Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +132% Effective Speed 132%Average User Bench +159% Read 228%, Write 296%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 216%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 267%Peak Lab Bench +195% Read 337%, Write 370%, 4K Read 39%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 298%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 255%Value & Sentiment -277%User Rating -64%, Market Share -490%Nice To Haves +221% DQ Read 279%, DQ Write 253%, DQ Mixed 310%, ADQ Read 182%, ADQ Write 150%, ADQ Mixed 212%, Age 145%, AS-SSD Total 237%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 241% (32^nd of 1003)

Based on 3,459 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 151%Average: 241% Great: 318%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 140.9% 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 868MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,661MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 167%. 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 112MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,459 samples)

Rank 32241%

Min	Avg	Max
760	Read 1,534	2,233
760	Write 1,661	2,293
652	Mixed 1,150	1654
651	SusWrite 1,174	1,483
311% 1,380 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.4	4K Read 51	62.7
54.2	4K Write 112	162
38.7	4K Mixed 67.5	85.9
223% 77 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
112	DQ Read 963	1,456
169	DQ Write 765	1,269
147	DQ Mixed 868	1,371
649% 865 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

854GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1765 1268 1273 1263 1267 1264 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 2,208

Mixed 1,553

SusWrite 1,350

411% 1,832 MB/s

4K Read 55.2

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 76.4

253% 88.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,186

DQ Write 1045

DQ Mixed 1,113

835% 1,115 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

856GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2065 2177 1195 1162 1150 1164 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 2,225

Mixed 1549

SusWrite 1,485

416% 1,853 MB/s

4K Read 56.2

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 73.4

239% 80.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,184

DQ Write 962

DQ Mixed 1,062

798% 1,069 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 hrs ago.

577GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 1186 1152 1190 1133 964 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 1821

Mixed 1,379

SusWrite 1,128

356% 1,587 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 68.4

220% 76.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,114

DQ Write 1,468

DQ Mixed 1,210

936% 1,264 MB/s

PRI-User, 8 hrs ago.

613GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1377 1887 1398 1121 1127 1126 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 2,157

Mixed 1,166

SusWrite 1,339

332% 1,464 MB/s

4K Read 57

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 75.9

249% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,390

DQ Write 1,165

DQ Mixed 1,264

950% 1,273 MB/s

PRI-User, 8 hrs ago.

613GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1698 1959 1190 1094 1083 1072 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,475

Mixed 978

SusWrite 1,349

278% 1,228 MB/s

4K Read 54.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 72.8

240% 82.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,369

DQ Write 1,154

DQ Mixed 1,252

941% 1,258 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 83%, 117,998 samples	7,026x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 90%, 3,590 samples	1,103x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 72%, 37,679 samples	501x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 85,937 samples	5,609x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 34%, 4,115 samples	2,778x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 57,024 samples	106x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 241%, 3,459 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 6,554 samples	2,040x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 3,808 samples	1,326x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 2,076 samples	1,051x

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9 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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Terrible

15 months 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 i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $101
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $144	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $280	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 241% (32nd of 1003)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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Average Bench: 241% (32^nd of 1003)