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Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR vs Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

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The Samsung OEM Client SSD PM9A1 1TB, M.2 (MZVL21T0HCLR, OEM variant of the 980 Pro) is a fast M.2 2280 SSD which supports PCIe 4.0 x4. It uses the Samsung Elpis (S4LV003) Controller with 8 channels and 512 MB LPDDR4. The memory modules are from Samsung (3D-NAND TLC 136 layers). The 1TB version is specified at 7000 MB/s and 5100 MB/s write (SLC cached). The power consumption is specified at 0.005 W (sleep) and 0.035W (idle).

Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW

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The Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB (MZ-V8P1T0BW) is a fast high end PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 2280 SSD. It uses the Samsung Elpis controller with 8 channels, 1 GB LPDDR4 cache, SLC-Cache and 3D-NAND TLC memory modules from Samsung (V-NAND v6). Samsung specifies the drive with 7000 MB/s read and 5000 MB/s write (SLC cached, 2000 MB/s TLC). The power consumption is between 0.035W (idle) 8.9 W.

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Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLRSamsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW
TypeSSDSSD
SizeM.2 2280M.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB1024 GB
InterfaceNVMeNVMe
Announced26.02.2021 30.08.2020
ControllerSamsung Elpis S4LV003

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd - PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR
42.9 pt (49%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.717 -98%
...
BIWIN CE980Y28900-1TB
41.7 -3%
Acer N7000 1 TB
41.8 -3%
Crucial P5 Plus 1TB CT1000P5PSSD8
42.2 -2%
Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0
42.4 -1%
SSSTC CA6-8D1024
42.5 -1%
Lexar NM790 2TB
42.5 -1%
Western Digital PC SN8000S SDEPNRK-1T00
42.6 -1%
TeamGroup T-Create CLASSIC PCIe 4.0 DL
42.7 0%
Micron 3500 MTFDKBA512TGD
42.8 0%
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR
42.9
Phison PS5021-E21 512GB
43 0%
WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-1T00-1014
43.7 2%
Micron 3400 2TB MTFDKBA2T0TFH
43.7 2%
SSSTC CA6-8D2048
43.8 2%
Crucial P3 Plus CT2000P3PSSD8
44 3%
Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB
44.4 3%
Micron 2600 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QHK
44.9 5%
Acer N7000 2 TB
45 5%
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRS1000G
45.4 6%
...
Kingston Fury Renegade G5 4TB
87.8 105%
0%
100%
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Performance Rating - DiskSpd - 980 Pro MZ-V8P1T0BW
45.9 pt (52%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.717 -98%
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WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-1T00-1014
43.7 -5%
SSSTC CA6-8D2048
43.8 -5%
Crucial P3 Plus CT2000P3PSSD8
44 -4%
Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB
44.4 -3%
Micron 2600 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QHK
44.9 -2%
Acer N7000 2 TB
45 -2%
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRS1000G
45.4 -1%
Lexar SSD NM7A1 2TB
45.5 -1%
Western Digital PC SN5000S SDEPNSJ-2T00-1032
45.7 0%
Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW
45.9
SSSTC CA6-8D512
46 0%
Gigabyte AG450E1024-SI
46.1 0%
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB
46.2 1%
Phison PS5021-E21 1TB
46.3 1%
YMTC PC411-1TB
46.6 2%
Phison E18-1TB-PHISON-SSD-B47R
46.7 2%
321JN1024GB-TX01
46.9 2%
Kingston KC3000 512G SKC3000S512G
48 5%
2x Samsung PM9A1 1TB (RAID 0)
48.4 5%
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Kingston Fury Renegade G5 4TB
87.8 91%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 353.1     avg: 1629     median: 1472.7 (25%)     max: 2884.04 MB/s
min: 590.9     avg: 1346     median: 1269.1 (21%)     max: 1909 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 236.16     avg: 678     median: 503.8 (19%)     max: 1252.15 MB/s
min: 301.28     avg: 568     median: 435.8 (16%)     max: 1250 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 364.4     avg: 2501     median: 2571.7 (10%)     max: 3952.36 MB/s
min: 1407.92     avg: 2688     median: 2760.5 (10%)     max: 3521 MB/s
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 2577     avg: 6892     median: 7180 (44%)     max: 9147 Points
min: 3394     avg: 7334     median: 7543.5 (46%)     max: 9322 Points
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 921     avg: 3284     median: 3464 (48%)     max: 4043 Points
min: 1130     avg: 3159     median: 3174 (44%)     max: 4194 Points
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 983     avg: 2433     median: 2858 (46%)     max: 3469 Points
min: 1501     avg: 2811     median: 2965.5 (47%)     max: 3512 Points
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.017     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.101 ms
min: 0.018     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.089 ms
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.083 ms
min: 0.022     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.073 ms
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 367.25     avg: 2764     median: 2942.9 (50%)     max: 3450.87 MB/s
min: 556.92     avg: 2622     median: 2613.6 (44%)     max: 3708 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 420.81     avg: 1871     median: 2335.7 (46%)     max: 2854.25 MB/s
min: 915.1     avg: 2234     median: 2358.6 (46%)     max: 2938 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 118.64     avg: 186     median: 192 (37%)     max: 246 MB/s
min: 134.6     avg: 188.8     median: 196 (38%)     max: 254.1 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 45.88     avg: 72.4     median: 73.5 (23%)     max: 89.2 MB/s
min: 53.5     avg: 72     median: 71 (23%)     max: 86.8 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1616.66     avg: 3334     median: 3669 (32%)     max: 4526 MB/s
min: 1613     avg: 3490     median: 3883.7 (34%)     max: 4136 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2638     avg: 4901     median: 5048 (40%)     max: 5621.18 MB/s
min: 545     avg: 4838     median: 5248.5 (41%)     max: 5691.96 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write
418 MB/s (39%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read
572 MB/s (44%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write
190.8 MB/s (6%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read
76.1 MB/s (1%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write
3765 MB/s (41%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read
3013 MB/s (63%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write
4099 MB/s (39%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read
3973 MB/s (45%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 113     avg: 194.2     median: 205 (19%)     max: 270 MB/s
min: 142.48     avg: 220.3     median: 232.6 (21%)     max: 256.3 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 49.29     avg: 80.6     median: 82 (2%)     max: 96.32 MB/s
min: 64.5     avg: 85.1     median: 88.3 (2%)     max: 94.1 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 2045     avg: 3638     median: 3960 (21%)     max: 4570 MB/s
min: 2223     avg: 3911     median: 4256 (23%)     max: 4357 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 586.1     avg: 3838     median: 4012 (43%)     max: 4673 MB/s
min: 2696     avg: 3999     median: 4172.5 (45%)     max: 4272 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 315.45     avg: 499.8     median: 482 (10%)     max: 777 MB/s
min: 372.34     avg: 551     median: 565.5 (12%)     max: 742.8 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 347.81     avg: 605     median: 628 (9%)     max: 997.2 MB/s
min: 445.32     avg: 977     median: 732.5 (11%)     max: 6332 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2186.8     avg: 4898     median: 5162 (35%)     max: 5284 MB/s
min: 2236     avg: 4932     median: 5187.6 (35%)     max: 5248 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 1771     avg: 6775     median: 7066 (38%)     max: 7124 MB/s
min: 3262     avg: 6842     median: 7017.5 (38%)     max: 7117 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
min: 276.62     avg: 1234     median: 517.1 (10%)     max: 3528 MB/s
min: 389.83     avg: 1390     median: 1399 (28%)     max: 2513.2 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
min: 457.5     avg: 1727     median: 1373.5 (21%)     max: 3075 MB/s
min: 1053.42     avg: 2134     median: 2563 (38%)     max: 2905.1 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 49.9     avg: 188.5     median: 192.7 (44%)     max: 280 MB/s
min: 132.2     avg: 217     median: 230 (53%)     max: 311 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 48.4     avg: 76.5     median: 78.9 (23%)     max: 97.4 MB/s
min: 61.1     avg: 79.9     median: 79.1 (23%)     max: 94.3 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 291     avg: 1959     median: 2380 (35%)     max: 3559 MB/s
min: 345     avg: 2341     median: 2579.5 (38%)     max: 4383 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 376     avg: 2586     median: 3267.5 (40%)     max: 4185 MB/s
min: 895     avg: 3197     median: 3374 (41%)     max: 4483 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 2220     avg: 3581     median: 3454.5 (33%)     max: 4564 MB/s
min: 2839     avg: 3893     median: 4141.5 (40%)     max: 4493 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 1761     avg: 3766     median: 3804.5 (40%)     max: 4677 MB/s
min: 2659     avg: 3877     median: 3969 (42%)     max: 4315 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 2216     avg: 4810     median: 4950.5 (34%)     max: 5281 MB/s
min: 3184     avg: 4879     median: 4970 (34%)     max: 5087 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 3421     avg: 6483     median: 6642 (41%)     max: 7100 MB/s
min: 3227     avg: 6544     median: 6686.5 (42%)     max: 6902 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 1096     avg: 5469     median: 6158 (38%)     max: 7063 MB/s
min: 3154     avg: 5841     median: 6260 (38%)     max: 6869 MB/s
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Average Benchmarks

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR → 100% n=33

Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW → 111% n=33

Average of the median scores above. 1 ... This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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