Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +118% Effective Speed 118%Average Score +142% Read 266%, Write 266%, 4K Read 57%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 214%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 120%Peak Score +177% Read 362%, Write 326%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 275%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite 124%Value & Sentiment -21%User Rating -9%, Market Share -34%Nice To Haves +212% DQ Read 300%, DQ Write 245%, DQ Mixed 297%, ADQ Read 197%, ADQ Write 155%, ADQ Mixed 222%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total 246%

Average Bench: 215% (78^th of 1058)

Based on 61,207 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 134%Average: 215% Great: 285%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 115.1% 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 837MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 959MB/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 650MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 61,207 samples)

Rank 78215%

Min	Avg	Max
708	Read 1,698	2,342
588	Write 1,490	2,070
548	Mixed 1,135	1,588
312	SusWrite 650	859
278% 1,243 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.5	4K Read 54.2	66.5
49.9	4K Write 110	169
34.2	4K Mixed 67	88.6
226% 77.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
325	DQ Read 959	1,472
164	DQ Write 731	1,234
217	DQ Mixed 837	1313
628% 842 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 12 mins ago.

431GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXF7102Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1148 825 822 826 828 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 2,279

Mixed 1,412

SusWrite 987

368% 1,635 MB/s

4K Read 61.3

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 73.3

240% 78.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1101

DQ Write 784

DQ Mixed 927

697% 937 MB/s

FRA-User, 40 mins ago.

417GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1728 783 590 594 598 603 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,847

Mixed 1,520

SusWrite 816

360% 1,613 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 73.3

236% 81.6 MB/s

DQ Read 861

DQ Write 613

DQ Mixed 775

568% 750 MB/s

USA-User, 4 mins ago.

192GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 504 523 533 503 526 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 1,446

Mixed 1,143

SusWrite 542

284% 1,277 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 60.4

4K Mixed 47.3

157% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 51.5

DQ Write 78.7

DQ Mixed 59.7

47% 63.3 MB/s

CAN-User, 15 mins ago.

107GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 400 389 388 362 252 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,241

Mixed 904

SusWrite 399

202% 901 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 62.3

200% 65.3 MB/s

DQ Read 689

DQ Write 229

DQ Mixed 406

314% 441 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 77%, 365,444 samples	2,898x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 79%, 263,611 samples	1,706x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 461,759 samples	692x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 396,917 samples	2,001x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 8,861 samples	923x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 31,420 samples	552x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 215%, 61,207 samples	1,246x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 85,741 samples	2,760x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 36,271 samples	603x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 2,232 samples	411x

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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

8 months ago.

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

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Good

9 months ago.

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Excellent

15 months ago.

There is a device that is successful according to the price.

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 215% (78th of 1058)

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System: Razer Blade

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Average Bench: 215% (78^th of 1058)