Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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MKT (0.2%)
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Effective Speed +142% Effective Speed 142%Average Score +174% Read 250%, Write 324%, 4K Read 54%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 245%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 272%Peak Score +208% Read 356%, Write 376%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 310%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite 282%Value & Sentiment -104%User Rating -36%, Market Share -172%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 290%, DQ Write 253%, DQ Mixed 310%, ADQ Read 191%, ADQ Write 139%, ADQ Mixed 231%, Age 78%, AS-SSD Total 246%

Average Bench: 237% (52^nd of 1037)

Based on 19,765 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 154%Average: 237% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 137.4% 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 849MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,740MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 159%. 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 51.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19,765 samples)

Rank 52237%

Min	Avg	Max
735	Read 1,606	2,285
863	Write 1,740	2,302
675	Mixed 1,235	1,697
649	SusWrite 1,110	1,500
320% 1,422 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.4	4K Read 51.4	62.5
60.9	4K Write 109	155
43.8	4K Mixed 67.2	85.8
222% 76 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
377	DQ Read 938	1,428
236	DQ Write 702	1,263
336	DQ Mixed 849	1,301
627% 830 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 47 mins ago.

704GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2364 1999 1166 1146 1169 1165 MB/s

317% Outstanding

Write 2,272

Mixed 1,705

SusWrite 1,502

435% 1,937 MB/s

4K Read 60.1

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 84.2

278% 98.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,151

DQ Write 996

DQ Mixed 1,086

810% 1,078 MB/s

ARE-User, 1 hr ago.

844GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2064 1617 1446 1158 1173 867 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 2,111

Mixed 1,603

SusWrite 1,388

407% 1,812 MB/s

4K Read 54.7

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 68.8

230% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 735

DQ Write 474

DQ Mixed 638

466% 615 MB/s

IRQ-User, 2 hrs ago.

895GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 1087 1123 1128 1108 1108 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 1,212

Mixed 895

SusWrite 1,106

240% 1,063 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 59.5

197% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 731

DQ Write 249

DQ Mixed 752

486% 577 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

632GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 687 684 790 804 775 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 1,931

Mixed 986

SusWrite 741

297% 1,324 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 39.8

145% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 906

DQ Write 740

DQ Mixed 737

575% 795 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

537GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 750 915 978 974 996 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 991

Mixed 832

SusWrite 918

205% 907 MB/s

4K Read 35.9

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 42.9

143% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 665

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 605

406% 502 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

538GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 640 696 669 825 804 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 829

Mixed 696

SusWrite 724

169% 749 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 41.9

137% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 646

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 585

394% 487 MB/s

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 84%, 4,082 samples	362x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 82%, 152,624 samples	290x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 250,394 samples	367x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 66%, 28,045 samples	282x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 112%, 259,865 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 237%, 19,765 samples	538x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 1,044 samples	426x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 523 samples	131x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 2,529 samples	83x

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6 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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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 i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $300	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 237% (52nd of 1037)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 237% (52^nd of 1037)