Pm981a

NVMe Samsung 256GB

NVMe Samsung 256GB
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Effective Speed +101% Effective Speed 101%Average Score +137% Read 270%, Write 293%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 213%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 52%Peak Score +168% Read 380%, Write 356%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 269%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 43%Value & Sentiment -879%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,744%Nice To Haves +173% DQ Read 175%, DQ Write 240%, DQ Mixed 251%, ADQ Read 150%, ADQ Write 129%, ADQ Mixed 190%, Age 62%, AS-SSD Total 190%

Average Bench: 198% (99^th of 1072)

Based on 864 user benchmarks. Model: PM981a NVMe Samsung 256GB

Poor: 119%Average: 198% Great: 260%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pm981a NVMe Samsung 256GB averaged 97.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pm981a NVMe Samsung 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 754MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,592MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pm981a NVMe Samsung 256GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pm981a NVMe Samsung 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 452MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 864 samples)

Rank 99198%

Min	Avg	Max
702	Read 1,693	2,432
608	Write 1,592	2,213
607	Mixed 1,125	1,562
283	SusWrite 452	555
271% 1,215 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.2	4K Read 52.6	64.5
48.8	4K Write 110	156
29.6	4K Mixed 67.1	86.8
224% 76.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
300	DQ Read 817	1,009
108	DQ Write 661	1,219
133	DQ Mixed 754	1,163
561% 744 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 12 days ago.

206GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 390 390 392 394 393 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 1,870

Mixed 1,363

SusWrite 514

331% 1,484 MB/s

4K Read 48.9

4K Write 86.7

4K Mixed 63.4

201% 66.3 MB/s

DQ Read 479

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 398

301% 408 MB/s

MAR-User, 14 days ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 424 420 407 405 397 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 1,128

Mixed 871

SusWrite 414

201% 900 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 63.6

4K Mixed 31.2

124% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 528

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 438

325% 434 MB/s

POL-User, 5 hrs ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 461 424 405 403 408 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 424

SusWrite 431

99% 440 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 30.2

105% 38.6 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 540

DQ Mixed 612

461% 619 MB/s

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Latitude 7400

CPU
Core i7-8665UIntelBench 60%, 10,156 samples	862x
Core i5-8365UIntelBench 57%, 8,737 samples	474x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	114x

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UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	1,444x
R9 280AMD $185Bench 30%, 33,175 samples	2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

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NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981aBench 198%, 864 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,772 samples	229x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,210 samples	199x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	66x

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Pm981a

NVMe Samsung 256GB

Average Bench: 198% (99^th of 1072)

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Pm981a

NVMe Samsung 256GB

Average Bench: 198% (99th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 198% (99^th of 1072)