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PM981 Samsu 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 246% (59th of 1072)

Based on 349 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu
Poor: 148%Average: 246% Great: 321%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB averaged 145.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 780MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,748MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB is 173%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 349 samples)
Rank 59246%
Min Avg Max
837 Read 1,744 2,279
883 Write 1,748 2,311
670 Mixed 1,304 1,711
762 SusWrite 1,186 1,511
336% 1,495 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.4 4K Read 50.6 66.4
45.1 4K Write 113 189
30.7 4K Mixed 65.6 93.1
220% 76.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
206 DQ Read 870 1,372
168 DQ Write 669 1,215
122 DQ Mixed 780 1,208
580% 773 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
576GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1948 1961 1158 1088 1102 1091 MB/s
281% Outstanding
Read 2,223
Write 2,073
Mixed 1,642
SusWrite 1,391
411% 1,833 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 93.6
4K Mixed 64.2
210% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1122
DQ Write 770
DQ Mixed 870
670% 921 MB/s
766GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 1146 1149 1106 1124 1115 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 2,177
Write 2,084
Mixed 1,510
SusWrite 1,169
389% 1,735 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 57
183% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 601
DQ Write 487
DQ Mixed 529
400% 539 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 199 205 206 223 212 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,972
Write 1,382
Mixed 1,313
SusWrite 242
272% 1,227 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 34
132% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 489
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 436
330% 444 MB/s
273GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 703 622 637 693 714 626 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 932
Write 622
Mixed 681
SusWrite 666
162% 725 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 13.5
44% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 73.7
DQ Write 60.7
DQ Mixed 75.3
54% 69.9 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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System: Dell Precision 5530

CPU
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples1,798x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples404x
Xeon E-2176MIntelBench 77%, 4,000 samples208x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,637x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 20%, 5,264 samples364x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 28%, 4,738 samples308x
SSD
PM981 Samsu 1TBNvmeBench 246%, 349 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples332x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples287x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples153x
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