Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +146% Effective Speed 146%Average Score +181% Read 266%, Write 326%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 262%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 281%Peak Score +218% Read 353%, Write 373%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 320%, 4K Mixed 62%, SusWrite 315%Value & Sentiment -47%User Rating -11%, Market Share -84%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 319%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 323%, ADQ Read 193%, ADQ Write 139%, ADQ Mixed 227%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 258%

Average Bench: 238% (57^th of 1058)

Based on 35,518 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 138%Average: 238% Great: 330%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 137.6% 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 815MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,709MB/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 111MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,518 samples)

Rank 57238%

Min	Avg	Max
791	Read 1,674	2,295
798	Write 1,709	2,296
624	Mixed 1,255	1,736
453	SusWrite 1,074	1,538
321% 1,428 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	4K Read 50.8	65.1
43.8	4K Write 111	182
31.9	4K Mixed 66.6	91.8
221% 76.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
354	DQ Read 962	1,541
161	DQ Write 684	1,219
227	DQ Mixed 815	1,344
611% 820 MB/s

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

954GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1809 2237 1280 1098 1119 1164 MB/s

284% Outstanding

Write 2,066

Mixed 1,305

SusWrite 1,451

370% 1,641 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 77

247% 84.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,289

DQ Write 878

DQ Mixed 1,065

800% 1,078 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

954GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1950 2222 1233 1165 1178 1177 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1641

Mixed 1,089

SusWrite 1,487

314% 1,387 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 76.4

233% 81.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,316

DQ Write 906

DQ Mixed 1,088

818% 1,103 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

954GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2009 1982 1265 1131 1131 1152 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 1,805

Mixed 1,100

SusWrite 1,445

322% 1,426 MB/s

4K Read 54.4

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 75

241% 82.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,281

DQ Write 871

DQ Mixed 1,050

791% 1,067 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 hrs ago.

343GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 899 872 870 870 849 MB/s

252% Outstanding

Write 2,118

Mixed 1,514

SusWrite 901

377% 1,683 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 70.3

231% 79 MB/s

DQ Read 918

DQ Write 734

DQ Mixed 829

620% 827 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

487GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 645 642 650 652 655 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 661

Mixed 670

SusWrite 648

154% 684 MB/s

4K Read 58

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 69

243% 84.3 MB/s

DQ Read 782

DQ Write 671

DQ Mixed 1,054

701% 836 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 577 528 702 845 575 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 877

Mixed 949

SusWrite 628

206% 922 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 70.1

4K Mixed 52

170% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 353

246% 312 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 77%, 303,746 samples	757x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 9,371 samples	741x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 483,993 samples	824x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 70%, 105,384 samples	658x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 95%, 9,170 samples	5x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 238%, 35,518 samples	1,168x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 73%, 4,195 samples	911x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 1,965 samples	366x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,251 samples	190x

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2 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

4 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $275	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $470	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $325	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $449	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 238% (57th of 1058)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 238% (57^th of 1058)