Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +144% Effective Speed 144%Average Score +175% Read 249%, Write 332%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 272%Peak Score +214% Read 354%, Write 377%, 4K Read 57%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 312%, 4K Mixed 58%, SusWrite 305%Value & Sentiment -92%User Rating -11%, Market Share -173%Nice To Haves +221% DQ Read 291%, DQ Write 245%, DQ Mixed 316%, ADQ Read 206%, ADQ Write 160%, ADQ Mixed 243%, Age 65%, AS-SSD Total 245%

Average Bench: 238% (56^th of 1040)

Based on 22,453 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 134%Average: 238% Great: 319%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 137.8% 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 855MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,756MB/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 108MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22,453 samples)

Rank 56238%

Min	Avg	Max
747	Read 1,594	2,278
794	Write 1,756	2,305
624	Mixed 1,240	1,708
541	SusWrite 1,112	1,595
321% 1,425 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.4	4K Read 51	64.2
47.9	4K Write 108	167
37.2	4K Mixed 66.9	88.4
220% 75.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
371	DQ Read 961	1,431
150	DQ Write 732	1,235
227	DQ Mixed 855	1,323
637% 849 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 1 hr ago.

729GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1278 1087 1066 1095 833 955 MB/s

255% Outstanding

Write 1,641

Mixed 1,359

SusWrite 1,052

338% 1,513 MB/s

4K Read 50.4

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 69.6

227% 78.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 802

DQ Mixed 940

694% 916 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 hr ago.

430GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 1047 1036 1029 1015 1018 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,878

Mixed 1,231

SusWrite 993

344% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 75.3

214% 75.7 MB/s

DQ Read 969

DQ Write 681

DQ Mixed 882

643% 844 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

755GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1882 1935 1177 971 1004 1053 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,576

Mixed 1,063

SusWrite 1337

291% 1,284 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 99

4K Mixed 64.3

216% 72.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,039

DQ Write 825

DQ Mixed 858

662% 908 MB/s

ESP-User, 43 mins ago.

171GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1110 992 796 609 574 520 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 2,112

Mixed 1,402

SusWrite 767

362% 1621 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 80.3

4K Mixed 48.8

158% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 936

DQ Write 856

DQ Mixed 856

653% 883 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

618GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1171 979 1013 953 891 952 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1,490

Mixed 859

SusWrite 993

240% 1,057 MB/s

4K Read 53.5

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 71.1

231% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,278

DQ Write 1,010

DQ Mixed 1,149

858% 1,146 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

543GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 989 1000 994 1000 972 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 2,119

Mixed 1,036

SusWrite 1,002

294% 1,295 MB/s

4K Read 54.4

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 70.8

232% 78.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,062

DQ Write 887

DQ Mixed 977

731% 976 MB/s

BEL-User, 1 hr ago.

293GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXF7102Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1445 1372 881 784 768 756 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 2,214

Mixed 1,391

SusWrite 1001

332% 1,464 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 64

202% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 879

DQ Write 645

DQ Mixed 750

564% 758 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 84%, 4,627 samples	499x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 80%, 210,121 samples	450x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 306,824 samples	537x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 45,382 samples	402x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 95%, 3,195 samples	3x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 238%, 22,453 samples	781x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 75%, 1,903 samples	597x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 72%, 945 samples	215x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 3,448 samples	114x

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10 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

2 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 i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 238% (56th of 1040)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 238% (56^th of 1040)