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Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR

Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR MZVLB1T0HBLR

The Samsung SSD PM981a 1TB nVME SSD (MZVLB1T0HBLR-00000) is a high end M.2 2280 SSD based on the Samsung Phoenix Controller (S4LR020) with 8 channels. It is specified with 3,500 MB/s read and 3,000 MB/s write speeds (max) and 580k/500k IOPS 4k. The power consumption is specified with 0.03 W in idle and 5.6 W under load. The PM981a uses Samsung 3D-NAND TLC with 96 layers (V-NAND v5) and uses NVMe 1.3.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB
Interface
Announced04.08.2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
69.8 pt (81%)
SK Hynix PC401 512GB M.2 (HFS512GD9TNG) -94%
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Phison PM81000GPMQCN28BTF-E12S4 M.2 NVM SSD -13%
Toshiba XG6 KXG6AZNV512G -13%
Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ -12%
Toshiba XG6 KXG6AZNV1T02 -11%
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G -9%
WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-1T00 -6%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB2T0HMLB -6%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB1T0HALR -5%
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G -4%
Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 7%
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00 7%
2x Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR (RAID 0) 8%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB 8%
SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB SHGP31-1000GM-2 24%
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AS SSD - Copy Game MB/s
min: 690.59     avg: 1094     median: 1112.6 (19%)     max: 1432.52 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program MB/s
min: 267.06     avg: 448     median: 501.3 (19%)     max: 571.84 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO MB/s
min: 1130.75     avg: 1855     median: 1981.7 (57%)     max: 2161.2 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 3309     avg: 4780     median: 5087 (68%)     max: 5810 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1471     avg: 2041     median: 2161 (60%)     max: 2327 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1154     avg: 1814     median: 1851 (73%)     max: 2339 MB/s
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.024     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.086 MB/s
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.032     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.087 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1073.65     avg: 1692     median: 1841.6 (60%)     max: 1925.76 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 877.74     avg: 1520     median: 1599 (70%)     max: 2011.23 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 88.16     avg: 125     median: 130.3 (1%)     max: 156.09 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 45.48     avg: 52.9     median: 54 (20%)     max: 61.42 MB/s
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AS SSD - Seq Write
min: 1350.94     avg: 2244     median: 2411 (58%)     max: 2648.69 MB/s
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AS SSD - Seq Read
min: 1949.74     avg: 2411     median: 2655 (54%)     max: 2743.71 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 4k QD32
min: 396.1     avg: 426     median: 426.4 (56%)     max: 456.63 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 4k QD32
min: 450.7     avg: 494     median: 494.2 (52%)     max: 537.6 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 4k
min: 105     avg: 139     median: 139.3 (54%)     max: 173.56 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 4k
min: 56.51     avg: 63.1     median: 63.1 (1%)     max: 69.62 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 512
min: 1361.33     avg: 1987     median: 1987.2 (47%)     max: 2613 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 512
min: 591.17     avg: 794     median: 794.3 (34%)     max: 997.4 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write Seq
min: 1081.2     avg: 1859     median: 1859.1 (44%)     max: 2637 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read Seq
min: 1055.2     avg: 1176     median: 1176.1 (34%)     max: 1297 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write 4K
min: 118.3     avg: 142     median: 135.7 (31%)     max: 173.02 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read 4K
min: 43.73     avg: 47.7     median: 47 (1%)     max: 51.88 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write Seq
min: 1066.91     avg: 1897     median: 2013.5 (47%)     max: 2854 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read Seq
min: 972.5     avg: 1803     median: 1970 (37%)     max: 2359 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write 4K Q32T1
min: 268.25     avg: 449     median: 462 (27%)     max: 576.3 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read 4K Q32T1
min: 348.4     avg: 498     median: 517.1 (33%)     max: 655.1 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2935.6     avg: 3000     median: 3008 (68%)     max: 3033.1 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3195     avg: 3475     median: 3538.8 (39%)     max: 3568 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write 4K Q8T8
1491 MB/s (56%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read 4K Q8T8
1499 MB/s (81%)
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DiskSpd - 4k q1 t1 write
min: 112.15     avg: 159     median: 169 (65%)     max: 240 MB/s
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DiskSpd - 4k q1 t1 read
min: 44.94     avg: 48.9     median: 49.8 (26%)     max: 52.4 MB/s
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DiskSpd - 4k q32 t16 write
min: 360.87     avg: 1718     median: 1971 (61%)     max: 2161 MB/s
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DiskSpd - 4k q32 t16 read
min: 655.07     avg: 1687     median: 1864 (76%)     max: 1911.94 MB/s
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DiskSpd - seq write
min: 1345.95     avg: 2027     median: 2103 (65%)     max: 2582 MB/s
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DiskSpd - seq read
min: 1355.81     avg: 1902     median: 1995 (65%)     max: 2373 MB/s
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DiskSpd - seq q8 t1 write
min: 2890     avg: 2966     median: 2992.1 (86%)     max: 3025 MB/s
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DiskSpd - seq q8 t1 read
min: 3052.4     avg: 3315     median: 3386 (94%)     max: 3529 MB/s
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DiskSpd - loop seq q8 t1 read
min: 1945     avg: 2922     median: 3073.2 (85%)     max: 3524 MB/s
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