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Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM981 512GB 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 512GB NVMe

Description:  Model: MZVLB512HAJQ, M.2

Drive Size:  476.9 GB

Other names:  PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H7, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000

Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-11-25

Drive Rating/$Price: 199.28

Overall Rank:  3064

Last Price Change:  $88.86 USD (2024-09-11)

Average Drive Rating
17708
Samples: 4940

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,817 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,421 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,121 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD168 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 12th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
52,015
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,669
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
50,284
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,127
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,924
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,804
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,239
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
45,286
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,504
Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
17,708
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2747823 - Jul 07 2025
7719
BL2747665 - Jul 07 2025
7597
BL2747589 - Jul 07 2025
15305
BL2747416 - Jul 07 2025
14399
BL2747121 - Jul 07 2025
15187