Pm981

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB
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Effective Speed +124% Effective Speed 124%Average Score +149% Read 286%, Write 275%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 225%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 130%Peak Score +172% Read 359%, Write 303%, 4K Read 54%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 274%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 117%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +224% DQ Read 316%, DQ Write 270%, DQ Mixed 317%, ADQ Read 193%, ADQ Write 172%, ADQ Mixed 228%, Age 38%, AS-SSD Total 258%

Average Bench: 221% (79^th of 1072)

Based on 305 user benchmarks. Model: PM981 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Poor: 139%Average: 221% Great: 289%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB averaged 120.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 854MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,766MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB is 150%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm981 NVMe SED Samsung 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 681MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 305 samples)

Rank 79221%

Min	Avg	Max
741	Read 1,766	2,325
742	Write 1,519	1,955
603	Mixed 1,165	1,583
421	SusWrite 681	841
286% 1,282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.5	4K Read 52.3	66.3
49.8	4K Write 110	174
37.4	4K Mixed 67.6	90.7
224% 76.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
208	DQ Read 957	1,526
173	DQ Write 786	1,325
178	DQ Mixed 854	1,381
645% 866 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IND-User, 2 months ago.

215GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 528 522 532 527 516 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1982

Mixed 1,623

SusWrite 578

355% 1,590 MB/s

4K Read 64.2

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 87.2

294% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,380

DQ Write 1,188

DQ Mixed 1,258

950% 1,275 MB/s

USA-User, 2 month ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1802 784 617 610 607 612 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 2,007

Mixed 1,629

SusWrite 838

379% 1,695 MB/s

4K Read 57.9

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 74.2

242% 81.6 MB/s

DQ Read 957

DQ Write 573

DQ Mixed 804

588% 778 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 354 338 326 321 313 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 1,055

Mixed 1,232

SusWrite 359

260% 1,174 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 55.4

184% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 781

DQ Write 514

DQ Mixed 654

486% 650 MB/s

EGY-User, 24 days ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 449 689 349 612 565 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1,864

Mixed 1,179

SusWrite 566

275% 1,221 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 57.7

186% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 784

DQ Write 568

DQ Mixed 648

492% 667 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 295 290 283 283 278 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,416

Mixed 1187

SusWrite 317

261% 1,173 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 58.6

4K Mixed 44.9

141% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 637

DQ Write 803

DQ Mixed 682

525% 707 MB/s

IND-User, 18 days ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA74D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 485 486 507 412 368 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 937

Mixed 909

SusWrite 481

213% 958 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 57.3

4K Mixed 40.7

140% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 234

182% 251 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXA73D2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 362 313 283 271 252 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 870

Mixed 794

SusWrite 350

170% 761 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 15.2

4K Mixed 13.8

46% 14.2 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 83.7

DQ Mixed 92.9

70% 93.9 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell Precision 7530

CPU
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples	851x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	396x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	200x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	943x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 28%, 4,738 samples	390x
Quadro P3200NvidiaBench 55%, 1,890 samples	226x

SSD
NVMe SED Samsung 512GBPm981Bench 221%, 305 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	163x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	109x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,590 samples	75x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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

Pm981

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 221% (79^th of 1072)

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Pm981

NVMe SED Samsung 512GB

Average Bench: 221% (79th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 221% (79^th of 1072)