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Samsung PM981a MZVLB2T0HALB

Samsung PM981a MZVLB2T0HALB MZVLB2T0HALB

The Samsung SSD PM981a 2TB nVME SSD (MZVLB2T0HALB-000H1) is a high end M.2 2280 SSD based on the Samsung Phoenix Controller (S4LR020) with 8 channels. It is specified with at least 3,500 MB/s read and 3,000 MB/s write speeds (max for the 1 TB version) and 580k/500k IOPS 4k (also for the 1TB version). The PM981a uses Samsung 3D-NAND TLC with 96 layers (V-NAND v5) and uses NVMe 1.3.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity2048 GB
InterfaceNVMe
Announced04.08.2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
25.5 pt (35%)
64 GB eMMC Flash
2.34 -91%
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ESO512GYLCT
25 -2%
Kingston OM8PCP31024F
25 -2%
ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro (ASX8200PNP-512GT)
25.1 -2%
Samsung PM991a MZALQ512HBLU
25.2 -1%
Kingston NV1 SNVS/500GCN
25.3 -1%
Phison E12S-512GB-Phison-SSD-BICS4
25.3 -1%
2x Micron 2200S 512 GB (RAID 0)
25.4 0%
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA1T0QFD
25.4 0%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB256HAHQ
25.4 0%
Samsung PM981a MZVLB2T0HALB
25.5
SK Hynix HFM512GD3JX013N
25.6 0%
YMTC PC005 256GB
25.7 1%
Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPETJ1T24MGE2QDQ
25.8 1%
SK Hynix PC711 1TB HFS001TDE9X073N
26.2 3%
SK Hynix Gold P31 2TB SHGP31-2000GM
26.3 3%
Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G
26.5 4%
Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S
26.5 4%
SK Hynix HFS512 GDE9X081N
26.6 4%
Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G
26.6 4%
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2x Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB MZ-V8P2T0 (RAID 0)
73.3 187%
0%
100%
AS SSD - Copy Game
1929 MB/s (32%)
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AS SSD - Copy Program
1074 MB/s (40%)
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
2474 MB/s (22%)
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AS SSD - Score Total
4297 Points (40%)
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AS SSD - Score Write
2232 Points (39%)
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AS SSD - Score Read
1404 Points (35%)
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
0.1 ms (0%)
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
0 ms (0%)
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
1957 MB/s (38%)
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
1065 MB/s (31%)
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AS SSD - 4K Write
105.4 MB/s (29%)
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AS SSD - 4K Read
44 MB/s (14%)
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
1691 MB/s (20%)
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
2953 MB/s (30%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
110.5 MB/s (10%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
51.8 MB/s (1%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
2071 MB/s (11%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
2505 MB/s (30%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
429.8 MB/s (16%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
418.3 MB/s (7%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
3060 MB/s (30%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
3539 MB/s (28%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
111 MB/s (26%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
39.7 MB/s (12%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
388 MB/s (8%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
955 MB/s (16%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
1994 MB/s (25%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
2222 MB/s (39%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
3056 MB/s (30%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
3546 MB/s (27%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
3555 MB/s (27%)
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