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Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

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).

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB
InterfaceNVMe
Announced26.02.2021

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
52.2 pt (72%)
64 GB eMMC Flash
2.33 -96%
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Kioxia KXG70ZNV512G
47 -10%
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRS1000G
47.2 -10%
ADATA XPG Gammix S70 1TB
47.2 -10%
Samsung SSD 980 Pro 500GB MZ-V8P500BW
48.8 -7%
Micron 3400 1TB MTFDKBA1T0TFH
49.2 -6%
Crucial P5 Plus 1TB CT1000P5PSSD8
50.1 -4%
2x Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR (RAID 0)
50.1 -4%
Kioxia XG7 KXG7AZNV1T02
51 -2%
SSSTC CA6-8D1024
52 0%
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR
52.2
Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0
52.8 1%
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
53.2 2%
Phison PS5021-E21 1TB
54.9 5%
321JN1024GB-TX01
55.3 6%
Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW
55.5 6%
Phison E18-1TB-PHISON-SSD-B47R
55.8 7%
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB
55.8 7%
Kingston KC3000 512G SKC3000S512G
56.8 9%
2x Samsung PM9A1 1TB (RAID 0)
57.1 9%
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2x Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB MZ-V8P2T0 (RAID 0)
72.9 40%
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100%
AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 353.1     avg: 1544     median: 1391.3 (23%)     max: 2796.93 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 236.16     avg: 626     median: 447.8 (17%)     max: 1252.15 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 364.4     avg: 2381     median: 2406.8 (22%)     max: 3952.36 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 2577     avg: 6891     median: 7108.5 (66%)     max: 9147 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 921     avg: 3283     median: 3440.5 (61%)     max: 4043 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 983     avg: 2434     median: 2825 (11%)     max: 3469 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.017     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.101 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.083 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 367.25     avg: 2767     median: 2946.5 (58%)     max: 3450.87 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 420.81     avg: 1873     median: 2274.8 (67%)     max: 2854.25 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 118.64     avg: 187.3     median: 193.5 (53%)     max: 246 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 45.88     avg: 72.6     median: 74.7 (24%)     max: 89.2 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1616.66     avg: 3291     median: 3652.7 (43%)     max: 4526 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2638     avg: 4880     median: 5042 (51%)     max: 5621.18 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 117.6     avg: 193.5     median: 202.6 (18%)     max: 270 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 49.29     avg: 81.2     median: 82.2 (2%)     max: 96.32 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 2045     avg: 3570     median: 3866 (21%)     max: 4570 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 586.1     avg: 3789     median: 3979.5 (48%)     max: 4673 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 315.45     avg: 503     median: 482 (16%)     max: 777 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 347.81     avg: 602     median: 628 (10%)     max: 948.9 MB/s
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