Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB

Price and performance details for the Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB

Description:  MZVLB512HBJQ

Drive Size:  476.9 GB

Other names:  SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-00000, PM981a NVMe Samsung 512GB, PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-00A00, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000H7, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-00007, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L2, NVMe PM981a NVMe Sams

Drive First Benchmarked: 2019-06-28

Drive Rating/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:  3104

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating

20662
Samples: 7969

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB

Sequential Read	3,113 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write	1,888 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)	1,361 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD1	68 MBytes/Sec

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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 20th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive	Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD		85,181
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB		51,364
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD		50,791
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD		49,461
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD		49,117
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB		49,062
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD		48,241
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB		46,662
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD		44,301
Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB		20,662
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Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SSD PM981a NVMe 512GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline	Disk Rating
BL3412195 - Apr 15 2026		24259
BL3412194 - Apr 15 2026		13651
BL3412031 - Apr 15 2026		16272
BL3411584 - Apr 14 2026		24883
BL3411380 - Apr 14 2026		20395
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