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Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe 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

Description:  Model: MZVLB1T0HALR, M.2

Drive Size:  953.9 GB

Other names:  SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7, PM981 NVMe Samsung 1024GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000H2, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00A00

Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-12-04

Drive Rating/$Price: 131.46

Overall Rank:  3332

Last Price Change:  $149 USD (2024-06-10)

Average Drive Rating
19587
Samples: 1820

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe

Sequential Read2,853 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,744 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,398 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD165 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
85,538
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,412
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
50,957
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,504
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
49,194
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,081
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,320
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,713
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,316
Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe
19,587
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981 1TB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3347513 - Mar 13 2026
22507
BL3347480 - Mar 13 2026
22645
BL3347401 - Mar 13 2026
22858
BL3346697 - Mar 13 2026
15819
BL3345905 - Mar 12 2026
15386