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NVMe SED Samsung 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 248% (57th of 1072)

Based on 134 user benchmarks.  Model: PM981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB
Poor: 157%Average: 248% Great: 337%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB averaged 148.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 899MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,729MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB is 180%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 134 samples)
Rank 57248%
Min Avg Max
995 Read 1,729 2,300
882 Write 1,729 2,321
761 Mixed 1,270 1,736
382 SusWrite 1,125 1,526
329% 1,463 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.8 4K Read 51.5 67.9
53.3 4K Write 115 197
40.3 4K Mixed 68.5 96.5
227% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
137 DQ Read 980 1,622
254 DQ Write 799 1,383
147 DQ Mixed 899 1,416
671% 893 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
897GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA73D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1162 1219 1192 1223 1213 1079 MB/s
301% Outstanding
Read 2,254
Write 2,156
Mixed 1,554
SusWrite 1,181
400% 1786 MB/s
4K Read 61.3
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 82.3
278% 97.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,288
DQ Write 1,067
DQ Mixed 1119
854% 1,158 MB/s
890GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA73D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1319 1217 1217 1208 1063 1125 MB/s
270% Outstanding
Read 2,219
Write 2,297
Mixed 1,645
SusWrite 1,192
413% 1,838 MB/s
4K Read 56.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 73.3
241% 81.8 MB/s
DQ Read 919
DQ Write 584
DQ Mixed 818
592% 774 MB/s
860GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1753 1753 1331 1152 1056 1043 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 2,127
Write 1,852
Mixed 1,503
SusWrite 1348
383% 1,708 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 56
180% 59.4 MB/s
DQ Read 652
DQ Write 491
DQ Mixed 573
428% 572 MB/s
855GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1629 1722 1386 1173 1172 1159 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,385
Write 1,985
Mixed 1,455
SusWrite 1,374
351% 1,549 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 74.7
4K Mixed 55.7
178% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 552
DQ Mixed 650
482% 639 MB/s
757GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 1004 1041 923 904 946 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 1,371
Write 1,088
Mixed 1,002
SusWrite 976
249% 1,109 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 58.3
4K Mixed 41
134% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 466
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 437
319% 418 MB/s
642GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 710 1028 1010 1214 1180 960 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,261
Write 1154
Mixed 979
SusWrite 1017
248% 1,103 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 33.8
4K Mixed 33
108% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 87.5
DQ Mixed 209
152% 205 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 13%
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System: Dell Precision 5530

CPU
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples1,793x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples403x
Xeon E-2176MIntelBench 77%, 4,000 samples208x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,632x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 20%, 5,264 samples364x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 28%, 4,738 samples307x
SSD
NVMe SED Samsung 1TBPm981Bench 248%, 134 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples332x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples286x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples153x
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