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Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED

Drive Size:  953.9 GB

Other names:  PM981 NVMe SED Samsung 1TB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2018-08-12

Drive Rating/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:  3721

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating
18823
Samples: 13

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED

Sequential Read2,619 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,664 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,349 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD158 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 9th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
84,850
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,312
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
50,687
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,337
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,050
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,145
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,656
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,210
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
43,807
Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED
18,823
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe SED
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3084583 - Nov 26 2025
22368
BL3084513 - Nov 26 2025
22351
BL2993882 - Oct 21 2025
20333
BL2733898 - Jul 01 2025
14897
BL1993667 - Jan 11 2024
15731