Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +139% Effective Speed 139%Average Score +173% Read 263%, Write 323%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 245%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite 261%Peak Score +215% Read 356%, Write 374%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 305%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite 328%Value & Sentiment -90%User Rating -11%, Market Share -170%Nice To Haves +202% DQ Read 312%, DQ Write 219%, DQ Mixed 292%, ADQ Read 186%, ADQ Write 124%, ADQ Mixed 203%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 246%

Average Bench: 237% (56^th of 1058)

Based on 34,333 user benchmarks. Models: PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2

Poor: 137%Average: 237% Great: 319%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 137.2% 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 790MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,715MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 182%. 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 107MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 54.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34,333 samples)

Rank 56237%

Min	Avg	Max
764	Read 1,674	2,315
685	Write 1,715	2,302
635	Mixed 1,241	1,715
440	SusWrite 1,078	1,657
321% 1,427 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.9	4K Read 54.2	64.8
43.6	4K Write 107	172
35.8	4K Mixed 66.5	89.7
224% 75.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
316	DQ Read 932	1,511
166	DQ Write 650	1,144
231	DQ Mixed 790	1,296
590% 791 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 9 hrs ago.

874GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1781 1742 1116 1015 925 850 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 1,513

Mixed 907

SusWrite 1,238

301% 1,343 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 65.4

221% 80.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,376

DQ Write 666

DQ Mixed 832

668% 958 MB/s

ZAF-User, 12 hrs ago.

617GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 957 959 942 951 925 MB/s

254% Outstanding

Write 2,025

Mixed 1340

SusWrite 973

357% 1,593 MB/s

4K Read 50.4

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 66.1

218% 74.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,108

DQ Write 924

DQ Mixed 1015

761% 1,016 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

635GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1042 899 971 913 1030 992 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,561

Mixed 1,299

SusWrite 975

325% 1,453 MB/s

4K Read 56

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 74.5

248% 86.3 MB/s

DQ Read 835

DQ Write 420

DQ Mixed 822

558% 692 MB/s

USA-User, 39 mins ago.

543GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 944 982 980 1001 990 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,426

Mixed 1,166

SusWrite 995

317% 1,421 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 72.5

4K Mixed 56.3

177% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 591

DQ Write 751

DQ Mixed 717

528% 686 MB/s

IND-User, 7 hrs ago.

911GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 883 729 693 790 1013 891 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 1,012

Mixed 863

SusWrite 833

204% 902 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 82.3

4K Mixed 56.4

183% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 673

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 532

378% 492 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 78%, 288,036 samples	690x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 7,543 samples	684x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 438,082 samples	761x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 70%, 103,343 samples	597x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 95%, 6,951 samples	5x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 237%, 34,333 samples	1,085x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 3,719 samples	845x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 75%, 1,669 samples	327x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 5,575 samples	173x

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22 months ago.

I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

3 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 i5-12600K $289	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $250	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 237% (56th of 1058)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 237% (56^th of 1058)