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 +142% Effective Speed 142%Average Score +174% Read 263%, Write 320%, 4K Read 51%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 259%Peak Score +213% Read 352%, Write 373%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 295%Value & Sentiment -39%User Rating -11%, Market Share -67%Nice To Haves +218% DQ Read 332%, DQ Write 241%, DQ Mixed 308%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 222%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total 262%

Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1071)

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%

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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 65239%

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%

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

785GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2073 2091 1248 1172 1179 1177 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 2,046

Mixed 1,567

SusWrite 1490

399% 1,775 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 75.8

4K Mixed 55.2

179% 58.7 MB/s

DQ Read 871

DQ Write 688

DQ Mixed 750

569% 770 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

558GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1226 1158 1075 1094 1104 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,630

Mixed 1,495

SusWrite 1146

345% 1,539 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 58.1

187% 62.7 MB/s

DQ Read 847

DQ Write 549

DQ Mixed 706

524% 700 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

895GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 202Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1939 1908 1589 1558 1557 1539 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1,809

Mixed 1,313

SusWrite 1,681

351% 1,551 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 71.6

4K Mixed 44.2

158% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 404

DQ Mixed 346

267% 361 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 min ago.

796GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 814 888 730 1028 1000 MB/s

169% Outstanding

Write 1,034

Mixed 928

SusWrite 917

214% 947 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 56

185% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 548

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 478

340% 440 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

19GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 192 185 175 168 160 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 270

Mixed 424

SusWrite 233

129% 597 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 82.5

4K Mixed 55.1

180% 60.4 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 491

DQ Mixed 594

452% 618 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

793GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 777 775 805 857 843 MB/s

142% Outstanding

Write 1014

Mixed 905

SusWrite 818

201% 888 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 51.7

4K Mixed 45.9

138% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 518

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 384

276% 363 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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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	204x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	177x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	192x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	187x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $631Bench 158%, 166,179 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	254x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	222x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	98x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	57x

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2 years ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

4 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 i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $570	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12600K $233	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 239% (65th of 1071)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1071)