Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +143% Effective Speed 143%Average Score +174% Read 264%, Write 320%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 260%Peak Score +213% Read 352%, Write 374%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 295%Value & Sentiment -28%User Rating -11%, Market Share -44%Nice To Haves +217% DQ Read 332%, DQ Write 241%, DQ Mixed 308%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 222%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total 262%

Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1072)

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%

Popular builds with this SSD

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, 2 hrs ago.

211GB free

Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1521 1272 1255 1264 1266 1265 MB/s

304% Outstanding

Write 2,273

Mixed 1,666

SusWrite 1,307

418% 1,859 MB/s

4K Read 58.7

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 80.9

266% 92.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,345

DQ Write 1,064

DQ Mixed 1,172

886% 1,193 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

863GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 1840 1548 563 435 475 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 2,186

Mixed 1,602

SusWrite 1,026

388% 1,727 MB/s

4K Read 54

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 77.3

250% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,314

DQ Write 1,004

DQ Mixed 1,140

858% 1,153 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

823GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2193 2007 1162 1153 1157 1126 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1,672

Mixed 1349

SusWrite 1,466

352% 1,566 MB/s

4K Read 52.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 69

224% 75.7 MB/s

DQ Read 971

DQ Write 652

DQ Mixed 854

626% 826 MB/s

FRA-User, 11 hrs ago.

496GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 1032 1067 1103 938 750 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 2,114

Mixed 1,472

SusWrite 1,028

379% 1,690 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 72

239% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,008

DQ Write 722

DQ Mixed 846

637% 859 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

264GB free

Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1080 1028 1026 1024 1020 1027 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,029

Mixed 990

SusWrite 1,034

238% 1,059 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 69.8

227% 76.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,099

DQ Write 897

DQ Mixed 974

736% 990 MB/s

IND-User, 21 hrs ago.

906GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1772 1805 1188 1147 1105 1037 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 1,537

Mixed 1,168

SusWrite 1,342

278% 1,220 MB/s

4K Read 50

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 61.3

198% 64.5 MB/s

DQ Read 971

DQ Write 664

DQ Mixed 776

591% 804 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 day ago.

901GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 891 911 1321 1223 981 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 770

Mixed 679

SusWrite 1,043

181% 798 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 68.2

201% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,108

DQ Write 812

DQ Mixed 930

703% 950 MB/s

PRT-User, 20 hrs ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 632 573 523 473 447 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,510

Mixed 1,481

SusWrite 595

309% 1,385 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 65.3

4K Mixed 49.5

158% 51.6 MB/s

DQ Read 522

DQ Write 371

DQ Mixed 438

330% 444 MB/s

PHL-User, 18 hrs ago.

688GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 548 613 586 528 503 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 586

Mixed 605

SusWrite 547

135% 601 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 57.1

184% 60.9 MB/s

DQ Read 831

DQ Write 719

DQ Mixed 974

676% 841 MB/s

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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	320x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	275x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	309x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	280x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	3x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	410x

RAM
M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,312 samples	350x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples	154x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	86x

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I have 2o of them all very fast.

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Terrible

6 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZVLB1T0HALR

PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 239% (65th of 1072)

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System: Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV

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Average Bench: 239% (65^th of 1072)