Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +137% Effective Speed 137%Average Score +171% Read 252%, Write 323%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 244%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite 265%Peak Score +210% Read 353%, Write 374%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 308%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 300%Value & Sentiment -75%User Rating -11%, Market Share -139%Nice To Haves +198% DQ Read 282%, DQ Write 234%, DQ Mixed 285%, ADQ Read 177%, ADQ Write 129%, ADQ Mixed 207%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total 236%

Average Bench: 233% (60^th of 1058)

Based on 29,633 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 143%Average: 233% Great: 317%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 132.7% 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 790MB/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 174%. 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 50.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 29,633 samples)

Rank 60233%

Min	Avg	Max
728	Read 1,625	2,294
763	Write 1,709	2,297
643	Mixed 1,237	1,725
497	SusWrite 1,084	1,544
318% 1,414 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.5	4K Read 50.8	63.8
53.8	4K Write 105	161
37.9	4K Mixed 65.3	88.3
216% 73.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
330	DQ Read 892	1,401
182	DQ Write 653	1,198
282	DQ Mixed 790	1,274
586% 778 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

954GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2023 2010 1301 1187 1197 1195 MB/s

305% Outstanding

Write 2,004

Mixed 1,605

SusWrite 1,485

409% 1,821 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 76.2

250% 86.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,207

DQ Write 1,002

DQ Mixed 1,096

823% 1,102 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

918GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1979 1992 1318 1183 1171 1180 MB/s

305% Outstanding

Write 2,028

Mixed 1,612

SusWrite 1,470

412% 1,835 MB/s

4K Read 56.7

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 75.9

251% 86.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1142

DQ Write 999

DQ Mixed 1,070

802% 1,070 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

739GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1851 725 724 720 659 160 MB/s

289% Outstanding

Write 2,296

Mixed 1,758

SusWrite 806

398% 1,775 MB/s

4K Read 66.1

4K Write 183

4K Mixed 91.2

314% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 1,310

DQ Write 1,077

DQ Mixed 1,163

879% 1,183 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

816GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1991 1944 1312 1172 1178 1176 MB/s

256% Outstanding

Write 2,002

Mixed 1,539

SusWrite 1,462

402% 1,791 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 94.5

4K Mixed 62.4

205% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 435

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 400

292% 383 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 hrs ago.

694GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 965 1039 896 848 1010 925 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 1,747

Mixed 1,288

SusWrite 947

321% 1,429 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 55.2

174% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 918

DQ Write 809

DQ Mixed 829

631% 852 MB/s

SWE-User, 1 hr ago.

819GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2091 1941 1147 1146 1163 1154 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 2,097

Mixed 1,054

SusWrite 1,440

326% 1,433 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 19.3

4K Mixed 65.9

172% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 743

DQ Mixed 846

561% 652 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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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 79%, 260,762 samples	633x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 6,445 samples	629x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 401,310 samples	711x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 70%, 80,676 samples	536x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 95%, 5,495 samples	5x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 233%, 29,633 samples	1,013x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 2,797 samples	776x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 1,402 samples	298x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 5,014 samples	160x

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18 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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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16