Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +147% Effective Speed 147%Average User Bench +176% Read 245%, Write 323%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 241%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 297%Peak Lab Bench +209% Read 353%, Write 376%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite 285%Value & Sentiment -99%User Rating -38%, Market Share -160%Nice To Haves +222% DQ Read 286%, DQ Write 234%, DQ Mixed 302%, ADQ Read 209%, ADQ Write 159%, ADQ Mixed 246%, Age 103%, AS-SSD Total 239%

Average Bench: 243% (43^rd of 1016)

Based on 10,426 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 157%Average: 243% Great: 319%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 143.4% 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 866MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,743MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 162%. 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 109MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,426 samples)

Rank 43243%

Min	Avg	Max
778	Read 1,581	2,274
875	Write 1,743	2,303
735	Mixed 1,222	1,683
721	SusWrite 1,196	1,509
323% 1,435 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.6	4K Read 51.6	64.5
54.8	4K Write 109	166
37.9	4K Mixed 67	87.7
222% 75.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
308	DQ Read 968	1,415
195	DQ Write 749	1,197
212	DQ Mixed 866	1,274
646% 861 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 6 hrs ago.

938GB free

Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2223 2248 1189 1199 1199 1199 MB/s

342% Outstanding

Write 2,293

Mixed 1,787

SusWrite 1,543

438% 1,944 MB/s

4K Read 65.5

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 93.4

314% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 1,468

DQ Write 1,402

DQ Mixed 1405

1,063% 1,425 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

923GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1812 1790 1193 1135 1144 1121 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 1,878

Mixed 1,032

SusWrite 1,366

315% 1,393 MB/s

4K Read 51.3

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 71.7

234% 81.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,373

DQ Write 1,160

DQ Mixed 1,261

946% 1,265 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

816GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1923 1998 1206 1170 1161 1167 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 2,133

Mixed 1,458

SusWrite 1,437

384% 1,702 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 62.5

196% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 970

DQ Write 809

DQ Mixed 917

679% 898 MB/s

USA-User, 51 mins ago.

685GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2045 1953 1148 1115 990 1048 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,986

Mixed 1229

SusWrite 1,383

338% 1,494 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 65

209% 71.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,017

DQ Write 906

DQ Mixed 951

716% 958 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

701GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1170 1077 1081 1069 1061 1060 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 1,168

Mixed 870

SusWrite 1,086

231% 1,021 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 55.4

190% 68.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,270

DQ Write 915

DQ Mixed 1,058

800% 1,081 MB/s

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 205,613 samples	10,146x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 77%, 6,681 samples	1,568x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 66%, 65,153 samples	774x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 155,208 samples	8,075x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 28%, 5,188 samples	4,031x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 77,614 samples	170x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 243%, 10,426 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 9,324 samples	2,799x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 4,860 samples	1,730x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,902 samples	1,458x

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16 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

22 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 i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-9400F $154	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $356	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 243% (43rd of 1016)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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Average Bench: 243% (43^rd of 1016)