Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +129% Effective Speed 129%Average Score +156% Read 286%, Write 275%, 4K Read 86%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 233%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 127%Peak Score +184% Read 366%, Write 334%, 4K Read 64%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 289%, 4K Mixed 63%, SusWrite 131%Value & Sentiment -13%User Rating -9%, Market Share -17%Nice To Haves +216% DQ Read 319%, DQ Write 242%, DQ Mixed 319%, ADQ Read 200%, ADQ Write 141%, ADQ Mixed 223%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 255%

Average Bench: 220% (73^rd of 1058)

Based on 66,573 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 147%Average: 220% Great: 301%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 119.8% 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 800MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,764MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 154%. 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 645MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 66,573 samples)

Rank 73220%

Min	Avg	Max
786	Read 1,764	2,363
573	Write 1,507	2,108
566	Mixed 1,153	1,604
337	SusWrite 645	862
283% 1,267 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.2	4K Read 61.9	68.6
47.3	4K Write 111	173
34.5	4K Mixed 67.7	92
239% 80.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
446	DQ Read 973	1,541
235	DQ Write 681	1,206
321	DQ Mixed 800	1,331
605% 818 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

420GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2261 802 795 800 800 799 MB/s

331% Outstanding

Write 2,422

Mixed 1,874

SusWrite 1,043

447% 2,000 MB/s

4K Read 71.2

4K Write 183

4K Mixed 99.3

332% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,429

DQ Write 1,141

DQ Mixed 1,239

940% 1,270 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 hrs ago.

374GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 635 638 634 627 622 MB/s

237% Outstanding

Write 1880

Mixed 1,441

SusWrite 673

346% 1551 MB/s

4K Read 59

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 73.7

244% 82.3 MB/s

DQ Read 800

DQ Write 630

DQ Mixed 696

526% 709 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 hrs ago.

183GB free

Firmware: EXA73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1790 906 607 608 605 603 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,879

Mixed 1,432

SusWrite 853

359% 1,610 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 56.2

4K Mixed 55.1

179% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 399

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 255

217% 319 MB/s

UKR-User, 2 hrs ago.

420GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 679 651 655 651 654 654 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,206

Mixed 1,061

SusWrite 658

236% 1,050 MB/s

4K Read 59.7

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 80.3

267% 93 MB/s

DQ Read 979

DQ Write 602

DQ Mixed 775

582% 785 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 hrs ago.

427GB free

Firmware: HPS0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 886 865 723 725 724 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 758

Mixed 754

SusWrite 774

175% 778 MB/s

4K Read 64.6

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 77.1

270% 93.5 MB/s

DQ Read 608

DQ Write 497

DQ Mixed 543

409% 549 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

404GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 703 548 570 530 553 543 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 571

Mixed 507

SusWrite 574

130% 579 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 89.2

4K Mixed 63.6

207% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 890

DQ Write 754

DQ Mixed 778

595% 807 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 75%, 386,779 samples	3,934x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 77%, 318,995 samples	2,224x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 470,099 samples	922x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 466,129 samples	2,712x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 9,266 samples	1,220x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 44%, 35,451 samples	749x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 220%, 66,573 samples	1,672x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 102,630 samples	3,647x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,279 samples	793x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,130 samples	543x

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ITA-User

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Excellent

3 months ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

19 months ago.

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

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Good

20 months ago.

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 220% (73rd of 1058)

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System: Razer Blade

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