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PM981a Sams 1TB

PM981a Sams 1TB
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Effective Speed +159% Effective Speed 159%Average Score +199% Read 301%, Write 334%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 287%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 365%Peak Score +229% Read 401%, Write 383%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 333%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 352%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +181% DQ Read 257%, DQ Write 212%, DQ Mixed 253%, ADQ Read 156%, ADQ Write 99%, ADQ Mixed 181%, Age 68%, AS-SSD Total 222%

Average Bench: 255% (54^th of 1072)

Based on 317 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PM981a NVMe Sams

Poor: 161%Average: 255% Great: 335%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM981a Sams 1TB averaged 154.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM981a Sams 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 732MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,760MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM981a Sams 1TB is 174%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM981a Sams 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 101MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 317 samples)

Rank 54255%

Min	Avg	Max
979	Read 1,835	2,538
894	Write 1,760	2,340
720	Mixed 1,390	1,833
740	SusWrite 1,379	1,749
358% 1,591 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.2	4K Read 50.5	63.9
49.8	4K Write 101	172
39.4	4K Mixed 64.2	86.7
212% 71.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
307	DQ Read 835	1,312
159	DQ Write 575	1,119
247	DQ Mixed 732	1,168
539% 714 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 5 days ago.

680GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1644 1432 1433 1441 1429 1424 MB/s

312% Outstanding

Write 2,357

Mixed 1837

SusWrite 1467

459% 2,047 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 81.8

272% 94.7 MB/s

DQ Read 941

DQ Write 725

DQ Mixed 826

620% 831 MB/s

HUN-User, 15 days ago.

862GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2143 2047 1506 1509 1520 1528 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 2,200

Mixed 1,456

SusWrite 1,709

388% 1,714 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 95.4

4K Mixed 66.2

213% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 933

DQ Write 814

DQ Mixed 866

651% 871 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

905GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1266 1407 1389 1474 1443 1402 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1,511

Mixed 1,386

SusWrite 1,397

345% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 52.9

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 65.9

218% 73 MB/s

DQ Read 702

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 644

442% 554 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 834 784 738 709 690 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1,272

Mixed 751

SusWrite 776

287% 1,303 MB/s

4K Read 43.2

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 57.8

213% 79.9 MB/s

DQ Read 994

DQ Write 738

DQ Mixed 788

610% 840 MB/s

AUT-User, 1 month ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 726 720 708 702 691 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,451

Mixed 1,597

SusWrite 758

331% 1,485 MB/s

4K Read 45.6

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 58.7

187% 61.4 MB/s

DQ Read 499

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 390

298% 406 MB/s

IRL-User, 2 month ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 961 914 1014 838 820 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,112

Mixed 1,171

SusWrite 906

268% 1,200 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 51

168% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 438

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 371

260% 334 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

890GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15305129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 261 369 958 558 884 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 803

Mixed 1,286

SusWrite 678

248% 1,114 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 83.1

4K Mixed 59

191% 63.1 MB/s

DQ Read 518

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 484

333% 419 MB/s

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System: Dell XPS 15 7590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	3,100x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	775x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	159x

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UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	2,478x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples	1,491x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

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PM981a Sams 1TBNvmeBench 255%, 317 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	588x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	545x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	294x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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

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