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Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (34,988)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -128%Effective Speed -128%Average Score -128%Read -152%, Write -174%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -83%, Mixed -160%, 4K Mixed -64%, SusWrite -197%Peak Score -163%Read -159%, Write -180%, 4K Read -188%, 4K Write -106%, Mixed -172%, 4K Mixed -134%, SusWrite -199%Value & Sentiment -265%User Rating -34%, Market Share -495%Nice To Haves -98%DQ Read -46%, DQ Write -55%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -78%, ADQ Mixed -77%, Age -327%, AS-SSD Total -71%

Average Bench: 239% (73^rd of 1080)

Based on 34,988 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 145%Average: 239% Great: 329%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 138.8% 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 838MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,703MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 185%. 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 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 52MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34,988 samples)

Rank 73239%

Min	Avg	Max
765	Read 1,663	2,292
688	Write 1,703	2,296
673	Mixed 1,244	1,720
459	SusWrite 1,066	1,530
319% 1,419 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.5	4K Read 52	65.5
52	4K Write 113	184
33.1	4K Mixed 67.4	92.9
225% 77.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
402	DQ Read 989	1,586
189	DQ Write 704	1,222
273	DQ Mixed 838	1,352
628% 844 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 16 hrs ago.

561GB free

Firmware: 4L2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2259 2153 1117 1120 1121 1127 MB/s

332% Outstanding

Write 2,270

Mixed 1,637

SusWrite 1,483

428% 1,904 MB/s

4K Read 63.3

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 87.2

297% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,503

DQ Write 1,226

DQ Mixed 1,321

1,001% 1,350 MB/s

DEU-User, 19 hrs ago.

744GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1161 1134 1166 1154 1153 MB/s

309% Outstanding

Write 2,319

Mixed 1,706

SusWrite 1,178

420% 1,873 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 89.1

299% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,300

DQ Write 1,053

DQ Mixed 1,147

867% 1,167 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

276GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1376 1192 1083 1111 1121 1130 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 2,147

Mixed 1,598

SusWrite 1,169

401% 1,787 MB/s

4K Read 53

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 70

232% 80.2 MB/s

DQ Read 981

DQ Write 722

DQ Mixed 866

643% 856 MB/s

BEL-User, 3 hrs ago.

827GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 878 926 796 643 514 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 891

Mixed 729

SusWrite 766

187% 832 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 69.6

4K Mixed 32.2

111% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 540

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 385

296% 410 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 826 625 557 517 475 457 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 1,025

Mixed 876

SusWrite 576

191% 848 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 46.1

4K Mixed 33.1

109% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 641

DQ Write 422

DQ Mixed 601

430% 555 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

648GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 225 242 308 262 261 MB/s

46.4% Average

Write 290

Mixed 284

SusWrite 264

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 11

4K Write 12.4

4K Mixed 11.3

38% 11.6 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 53.4

DQ Mixed 93.2

65% 83.3 MB/s

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	333x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	285x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	320x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	292x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $520Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	3x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	426x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	365x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	161x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	87x

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4 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose

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Terrible

6 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 239% (73rd of 1080)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 239% (73^rd of 1080)