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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: 199.81

Overall Rank:  2709

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

Average Drive Rating
17755
Samples: 4483

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,794 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,414 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,120 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD168 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 22nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,552
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,527
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
50,509
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,104
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,971
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,774
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,397
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
45,423
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,867
Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
17,755
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2563435 - Apr 18 2025
19801
BL2563323 - Apr 18 2025
17386
BL2563271 - Apr 18 2025
10773
BL2561855 - Apr 17 2025
18609
BL2561661 - Apr 17 2025
12583