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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
52.8 pt (58%)
SK Hynix PC401 512GB M.2 (HFS512GD9TNG) -94%
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WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G -10%
Toshiba XG6 KXG6AZNV1T02 -8%
WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-1T00 -7%
Intel Optane 905P -6%
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G -6%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB2T0HMLB -5%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB1T0HALR -4%
Micron 2300 1TB MTFDHBA1T0TDV -1%
2x WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00 (RAID 0) 0%
Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 3%
2x Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR (RAID 0) 5%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB 10%
SK Hynix BC711 HFM512GD3HX015N 16%
Phison 512GB SM280512GKBB4S-E162 16%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 18%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB 22%
Corsair MP600 27%
SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB SHGP31-1000GM-2 28%
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Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW 72%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 440.8     avg: 1048     median: 1104.2 (18%)     max: 1432.52 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 123.31     avg: 446     median: 503.2 (19%)     max: 595.36 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 1130.75     avg: 2117     median: 2038.8 (55%)     max: 2932.4 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 3309     avg: 4792     median: 4966 (59%)     max: 5810 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1471     avg: 2060     median: 2161 (50%)     max: 2332 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1851 (65%)     max: 2339 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.021     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.099 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.032     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.087 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1073.65     avg: 1712     median: 1841.6 (48%)     max: 2012.49 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 877.74     avg: 1513     median: 1598.1 (68%)     max: 2011.23 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 88.16     avg: 127     median: 130.3 (1%)     max: 164.18 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 45.48     avg: 53.2     median: 53.5 (20%)     max: 61.42 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1295.71     avg: 2205     median: 2411 (58%)     max: 2837.42 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 1949.74     avg: 2459     median: 2620.4 (47%)     max: 2861.17 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write
min: 396.1     avg: 426     median: 426.4 (56%)     max: 456.63 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read
min: 450.7     avg: 494     median: 494.2 (52%)     max: 537.6 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write
min: 105     avg: 139     median: 139.3 (16%)     max: 173.56 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read
min: 56.51     avg: 63.1     median: 63.1 (1%)     max: 69.62 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write
min: 1361.33     avg: 1987     median: 1987.2 (47%)     max: 2613 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read
min: 591.17     avg: 794     median: 794.3 (34%)     max: 997.4 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write
min: 1081.2     avg: 1859     median: 1859.1 (44%)     max: 2637 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read
min: 1055.2     avg: 1176     median: 1176.1 (34%)     max: 1297 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 101.3     avg: 143     median: 142.3 (13%)     max: 211.8 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 41.91     avg: 48.2     median: 48.1 (1%)     max: 57.18 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1066.91     avg: 1992     median: 2064.5 (48%)     max: 2938 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 972.5     avg: 1875     median: 2004.5 (37%)     max: 2639 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 268.25     avg: 465     median: 470.6 (28%)     max: 656.1 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 348.4     avg: 508     median: 522.3 (33%)     max: 722.5 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2935.6     avg: 3003     median: 3010.8 (58%)     max: 3033.1 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 2853     avg: 3463     median: 3548.6 (39%)     max: 3568 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
1491 MB/s (56%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
1499 MB/s (65%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 101     avg: 152     median: 146.4 (56%)     max: 240 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 42     avg: 48     median: 48.1 (17%)     max: 52.4 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 360.87     avg: 1742     median: 2109 (63%)     max: 2161 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 655.07     avg: 1697     median: 1850 (62%)     max: 1911.94 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 1247.18     avg: 2074     median: 2103 (49%)     max: 2937 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 1114.71     avg: 1896     median: 1995 (48%)     max: 2547 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 2771     avg: 2969     median: 3006.8 (60%)     max: 3025 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 3052.4     avg: 3357     median: 3398 (50%)     max: 3559 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 1945     avg: 3115     median: 3273 (49%)     max: 3543 MB/s
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