Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +150% Effective Speed 150%Average Score +181% Read 256%, Write 337%, 4K Read 54%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 248%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 297%Peak Score +205% Read 350%, Write 374%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 300%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 282%Value & Sentiment -106%User Rating -35%, Market Share -178%Nice To Haves +222% DQ Read 284%, DQ Write 242%, DQ Mixed 307%, ADQ Read 208%, ADQ Write 163%, ADQ Mixed 249%, Age 83%, AS-SSD Total 239%

Average Bench: 244% (43^rd of 1026)

Based on 13,533 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 164%Average: 244% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 144.1% 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 884MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,786MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 148%. 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 51.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,533 samples)

Rank 43244%

Min	Avg	Max
764	Read 1,631	2,256
911	Write 1,786	2,296
735	Mixed 1,242	1,656
708	SusWrite 1,173	1,491
328% 1,458 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.5	4K Read 51.3	61.8
58.8	4K Write 108	152
44	4K Mixed 66.8	84.4
221% 75.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
463	DQ Read 984	1,407
234	DQ Write 755	1,219
350	DQ Mixed 884	1,293
657% 874 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 51 mins ago.

777GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 1745 1803 1147 695 567 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 2,284

Mixed 1,486

SusWrite 1,137

401% 1,790 MB/s

4K Read 62.2

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 82.4

277% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,262

DQ Write 718

DQ Mixed 967

726% 982 MB/s

ARE-User, 2 hrs ago.

775GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1524 1870 1541 1527 1493 1529 MB/s

283% Outstanding

Write 2,111

Mixed 1,628

SusWrite 1,581

410% 1,820 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 91

4K Mixed 64

209% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 1,108

DQ Write 824

DQ Mixed 959

719% 964 MB/s

EGY-User, 1 hr ago.

482GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1991 1375 1269 1266 1273 1266 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 2,196

Mixed 1,277

SusWrite 1,407

374% 1,657 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 66.4

224% 75.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1238

DQ Write 906

DQ Mixed 1,032

782% 1,059 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 hrs ago.

828GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2023 2161 1215 1145 1156 1150 MB/s

262% Outstanding

Write 2,248

Mixed 1,462

SusWrite 1475

379% 1,673 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 69.3

226% 74.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,007

DQ Write 834

DQ Mixed 928

693% 923 MB/s

USA-User, 21 mins ago.

806GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 990 851 795 1155 1131 1080 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,587

Mixed 1,331

SusWrite 1,000

333% 1,490 MB/s

4K Read 54.7

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 74.2

244% 84.5 MB/s

DQ Read 754

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 576

416% 550 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

902GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 974 989 1220 1038 1030 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1,210

Mixed 1,116

SusWrite 1,028

276% 1,231 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 83.9

4K Mixed 58.9

191% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 636

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 657

434% 523 MB/s

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 80%, 242,904 samples	11,767x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 80%, 8,129 samples	1,811x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 75%, 81,981 samples	902x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 206,025 samples	9,296x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 27%, 6,483 samples	4,714x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 92,240 samples	203x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 244%, 13,533 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 10,936 samples	3,171x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 6,435 samples	1,932x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,102 samples	1,660x

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2 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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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 i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $240

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 244% (43rd of 1026)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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Average Bench: 244% (43^rd of 1026)