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Samsung PM9E1 MZVLC2T0HBLD

PM9E1 MZVLC2T0HBLD

The Samsung PM9E1 MZVLC2T0HBLD (MZ-VLC2T00) is a very fast 2-terabyte PCIe 5 x4 NVMe SSD. In production since H2 2024, it's one of the best M.2 22 by 80 drives money can buy, as of May 2025.

Performance

AS SSD reports impressive sequential read rates of around 9.89 GB/s with slower but very good nonetheless 6.65 GB/s writes. Throttling shouldn't be much of a concern, our testing indicates.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity2000 GB
InterfaceNVMe
ControllerIn-house Samsung controller
Announced04.10.2024
LinkSamsung PM9E1 MZVLC2T0HBLD

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
62 pt (70%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.719 -99%
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Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB MZ-V8P2T0
51.6 -17%
2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)
53.6 -14%
2x SK Hynix HFS001TEJ9X115N (RAID 0)
54.2 -13%
SK Hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X125N
54.4 -12%
Phison ESR01TBMFCT
54.6 -12%
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus 2TB
54.7 -12%
Kingston KC3000 2048G SKC3000D2048G
54.9 -11%
2x Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB MZ-V8P2T0 (RAID 0)
59 -5%
3x Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB (RAID 0)
61.4 -1%
Samsung PM9E1 MZVLC2T0HBLD
62
SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N
62.1 0%
Corsair MP700 Pro 2TB
64.5 4%
Samsung 9100 Pro 2 TB
77.5 25%
Samsung 9100 Pro 4 TB
80.1 29%
Kingston Fury Renegade G5
88.1 42%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 1693     avg: 2228     median: 2211.4 (37%)     max: 2778.5 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 855     avg: 1003     median: 1013 (38%)     max: 1139.65 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 2867     avg: 3510     median: 2922.1 (11%)     max: 4739.44 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 5679     avg: 9641     median: 10173 (62%)     max: 12538 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 3538     avg: 5211     median: 5603 (78%)     max: 6099 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1499     avg: 3050     median: 3141 (50%)     max: 4418 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.018     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.044 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.034     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.056 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 3123     avg: 4525     median: 4809.9 (81%)     max: 5355.89 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 889     avg: 2128     median: 2117.2 (42%)     max: 3389.06 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 154.7     avg: 196.4     median: 190.7 (37%)     max: 249.69 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 62.2     avg: 71.8     median: 72.1 (23%)     max: 80.82 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 2554     avg: 4894     median: 5186.5 (46%)     max: 6649 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 5412     avg: 8501     median: 9350.5 (73%)     max: 9890 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 161.5     avg: 168.3     median: 168.3 (15%)     max: 175.1 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 79.53     avg: 80.7     median: 80.7 (2%)     max: 81.96 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 4413     avg: 5029     median: 5029 (27%)     max: 5645 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 5822     avg: 6094     median: 6094 (73%)     max: 6366 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 774.9     avg: 831     median: 831.2 (17%)     max: 887.4 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 539.9     avg: 595     median: 595.4 (9%)     max: 650.9 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 12664     avg: 12888     median: 12888 (86%)     max: 13112 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 9340     avg: 10300     median: 10300 (55%)     max: 11260 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 127.4     avg: 150.8     median: 151 (35%)     max: 173.9 MB/s
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 70.7     avg: 75.1     median: 74.9 (22%)     max: 79.9 MB/s
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 445     avg: 3356     median: 4156.5 (66%)     max: 4667 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 902     avg: 3846     median: 4164.5 (51%)     max: 6152 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 3579     avg: 5404     median: 4468.5 (44%)     max: 9101 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 3661     avg: 5330     median: 4997 (65%)     max: 7663 MB/s
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 6699     avg: 11685     median: 13260.5 (91%)     max: 13519 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 7130     avg: 11464     median: 12176.5 (76%)     max: 14373 MB/s
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 7055     avg: 11110     median: 11454.5 (70%)     max: 14474 MB/s
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
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