Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (7,303)
MKT (0.2%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

512GB 1TB

Effective Speed +147% Effective Speed 147%Average User Bench +172% Read 238%, Write 316%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 228%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 295%Peak Lab Bench +208% Read 351%, Write 376%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 301%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 283%Value & Sentiment -138%User Rating -36%, Market Share -239%Nice To Haves +231% DQ Read 287%, DQ Write 253%, DQ Mixed 316%, ADQ Read 215%, ADQ Write 168%, ADQ Mixed 256%, Age 112%, AS-SSD Total 244%

Average Bench: 245% (35^th of 1011)

Based on 7,303 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 156%Average: 245% Great: 321%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 144.8% 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 911MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,721MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 165%. 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 114MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,303 samples)

Rank 35245%

Min	Avg	Max
709	Read 1,551	2,260
774	Write 1,721	2,301
630	Mixed 1,183	1,660
655	SusWrite 1,188	1,495
318% 1,411 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.8	4K Read 51.7	64
62.9	4K Write 114	171
42.1	4K Mixed 68.5	89.2
226% 78 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
242	DQ Read 997	1,416
207	DQ Write 789	1,260
351	DQ Mixed 911	1,317
677% 899 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

954GB free

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1907 1910 1350 1169 1174 1176 MB/s

317% Outstanding

Write 2,003

Mixed 1,563

SusWrite 1,448

404% 1,802 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 84.2

272% 95.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1326

DQ Write 1,180

DQ Mixed 1,249

938% 1,252 MB/s

CHE-User, 5 hrs ago.

801GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1834 2094 1296 1253 1246 1245 MB/s

309% Outstanding

Write 2,064

Mixed 1,528

SusWrite 1,494

407% 1,813 MB/s

4K Read 58.3

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 78.9

258% 89.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,238

DQ Write 1,038

DQ Mixed 1,140

854% 1,139 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

681GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2127 1893 1181 1188 1173 1179 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 2,217

Mixed 1373

SusWrite 1,457

386% 1,713 MB/s

4K Read 54.4

4K Write 92.6

4K Mixed 67.1

218% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,145

DQ Write 978

DQ Mixed 1,068

798% 1,063 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

770GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1737 1364 1141 1136 1041 1084 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 1,786

Mixed 1,214

SusWrite 1,250

322% 1,429 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 97.3

4K Mixed 58.1

194% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,084

DQ Write 919

DQ Mixed 993

746% 999 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 hrs ago.

873GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 1505 1594 1024 967 915 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 1,355

Mixed 1,079

SusWrite 1,204

288% 1,284 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 39.5

4K Mixed 38.2

119% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 581

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 227

209% 332 MB/s

SWE-User, 5 hrs ago.

884GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 1055 1112 1080 1024 1023 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 1,133

Mixed 749

SusWrite 1,055

212% 937 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 58.3

188% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 738

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 729

482% 585 MB/s

COL-User, 6 hrs ago.

768GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 826 764 665 625 695 743 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 1,005

Mixed 608

SusWrite 720

170% 753 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 63.3

4K Mixed 40.4

140% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 554

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 617

396% 464 MB/s

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Gaming 16%

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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%, 165,333 samples	9,268x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 78%, 4,935 samples	1,429x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 67%, 60,131 samples	679x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 122,174 samples	7,377x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 26%, 4,372 samples	3,669x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 69,975 samples	144x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 245%, 7,303 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 8,486 samples	2,591x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,523 samples	1,616x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,531 samples	1,316x

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13 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

19 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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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 245% (35th of 1011)

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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

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Average Bench: 245% (35^th of 1011)