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Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

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Average Bench: 246% (37th of 1011)

Based on 4,476 user benchmarks.  Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2
Poor: 152%Average: 246% Great: 319%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 145.6% 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 922MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,732MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 166%. 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 51.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,476 samples)
Rank 37246%
Min Avg Max
661 Read 1,501 2,257
746 Write 1,732 2,296
615 Mixed 1,164 1,684
691 SusWrite 1,215 1,514
316% 1,403 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.8 4K Read 51.6 63
56.7 4K Write 113 166
36.8 4K Mixed 68.4 87.5
225% 77.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
209 DQ Read 1,023 1,506
169 DQ Write 827 1,296
170 DQ Mixed 922 1,372
691% 924 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
707GB free
Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2393 2151 1161 1172 1171 1169 MB/s
318% Outstanding
Read 2,240
Write 2,317
Mixed 1,717
SusWrite 1,536
439% 1,952 MB/s
4K Read 61
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 84
277% 96.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,156
DQ Write 1,034
DQ Mixed 1083
815% 1,091 MB/s
912GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2117 2068 1178 1181 1191 1180 MB/s
283% Outstanding
Read 1907
Write 2,200
Mixed 1,352
SusWrite 1,486
391% 1736 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 66.2
219% 72.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,144
DQ Write 997
DQ Mixed 1,073
804% 1,071 MB/s
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 1171 1141 1111 1115 1121 MB/s
254% Outstanding
Read 1,496
Write 2,250
Mixed 1,319
SusWrite 1,139
350% 1551 MB/s
4K Read 57.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 74.1
241% 80.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1199
DQ Write 1,043
DQ Mixed 1,123
841% 1,122 MB/s
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Typical PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 9,969 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation 62%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 72%, 149,847 samples8,116x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 76%, 4,985 samples1,264x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 63%, 45,134 samples588x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 101,711 samples6,456x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 34%, 4,450 samples3,226x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 63,762 samples129x
SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 246%, 4,476 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 7,353 samples2,282x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 4,382 samples1,477x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 2,262 samples1,172x
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10 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

GreyGoose
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Terrible

16 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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