Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +136% Effective Speed 136%Average Score +170% Read 247%, Write 323%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 240%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 264%Peak Score +212% Read 351%, Write 375%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed 303%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 327%Value & Sentiment -64%User Rating -11%, Market Share -118%Nice To Haves +198% DQ Read 287%, DQ Write 232%, DQ Mixed 281%, ADQ Read 175%, ADQ Write 128%, ADQ Mixed 201%, Age 42%, AS-SSD Total 238%

Average Bench: 232% (64^th of 1057)

Based on 24,492 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 127%Average: 232% Great: 319%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 131.7% 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 782MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,711MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 192%. 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 50.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24,492 samples)

Rank 64232%

Min	Avg	Max
678	Read 1,603	2,284
676	Write 1,711	2,305
572	Mixed 1,223	1,702
483	SusWrite 1,092	1,647
316% 1,407 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.4	4K Read 50.2	63.6
37.7	4K Write 105	159
30.2	4K Mixed 65.1	86.9
215% 73.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
274	DQ Read 887	1,422
130	DQ Write 650	1,190
175	DQ Mixed 782	1,261
581% 773 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MAR-User, 4 hrs ago.

887GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 25 27 32 34 35 MB/s

394% Outstanding

Write 36.8

Mixed 62.8

SusWrite 26.4

230% 1,106 MB/s

4K Read 549

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 2.3

836% 185 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 hrs ago.

905GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1147 1980 1617 1160 1166 1172 MB/s

302% Outstanding

Write 2,301

Mixed 1,526

SusWrite 1,374

414% 1,843 MB/s

4K Read 58.9

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 78.7

264% 92.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,212

DQ Write 979

DQ Mixed 1,089

817% 1,093 MB/s

ZAF-User, 47 mins ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1308 951 878 794 788 701 MB/s

293% Outstanding

Write 2,484

Mixed 1,881

SusWrite 903

421% 1,875 MB/s

4K Read 67.1

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 90.4

317% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 1,334

DQ Write 962

DQ Mixed 1,163

865% 1,153 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

876GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1339 1236 1232 1092 1162 1121 MB/s

288% Outstanding

Write 1,380

Mixed 1,099

SusWrite 1197

327% 1,468 MB/s

4K Read 60.8

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 82.6

273% 94.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,053

DQ Write 837

DQ Mixed 947

708% 945 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

547GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 1137 1126 1139 1063 1071 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,705

Mixed 958

SusWrite 1135

270% 1,192 MB/s

4K Read 57

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 73.1

240% 80.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,193

DQ Write 919

DQ Mixed 1,046

785% 1,053 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

790GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 315 412 324 588 501 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,490

Mixed 1,231

SusWrite 492

284% 1,275 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 98.2

4K Mixed 54.7

200% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 486

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 464

321% 405 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 5,239 samples	581x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 79%, 247,628 samples	579x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 363,190 samples	650x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 70%, 71,931 samples	495x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 95%, 4,560 samples	5x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 232%, 24,492 samples	932x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 2,088 samples	708x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 1,234 samples	278x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 4,417 samples	146x

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15 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

3 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 i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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