Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (34,988)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -127%Effective Speed -127%Average Score -126%Read -149%, Write -171%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -156%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -198%Peak Score -162%Read -157%, Write -176%, 4K Read -192%, 4K Write -106%, Mixed -169%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite -198%Value & Sentiment -175%User Rating -34%, Market Share -317%Nice To Haves -108%DQ Read -46%, DQ Write -55%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -79%, ADQ Mixed -78%, Age -411%, AS-SSD Total -71%

Average Bench: 239% (73^rd of 1080)

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

Poor: 145%Average: 239% Great: 329%

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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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 34,988 samples)

Rank 73239%

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

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

865GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 1267 1259 1227 1169 1137 MB/s

302% Outstanding

Write 2,313

Mixed 1,677

SusWrite 1,245

420% 1,868 MB/s

4K Read 61.5

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 81.2

274% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,289

DQ Write 1,023

DQ Mixed 1,139

857% 1,150 MB/s

CHE-User, 22 hrs ago.

864GB free

Firmware: 3L1QEXF7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1841 1867 1649 1492 1538 1557 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 2,140

Mixed 1,730

SusWrite 1,657

421% 1,865 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 92.1

4K Mixed 55

186% 63.7 MB/s

DQ Read 290

DQ Write 705

DQ Mixed 342

306% 446 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

556GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1292 1031 1028 988 996 1014 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 2,090

Mixed 1576

SusWrite 1,058

386% 1,723 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 65.8

216% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 841

DQ Write 522

DQ Mixed 717

525% 693 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

324GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 754 492 487 477 472 468 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 2,309

Mixed 1,700

SusWrite 525

378% 1,691 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 70.4

228% 76.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,228

DQ Write 908

DQ Mixed 1,058

793% 1,064 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 day ago.

390GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 1271 1263 1123 1057 1051 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1880

Mixed 1,028

SusWrite 1,180

326% 1,453 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 53.5

4K Mixed 44.1

142% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 514

DQ Write 430

DQ Mixed 469

352% 471 MB/s

BEL-User, 1 day ago.

127GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 425 404 394 402 346 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,929

Mixed 1,023

SusWrite 473

256% 1,132 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 63

4K Mixed 51.1

162% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 745

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 444

352% 503 MB/s

KNA-User, 20 hrs ago.

693GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 627 601 452 703 763 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 787

Mixed 735

SusWrite 645

174% 776 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 52.8

4K Mixed 39

131% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 497

DQ Write 170

DQ Mixed 505

328% 391 MB/s

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	329x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	281x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	316x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	288x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $500Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	3x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	421x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	359x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	159x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	87x

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4 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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Terrible

6 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342