Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +120% Effective Speed 120%Average Score +145% Read 273%, Write 275%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 219%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 112%Peak Score +174% Read 362%, Write 318%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 272%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite 120%Value & Sentiment -21%User Rating -9%, Market Share -34%Nice To Haves +214% DQ Read 300%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 294%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 159%, ADQ Mixed 223%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 246%

Average Bench: 218% (77^th of 1058)

Based on 53,315 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 145%Average: 218% Great: 284%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 118.3% 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 850MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 980MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 139%. 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 644MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 53,315 samples)

Rank 77218%

Min	Avg	Max
784	Read 1,732	2,341
746	Write 1,538	2,031
677	Mixed 1,163	1,578
368	SusWrite 644	850
284% 1,269 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.1	4K Read 54	65.9
58.6	4K Write 113	167
39.5	4K Mixed 68.8	89.8
230% 78.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
443	DQ Read 980	1,471
235	DQ Write 748	1,239
322	DQ Mixed 850	1,304
639% 859 MB/s

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

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

228GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 643 631 644 629 611 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,141

Mixed 829

SusWrite 652

257% 1,164 MB/s

4K Read 63.7

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 86

288% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,191

DQ Write 1,002

DQ Mixed 1,081

814% 1,091 MB/s

HRV-User, 13 mins ago.

328GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 626 638 636 635 626 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 2105

Mixed 1,315

SusWrite 631

351% 1571 MB/s

4K Read 54.2

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 78.4

251% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 710

DQ Write 570

DQ Mixed 630

474% 637 MB/s

HKG-User, 1 hr ago.

297GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 872 847 847 853 818 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 2,140

Mixed 1,502

SusWrite 855

352% 1,564 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 98.3

4K Mixed 65.9

215% 72 MB/s

DQ Read 939

DQ Write 620

DQ Mixed 739

562% 766 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

228GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 583 596 586 569 586 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 1,165

Mixed 804

SusWrite 590

211% 943 MB/s

4K Read 63.7

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 81.8

276% 95.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,166

DQ Write 917

DQ Mixed 1,065

790% 1,049 MB/s

USA-User, 49 mins ago.

188GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 564 553 549 541 525 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 964

Mixed 928

SusWrite 562

209% 935 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 50

145% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 432

DQ Mixed 407

343% 505 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 hr ago.

112GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 349 324 318 309 304 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 420

Mixed 377

SusWrite 330

131% 598 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 40

162% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 437

DQ Mixed 623

488% 689 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 77%, 317,997 samples	2,513x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 78%, 215,181 samples	1,470x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 399,458 samples	603x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 331,589 samples	1,745x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 80%, 7,432 samples	776x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 27,744 samples	474x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 218%, 53,315 samples	1,079x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 70,184 samples	2,434x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 30,663 samples	534x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 2,168 samples	366x

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ITA-User

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

SWE-User

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Terrible

4 months ago.

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

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Good

6 months ago.

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Excellent

11 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 218% (77th of 1058)

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