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Samsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU

Samsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU

The Samsung OEM Client SSD PM9A1a 1TB, M.2 (MZVL21T0HDLU-00B07, OEM variant of the 980 Pro) is a fast M.2 2280 SSD which supports PCIe 4.0 x4. It most likely 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). 

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB
InterfaceNVMe
Announced04.10.2023
LinkSamsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
34.6 pt (43%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.771 -98%
...
Kioxia XG8 KXG8AZNV1T02
33.5 -3%
WDC PC SN810 2TB
33.6 -3%
Silicon Motion PCIe-8 SSD 1TB
33.6 -3%
Acer N5000
33.9 -2%
2x SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X101N RAID 0
34 -2%
SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X101N BF
34.1 -1%
WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-1T00
34.5 0%
AirDisk APF 10-512G
34.5 0%
Phison 512GB SM280512GKBB4S-E162
34.5 0%
Samsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU
34.6
Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02
34.7 0%
BiWin NQ200 1TB CNF82GS1D00-1TB
34.7 0%
Kingston OM3PGP4512Q
34.9 1%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
35 1%
SK hynix PC801 HFS002TEJ9X101N
35.3 2%
Phison 1TB SM2801T24GKBB4S-E162
35.8 3%
WDC PC SN810 1TB
35.9 4%
SK hynix HFS001TEJ9X110NA
35.9 4%
Samsung PM9B1 1024GB MZVL41T0HBLB
35.9 4%
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Corsair MP700 Pro 2TB
80.6 133%
0%
100%
AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 450     avg: 1635     median: 1690 (28%)     max: 2708.57 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 222.39     avg: 756     median: 749.2 (28%)     max: 1302.05 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 648.32     avg: 2281     median: 2353.2 (21%)     max: 3768.22 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 4533     avg: 6080     median: 5365.5 (39%)     max: 9056 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 2703     avg: 3236     median: 3110.5 (43%)     max: 4018 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1283     avg: 1939     median: 1551.5 (6%)     max: 3368 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.019     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.026 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.025     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.058 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 2278     avg: 2749     median: 2690 (46%)     max: 3338.79 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 705     avg: 1365     median: 1016.3 (29%)     max: 2721.41 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 157.8     avg: 182.4     median: 170.2 (33%)     max: 231.38 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 63.9     avg: 71.4     median: 68.6 (22%)     max: 84.56 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 2443     avg: 3039     median: 2615.9 (23%)     max: 4482.43 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 4589.8     avg: 5023     median: 4939 (39%)     max: 5622.8 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 133.9     avg: 199     median: 199 (18%)     max: 264 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 67.4     avg: 81.1     median: 81.1 (2%)     max: 94.81 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
4519 MB/s (24%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
4328 MB/s (52%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 402     avg: 470.9     median: 470.9 (15%)     max: 539.7 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 430     avg: 569     median: 569 (9%)     max: 708 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 5137     avg: 5181     median: 5181 (35%)     max: 5225 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 7079     avg: 7084     median: 7084 (38%)     max: 7089 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
398 MB/s (8%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
1077 MB/s (16%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 136.3     avg: 173.4     median: 143.7 (33%)     max: 270 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 69     avg: 78.5     median: 74.9 (22%)     max: 95.2 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 363     avg: 1247     median: 454.5 (9%)     max: 3717 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 675     avg: 1679     median: 1139 (18%)     max: 3764 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 3104     avg: 3517     median: 3216 (35%)     max: 4533 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 3340     avg: 3624     median: 3525.5 (50%)     max: 4104 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 4913     avg: 5015     median: 4940.5 (34%)     max: 5265 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 6999     avg: 7022     median: 7014.5 (44%)     max: 7058 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 6876     avg: 6966     median: 6991.5 (43%)     max: 7003 MB/s
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2023-10- 4)