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Pm981

NVMe Samsung 2048GB

NVMe Samsung 2048GB
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Effective Speed -112%Effective Speed -112%Average Score -116%Read -131%, Write -162%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -80%, Mixed -141%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite -138%Peak Score -172%Read -165%, Write -175%, 4K Read -244%, 4K Write -120%, Mixed -176%, 4K Mixed -173%, SusWrite -153%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -96%DQ Read -63%, DQ Write -56%, DQ Mixed -62%, ADQ Read -79%, ADQ Write -76%, ADQ Mixed -76%, Age -275%, AS-SSD Total -83%

Average Bench: 257% (61^st of 1080)

Based on 331 user benchmarks. Model: PM981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB

Poor: 160%Average: 257% Great: 330%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB averaged 156.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 843MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,776MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB is 170%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 331 samples)

Rank 61257%

Min	Avg	Max
922	Read 1,816	2,239
899	Write 1,776	2,337
791	Mixed 1,341	1,689
682	SusWrite 1,322	1,812
351% 1,564 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.1	4K Read 47.9	55.8
56.8	4K Write 115	172
39.6	4K Mixed 62.9	80.1
214% 75.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
417	DQ Read 954	1,423
186	DQ Write 715	1,216
236	DQ Mixed 843	1,299
628% 838 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 24 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2078 2422 2426 1675 1090 1098 MB/s

374% Outstanding

Write 2,354

Mixed 1,700

SusWrite 1,798

454% 2,014 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 216

4K Mixed 92

324% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,916

DQ Write 1,526

DQ Mixed 1,680

1,268% 1,707 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1150 1095 1074 1073 461 741 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 2,128

Mixed 1,537

SusWrite 932

375% 1,674 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 60.4

197% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 784

DQ Write 588

DQ Mixed 611

477% 661 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

882GB free

Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1326 1258 1236 1192 352 711 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,749

Mixed 1,479

SusWrite 1,012

353% 1,578 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 76.2

4K Mixed 53

171% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 699

DQ Write 526

DQ Mixed 622

462% 616 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

908GB free

Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1378 1246 1236 1098 753 557 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,762

Mixed 1,458

SusWrite 1,045

354% 1,580 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 52.4

169% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 668

DQ Write 505

DQ Mixed 606

448% 593 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 792 749 719 681 637 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 2,123

Mixed 1,503

SusWrite 736

356% 1,590 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 63.7

206% 72.3 MB/s

DQ Read 926

DQ Write 647

DQ Mixed 838

612% 804 MB/s

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System: Dell XPS 15 9575

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Core i7-8705GIntelBench 73%, 5,922 samples	407x
Core i5-8305GIntelBench 73%, 386 samples	42x
Core i7-8706GIntelBench 78%, 211 samples	15x

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HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	411x
Radeon RX Vega M GLAMDBench 27%, 1,607 samples	36x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	3x

SSD
NVMe Samsung 2048GBPm981Bench 257%, 331 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 70%, 2,048 samples	269x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 61%, 479 samples	57x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x16GBMicronBench 71%, 188 samples	50x

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Pm981

NVMe Samsung 2048GB

Average Bench: 257% (61^st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 257% (61st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 257% (61^st of 1080)