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Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (80,540)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -151%Effective Speed -151%Average Score -163%Read -144%, Write -212%, 4K Read -66%, 4K Write -80%, Mixed -181%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -394%Peak Score -204%Read -153%, Write -218%, 4K Read -185%, 4K Write -111%, Mixed -194%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite -432%Value & Sentiment -136%User Rating -29%, Market Share -243%Nice To Haves -103%DQ Read -43%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -77%, ADQ Mixed -81%, Age -370%, AS-SSD Total -70%

Average Bench: 217% (93^rd of 1079)

Based on 80,540 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu

Poor: 130%Average: 217% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 117.1% 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 821MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 989MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 166%. 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 642MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 80,540 samples)

Rank 93217%

Min	Avg	Max
747	Read 1,711	2,346
646	Write 1,486	2,021
547	Mixed 1,146	1,592
331	SusWrite 642	858
278% 1,246 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.8	4K Read 53.8	67.4
52.4	4K Write 115	181
35.2	4K Mixed 69.1	93.1
231% 79.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
375	DQ Read 989	1,620
211	DQ Write 711	1,243
275	DQ Mixed 821	1,350
621% 841 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

477GB free

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1799 909 607 610 608 610 MB/s

314% Outstanding

Write 1,919

Mixed 1,493

SusWrite 857

368% 1,650 MB/s

4K Read 66.9

4K Write 199

4K Mixed 94

327% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 1664

DQ Write 1,354

DQ Mixed 1,440

1,097% 1,486 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

277GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1773 768 587 584 586 585 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 1,903

Mixed 1,534

SusWrite 814

366% 1,640 MB/s

4K Read 61.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 79.2

264% 90.2 MB/s

DQ Read 961

DQ Write 697

DQ Mixed 780

596% 813 MB/s

SWE-User, 10 hrs ago.

477GB free

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1779 914 602 602 603 601 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 1,853

Mixed 1,474

SusWrite 850

355% 1,588 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 69.2

4K Mixed 51.9

165% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 1,324

DQ Write 998

DQ Mixed 1,132

854% 1,151 MB/s

HUN-User, 2 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 645 645 641 588 488 MB/s

229% Outstanding

Write 1,917

Mixed 1,462

SusWrite 654

349% 1,563 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 93.7

4K Mixed 65

211% 70.1 MB/s

DQ Read 916

DQ Write 640

DQ Mixed 840

610% 798 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 day ago.

405GB free

Firmware: 202Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2099 856 760 760 761 758 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 2,058

Mixed 1,565

SusWrite 999

348% 1,539 MB/s

4K Read 49.4

4K Write 90.1

4K Mixed 61.8

202% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,085

DQ Write 828

DQ Mixed 919

697% 944 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

16GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 137 132 126 118 117 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 207

Mixed 1,219

SusWrite 160

188% 862 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 89.8

4K Mixed 54.7

181% 62.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,033

DQ Write 852

DQ Mixed 953

711% 946 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

362GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 606 611 610 615 611 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 1,247

Mixed 944

SusWrite 624

221% 982 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 66.1

4K Mixed 49.6

163% 52.8 MB/s

DQ Read 538

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 540

363% 446 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	2,126x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,094x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	480x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,489x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	613x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	412x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	842x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	1,810x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	381x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,214 samples	298x

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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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Excellent

6 months ago.

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

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3 years ago.

userbenchmark has the big gaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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4 years ago.

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $372	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $278	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 217% (93rd of 1079)

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