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Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB

Price and performance details for the Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB 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 SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB

Description:  MZVLB1T0HBLR

Drive Size:  953.9 GB

Other names:  SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L2, PM981a NVMe Samsung 1024GB, NVMe PM981a NVMe Sams, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-00A00, PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 1024GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000, SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000MV

Drive First Benchmarked: 2019-07-13

Drive Rating/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:  2764

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating
21827
Samples: 5188

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB

Sequential Read3,107 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write2,084 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,483 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD167 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 14th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
85,188
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,372
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
50,813
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,462
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
49,138
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,074
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,258
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,664
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,310
Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB
21,827
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 1TB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3401534 - Apr 10 2026
24799
BL3400908 - Apr 09 2026
24948
BL3400623 - Apr 09 2026
25122
BL3399999 - Apr 09 2026
5276
BL3399684 - Apr 09 2026
25628