Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (2,004)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +127% Effective Speed 127%Average User Bench +152% Read 245%, Write 268%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 208%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 248%Peak Lab Bench +196% Read 337%, Write 368%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 30%, Mixed 305%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 245%Value & Sentiment -425%User Rating -65%, Market Share -785%Nice To Haves +212% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 232%, DQ Mixed 275%, ADQ Read 153%, ADQ Write 121%, ADQ Mixed 180%, Age 256%, AS-SSD Total 222%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 237% (30^th of 980)

Based on 2,004 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 149%Average: 237% Great: 316%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 137.2% 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 782MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,559MB/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 111MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,004 samples)

Rank 30237%

Min	Avg	Max
614	Read 1,609	2,233
710	Write 1,559	2,280
565	Mixed 1,117	1,651
673	SusWrite 1,150	1,481
305% 1,359 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	4K Read 50.4	62.4
59.8	4K Write 111	166
36.6	4K Mixed 66.5	87
220% 75.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
93.7	DQ Read 857	1,373
162	DQ Write 678	1,185
169	DQ Mixed 782	1,251
581% 772 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 7 hrs ago.

919GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7101Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2309 2114 1118 1011 1044 985 MB/s

319% Outstanding

Write 2,157

Mixed 1143

SusWrite 1,430

379% 1,688 MB/s

4K Read 64.3

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 81.8

276% 94.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,576

DQ Write 1,378

DQ Mixed 1,455

1,097% 1,470 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 hrs ago.

923GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7101Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2150 1804 1192 1061 1105 1094 MB/s

274% Outstanding

Write 2,016

Mixed 999

SusWrite 1,401

330% 1,463 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 58.6

211% 80.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,580

DQ Write 1,391

DQ Mixed 1,491

1,116% 1,487 MB/s

DMA-User, 3 hrs ago.

596GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 782 1084 1023 875 740 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,198

Mixed 721

SusWrite 869

233% 1,043 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 96.2

4K Mixed 62.8

208% 69.8 MB/s

DQ Read 491

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 404

288% 374 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

702GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 587 573 664 765 756 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 708

Mixed 743

SusWrite 654

176% 788 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 41.6

4K Mixed 35.7

111% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 426

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 313

218% 282 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 84%, 60,829 samples	3,965x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 90%, 2,316 samples	672x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 75%, 17,470 samples	251x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 40,549 samples	3,173x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 33%, 2,022 samples	1,591x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 41,059 samples	51x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 237%, 2,004 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 3,317 samples	1,228x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 2,870 samples	959x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 83%, 1,167 samples	661x

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3 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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Terrible

9 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 $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $89
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $780	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $125	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12