Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (34,988)
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Effective Speed +143% Effective Speed 143%Average Score +174% Read 264%, Write 320%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 260%Peak Score +213% Read 352%, Write 374%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 295%Value & Sentiment -33%User Rating -11%, Market Share -56%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 332%, DQ Write 241%, DQ Mixed 308%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 222%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total 262%

Average Bench: 239% (64^th 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

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 64239%

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

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

NOR-User, 13 hrs ago.

250GB free

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1270 1271 1276 1273 1098 MB/s

299% Outstanding

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

NLD-User, 2 hrs ago.

373GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1175 1020 1015 983 973 953 MB/s

265% Outstanding

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

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

850GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1548 1880 1363 1139 1159 1169 MB/s

249% Outstanding

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

276GB free

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1059 1299 1288 1229 1195 1154 MB/s

245% Outstanding

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

FRA-User, 10 hrs ago.

503GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 744 751 679 998 815 MB/s

150% Outstanding

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

IND-User, 3 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 819 756 791 915 935 MB/s

132% Outstanding

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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Gaming 13%

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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	252x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	211x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	239x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	220x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $580Bench 158%, 166,179 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	309x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	265x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	120x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	74x

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3 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16