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 +109% Effective Speed 109%Average User Bench +132% Read 246%, Write 253%, 4K Read 44%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 201%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 122%Peak Lab Bench +161% Read 356%, Write 287%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 267%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 101%Value & Sentiment -80%User Rating -67%, Market Share -93%Nice To Haves +219% DQ Read 277%, DQ Write 239%, DQ Mixed 290%, ADQ Read 191%, ADQ Write 162%, ADQ Mixed 217%, Age 145%, AS-SSD Total 228%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 218% (49^th of 1003)

Based on 15,090 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 136%Average: 218% Great: 285%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 117.9% 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 884MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 994MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 148%. 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 710MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 112MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,090 samples)

Rank 49218%

Min	Avg	Max
765	Read 1,618	2,330
723	Write 1,478	1,887
620	Mixed 1,094	1,526
451	SusWrite 710	839
274% 1,225 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	4K Read 51.7	65.8
51.6	4K Write 112	158
31.8	4K Mixed 67.6	87.9
224% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
365	DQ Read 994	1,450
247	DQ Write 803	1,219
304	DQ Mixed 884	1,306
666% 893 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NOR-User, 1 hr ago.

377GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1671 929 607 605 606 607 MB/s

274% Outstanding

Write 1,856

Mixed 1,528

SusWrite 838

365% 1,637 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 81.5

272% 92.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1159

DQ Write 877

DQ Mixed 972

740% 1,003 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 hr ago.

375GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1780 738 602 595 603 599 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 1,858

Mixed 1,434

SusWrite 820

360% 1,614 MB/s

4K Read 63.6

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 83.4

273% 92.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,116

DQ Write 872

DQ Mixed 984

739% 991 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 hr ago.

375GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1723 756 606 602 601 579 MB/s

263% Outstanding

Write 1,835

Mixed 1,418

SusWrite 811

352% 1,578 MB/s

4K Read 58.2

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 72

250% 87 MB/s

DQ Read 1,168

DQ Write 918

DQ Mixed 1,007

763% 1031 MB/s

THA-User, 16 mins ago.

174GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 658 650 631 639 636 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 824

Mixed 602

SusWrite 649

160% 711 MB/s

4K Read 66.2

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 81

276% 94.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,338

DQ Write 1,157

DQ Mixed 1,201

913% 1,232 MB/s

HKG-User, 1 hr ago.

437GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1590 777 534 556 552 510 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 1,068

Mixed 832

SusWrite 753

224% 1,000 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 70.2

236% 80.7 MB/s

DQ Read 752

DQ Write 530

DQ Mixed 647

482% 643 MB/s

USA-User, 11 mins ago.

165GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 558 551 583 591 591 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,241

Mixed 908

SusWrite 587

234% 1,049 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 65.5

214% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 909

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 546

426% 602 MB/s

GBR-User, 24 mins ago.

340GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 578 584 555 550 542 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 976

Mixed 956

SusWrite 565

211% 945 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 77.5

4K Mixed 51.4

174% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 486

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 389

280% 369 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 83%, 117,998 samples	7,026x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 90%, 3,590 samples	1,103x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 72%, 37,679 samples	501x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 85,937 samples	5,609x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 34%, 4,115 samples	2,778x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 57,024 samples	106x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 218%, 15,090 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 6,554 samples	2,040x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 3,808 samples	1,326x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 2,076 samples	1,051x

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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 $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $101
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $144	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $280	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 218% (49th of 1003)

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Outstanding average bench

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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