Average Bench: 239% (64th of 1071)

Based on 34,988 user benchmarks.  Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 138.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 838MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,703MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 185%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 52MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,988 samples)
Min Avg Max
765 Read 1,663 2,292
688 Write 1,703 2,296
673 Mixed 1,244 1,720
459 SusWrite 1,066 1,530
319% 1,419 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.5 4K Read 52 65.5
52 4K Write 113 184
33.1 4K Mixed 67.4 92.9
225% 77.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
402 DQ Read 989 1,586
189 DQ Write 704 1,222
273 DQ Mixed 838 1,352
628% 844 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
250GB free
Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1270 1271 1276 1273 1098 MB/s
Read 2,250
Write 2,311
Mixed 1,704
SusWrite 1,284
424% 1,887 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 79.8
267% 92.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,184
DQ Write 960
DQ Mixed 1,068
801% 1,071 MB/s
373GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1175 1020 1015 983 973 953 MB/s
Read 1,523
Write 1,376
Mixed 1278
SusWrite 1,020
292% 1,299 MB/s
4K Read 67
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 88.4
286% 96.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,299
DQ Write 1,078
DQ Mixed 1,171
882% 1,183 MB/s
850GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1548 1880 1363 1139 1159 1169 MB/s
Read 2,059
Write 2,060
Mixed 1486
SusWrite 1,376
392% 1,745 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 57.3
192% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 656
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 459
355% 493 MB/s
276GB free
Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1059 1299 1288 1229 1195 1154 MB/s
Read 2,003
Write 1,950
Mixed 1,455
SusWrite 1,204
371% 1,653 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 91.2
4K Mixed 61.5
196% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 792
DQ Write 568
DQ Mixed 684
510% 681 MB/s
503GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 744 751 679 998 815 MB/s
Read 1,073
Write 739
Mixed 818
SusWrite 788
192% 854 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 47.1
154% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 323
222% 277 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 819 756 791 915 935 MB/s
Read 801
Write 971
Mixed 809
SusWrite 840
194% 855 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 42.8
4K Mixed 34.6
111% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 426
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 355
249% 320 MB/s
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Typical PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 463 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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3 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.


Terrible

5 years ago.

IMHO best M.2 NVMe SSD in Q1 2018, but since it's an OEM drive Samsung offers literately no drivers if you buy one of them aftermarket (which I tried), so gotta wait for the "980 evo" or whatever they'll call the non OEM version...


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