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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:  NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu, NVMe PM981 NVMe Samsu SCSI Disk Device, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLB512, PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H7, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7

Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-11-25

Drive Rating/$Price: 167.47

Overall Rank:  478

Last Price Change:  $109 USD (2021-09-18)

Average Drive Rating
18255
Samples: 1026

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,573 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,373 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,122 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD168 MBytes/Sec
MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$109.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 22nd of September 2021 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB
 33,552
Corsair Force MP600 1TB
 30,623
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB
 30,395
Sabrent ROCKET 4.0 1TB
 30,266
Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB
 30,206
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
 25,158
Force MP600
 24,889
WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB
 24,481
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
 24,214
Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
 		18,255
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Drive Value (Drive Rating / $Price )
As of 22nd of September 2021 - Higher results represent better value
Drive Disk Rating / $Price
Force MP600
 226.29
Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB
 188.80
Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
 		167.47
WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB
 163.22
Corsair Force MP600 1TB
 159.50
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB
 155.88
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB
 145.88
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
 111.08
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
 51.13
Sabrent ROCKET 4.0 1TB
 0.00
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Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL1449034 - Sep 21 2021
17275
BL1448854 - Sep 20 2021
13161
BL1448749 - Sep 20 2021
17032
BL1448487 - Sep 19 2021
12112
BL1448014 - Sep 18 2021
15012
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