Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +118% Effective Speed 118%Average User Bench +145% Read 226%, Write 257%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed 204%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 245%Peak Lab Bench +190% Read 336%, Write 365%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 301%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite 242%Value & Sentiment -538%User Rating -65%, Market Share -1,012%Nice To Haves +187% DQ Read 207%, DQ Write 188%, DQ Mixed 222%, ADQ Read 132%, ADQ Write 99%, ADQ Mixed 160%, Age 302%, AS-SSD Total 185%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 227% (31^st of 964)

Based on 1,235 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 150%Average: 227% Great: 303%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 126.7% 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 727MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,514MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 153%. 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 105MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,235 samples)

Rank 31227%

Min	Avg	Max
683	Read 1,516	2,225
669	Write 1,514	2,260
598	Mixed 1,100	1,633
610	SusWrite 1,135	1,463
296% 1,316 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.3	4K Read 48.6	59.6
61.4	4K Write 105	143
39.2	4K Mixed 64.4	81.9
211% 72.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
55.1	DQ Read 783	1,179
203	DQ Write 607	1,022
72.6	DQ Mixed 727	1,073
535% 706 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

954GB free

Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2191 2155 1161 1154 1167 1167 MB/s

314% Outstanding

Write 2,193

Mixed 1,671

SusWrite 1,499

423% 1,880 MB/s

4K Read 60.1

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 83.4

277% 97.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,206

DQ Write 1,030

DQ Mixed 1127

842% 1,121 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 hrs ago.

778GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 823 919 1188 1163 1089 1085 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 1,255

Mixed 1,112

SusWrite 1,044

280% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 94.8

4K Mixed 62.3

204% 68.5 MB/s

DQ Read 712

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 461

352% 487 MB/s

AUS-User, 14 hrs ago.

851GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 1264 1318 1165 1094 1131 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1167

Mixed 1,010

SusWrite 1,188

247% 1,093 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 92.3

4K Mixed 60.9

200% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 770

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 691

465% 576 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 hrs ago.

840GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 812 845 856 848 827 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 1,175

Mixed 980

SusWrite 829

232% 1,028 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 87.5

4K Mixed 60

195% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 44.2

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 62.2

79% 132 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

530GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 520 687 1077 933 1004 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,100

Mixed 412

SusWrite 763

160% 702 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 60.1

195% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 507

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 472

331% 421 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 57%

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System: Lenovo 20HHCTO1WW

CPU
Xeon E3-1505M v6IntelBench 72%, 1,234 samples	172x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 148,238 samples	168x
Xeon E3-1535M v6IntelBench 78%, 573 samples	88x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 105,876 samples	144x
HD Graphics P630IntelBench 8%, 1,080 samples	137x
Quadro M2200NvidiaBench 24%, 858 samples	127x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 227%, 1,235 samples	98x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GBSamsungBench 77%, 1,446 samples	50x
M474A2K43BB1-CRC 4x16GBSamsungBench 76%, 150 samples	41x
M474A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GBSamsungBench 76%, 239 samples	39x

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1 month ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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Terrible

7 months 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $359	Nvidia GTX 1070 $340	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $77
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
Intel Core i5-8600K $237	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12