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 +97% Effective Speed 97%Average User Bench +124% Read 233%, Write 241%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 191%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 118%Peak Lab Bench +157% Read 351%, Write 283%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 17%, Mixed 262%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 95%Value & Sentiment -179%User Rating -65%, Market Share -294%Nice To Haves +202% DQ Read 238%, DQ Write 213%, DQ Mixed 246%, ADQ Read 145%, ADQ Write 114%, ADQ Mixed 166%, Age 293%, AS-SSD Total 202%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 205% (34^th of 959)

Based on 4,401 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 133%Average: 205% Great: 272%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 105.4% 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 751MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,433MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 138%. 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 709MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,401 samples)

Rank 34205%

Min	Avg	Max
666	Read 1,553	2,301
693	Write 1,433	1,866
600	Mixed 1,049	1,479
511	SusWrite 709	838
265% 1,186 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.3	4K Read 50.1	64.1
55.5	4K Write 106	149
31.4	4K Mixed 64.7	85.9
215% 73.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
72.6	DQ Read 833	1,295
184	DQ Write 658	1,112
127	DQ Mixed 751	1,157
561% 747 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 5 hrs ago.

387GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 633 639 636 631 635 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1794

Mixed 1,400

SusWrite 663

343% 1,539 MB/s

4K Read 49.7

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 81.7

255% 91.2 MB/s

DQ Read 976

DQ Write 853

DQ Mixed 906

682% 912 MB/s

USA-User, 40 mins ago.

430GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1402 982 587 580 580 579 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,170

Mixed 828

SusWrite 785

274% 1,238 MB/s

4K Read 60.5

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 66.3

245% 85.6 MB/s

DQ Read 783

DQ Write 503

DQ Mixed 633

475% 640 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

424GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1610 941 597 594 598 597 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,655

Mixed 970

SusWrite 823

255% 1,128 MB/s

4K Read 54.2

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 68.3

225% 75.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,020

DQ Write 882

DQ Mixed 938

706% 947 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1611 917 601 600 566 601 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,534

Mixed 818

SusWrite 816

231% 1,022 MB/s

4K Read 54.6

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 69.7

229% 77.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,069

DQ Write 938

DQ Mixed 996

749% 1,001 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 hrs ago.

357GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 1216 702 603 602 608 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 1,335

Mixed 882

SusWrite 761

223% 988 MB/s

4K Read 48.9

4K Write 96

4K Mixed 61.6

204% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1311

DQ Write 466

DQ Mixed 960

690% 912 MB/s

AUT-User, 7 hrs ago.

265GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 563 576 578 566 569 MB/s

176% Outstanding

Write 1522

Mixed 1,051

SusWrite 575

296% 1,336 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 98.4

4K Mixed 50.4

165% 60.3 MB/s

DQ Read 39.1

DQ Write 26.5

DQ Mixed 25.6

21% 30.4 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 52%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,085

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 147,670 samples	9,508x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 64%, 47,204 samples	648x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 43%, 28 samples	5x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 97,467 samples	6,540x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 31,844 samples	3,547x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 124%, 306,559 samples	25x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 205%, 4,401 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 20,498 samples	4,259x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 55%, 6,648 samples	1,211x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 1,929 samples	802x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12