrite 611

226% 1,015 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 67.5

4K Mixed 51.6

166% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 419

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 317

241% 328 MB/s

AUS-User, 5 hrs ago.

287GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 634 652 620 635 649 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 1,670

Mixed 821

SusWrite 664

220% 968 MB/s

4K Read 44

4K Write 82.9

4K Mixed 38

159% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 940

DQ Write 684

DQ Mixed 814

607% 812 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 70%, 442,631 samples	2,101x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,089x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	475x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,477x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	608x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	406x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	835x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	1,793x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	379x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,214 samples	293x

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2 years ago.

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

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5 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
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Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 217% (93rd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 217% (93^rd of 1080)