Benchmark #131066 - pibenchmarks.com

Brand: Samsung PM981a M.2 NVMe Series
SSD (M.2 NVMe)
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Overview
2026-01-30 02:30:44
#131,066
34,388
-7,354 (-21.39%)
pimoroni
Samsung PM981 1TB using pimoroni NVME Base Duo for Raspberry Pi 5

Storage Details
Samsung PM981a M.2 NVMe Series
SSD (M.2 NVMe)
953.4G
SSD
Samsung
MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7
None

System Board Details
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Raspberry Pi 5B 1.0
Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0
Raspberry Pi Foundation
N/A
4
2,400
910 (+10)
2,133

Operating System

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
aarch64

Benchmark Results
357 MB/s
418.87 MB/s
414.84 MB/s
84,279 IOPS
107,225 IOPS
337,119 KB/s
428,900 KB/s
162,840 KB/s
122,722 KB/s
59,668 KB/s
127,737 KB/s

inxi Results
System: Kernel: 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712 arch: aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A clocksource: arch_sys_counter parameters: reboot=w coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 pci=pcie_bus_safe cgroup_disable=memory numa_policy=interleave nvme.max_host_mem_size_mb=0 numa=fake=8 system_heap.max_order=0 iommu_dma_numa_policy=interleave smsc95xx.macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX vc_mem.mem_base=0x3fc00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000 console=ttyAMA10,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=1a29a35c-02 rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Machine: Type: ARM System: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 details: N/A rev: d04170 Battery: Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? Memory: System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.87 GiB used: 548.3 MiB (6.8%) igpu: 4 MiB RAM Report: smbios: No SMBIOS data for dmidecode to process PCI Slots: Message: No ARM data found for this feature. CPU: Info: model: N/A variant: cortex-a76 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8 family: 8 model-id: 4 stepping: 1 Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-4x64 KiB! i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2400 min/max: 1500/2400 scaling: driver: cpufreq-dt governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2400 2: 2400 3: 2400 4: 2400 bogomips: 432 Features: aes asimd asimddp asimdhp asimdrdm atomics cpuid crc32 dcpop evtstrm fp fphp lrcpc pmull sha1 sha2 Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: retbleed status: Not affected Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: CSV2, BHB Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsa status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Type: vmscape status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: bcm2712-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c701400 class-ID: hdmi Device-2: bcm2712-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c706400 class-ID: hdmi Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine? tty: 80x40 API: N/A Message: No API data available in console. Headless machine? Audio: Device-1: bcm2712-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c701400 class-ID: hdmi Device-2: bcm2712-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c706400 class-ID: hdmi Device-3: Thesycon System & Consulting GmbH SMSL USB AUDIO driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 152a:85dd class-ID: 0300 API: ALSA v: k6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer Network: Device-1: Raspberry Pi RP1 PCIe 2.0 South Bridge driver: rp1 v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 0002:01:00.0 chip-ID: 1de4:0001 class-ID: 0200 IF-ID-1: br-22a2c21c35d4 state: down mac: IP v4: scope: global broadcast: IF-ID-2: br-8196a808674c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: IP v4: scope: global broadcast: IP v6: scope: link IF-ID-3: br-9f4f6af7796f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: IP v4: scope: global broadcast: IP v6: scope: link IF-ID-4: br-ccee3112b5c2 state: down mac: IP v4: scope: global broadcast: IF-ID-5: docker0 state: down mac: IP v4: scope: global broadcast: IF-ID-6: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: IP v4: type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: IP v6: type: noprefixroute scope: link IF-ID-7: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A IP v6: virtual: stable-privacy scope: link IF-ID-8: vetha2130f4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: IF-ID-9: vethc7b4fa1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: IF-ID-10: vetheaf6938 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: WAN IP: Bluetooth: Message: No bluetooth data found. Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 311.29 GiB (32.6%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD fw-rev: 5L2QEXA7 temp: 40.9 C scheme: MBR SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 5d 0h cycles: 182 read-units: 4,987,643 [2.55 TB] written-units: 11,256,578 [5.76 TB] Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 953.36 GiB size: 938.77 GiB (98.47%) used: 311.24 GiB (33.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: rootfs uuid: d4cc7d63-da78-48ad-9bdd-64ffbba449a8 ID-2: /boot/firmware raw-size: 512 MiB size: 510 MiB (99.61%) used: 56.4 MiB (11.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: bootfs uuid: EC36-4DE1 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /var/swap Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 3-2:3 info: Thesycon System & Consulting GmbH SMSL USB AUDIO type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 152a:85dd class-ID: 0300 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 55.5 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A Repos: Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 672 libs: 351 tools: apt,apt-get Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 1: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 2: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 3: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list 1: deb [arch=arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https: //download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list 1: deb http: //archive.raspberrypi.com/debian/ bookworm main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list 1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm main Processes: CPU top: 5 of 180 1: cpu: 0.5% command: cloudflared pid: 1538 mem: 38.8 MiB (0.4%) 2: cpu: 0.4% command: init pid: 1 mem: 12.2 MiB (0.1%) 3: cpu: 0.3% command: navidrome pid: 1546 mem: 43.0 MiB (0.5%) 4: cpu: 0.2% command: [kworker/u18:0-kvfree_rcu_reclaim] pid: 39 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%) 5: cpu: 0.1% command: mpv pid: 1823 mem: 58.7 MiB (0.7%) Memory top: 5 of 180 1: mem: 85.0 MiB (1.0%) command: dockerd pid: 745 cpu: 0.0% 2: mem: 80.5 MiB (0.9%) command: dockerd pid: 860 cpu: 0.0% 3: mem: 58.7 MiB (0.7%) command: mpv pid: 1823 cpu: 0.1% 4: mem: 47.3 MiB (0.5%) command: tailscaled pid: 661 cpu: 0.0% 5: mem: 46.1 MiB (0.5%) command: containerd pid: 662 cpu: 0.0% Info: Processes: 180 Uptime: 9m Init: systemd v: 252 target: multi-user (3) default: multi-user tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.31

inxi Results

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712 arch: aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A clocksource: arch_sys_counter
    parameters: reboot=w coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 pci=pcie_bus_safe cgroup_disable=memory
    numa_policy=interleave nvme.max_host_mem_size_mb=0 numa=fake=8 system_heap.max_order=0
    iommu_dma_numa_policy=interleave smsc95xx.macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX vc_mem.mem_base=0x3fc00000
    vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000 console=ttyAMA10,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=1a29a35c-02
    rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait
  Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: ARM System: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 details: N/A rev: d04170 Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.87 GiB used: 548.3 MiB (6.8%) igpu: 4 MiB
  RAM Report: smbios: No SMBIOS data for dmidecode to process
PCI Slots:
  Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
CPU:
  Info: model: N/A variant: cortex-a76 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8 family: 8 model-id: 4
    stepping: 1
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt:  cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-4x64 KiB! i-4x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2400 min/max: 1500/2400 scaling: driver: cpufreq-dt governor: ondemand cores:
    1: 2400 2: 2400 3: 2400 4: 2400 bogomips: 432
  Features: aes asimd asimddp asimdhp asimdrdm atomics cpuid crc32 dcpop evtstrm fp fphp lrcpc
    pmull sha1 sha2
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: CSV2, BHB
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: bcm2712-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c701400
    class-ID: hdmi
  Device-2: bcm2712-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c706400
    class-ID: hdmi
  Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine? tty: 80x40
  API: N/A Message: No API data available in console. Headless machine?
Audio:
  Device-1: bcm2712-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c701400 class-ID: hdmi
  Device-2: bcm2712-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:107c706400 class-ID: hdmi
  Device-3: Thesycon System & Consulting GmbH SMSL USB AUDIO
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 152a:85dd class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Network:
  Device-1: Raspberry Pi RP1 PCIe 2.0 South Bridge driver: rp1 v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 0002:01:00.0 chip-ID: 1de4:0001 class-ID: 0200
  IF-ID-1: br-22a2c21c35d4 state: down mac: 
  IP v4:  scope: global broadcast: 
  IF-ID-2: br-8196a808674c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 
  IP v4:  scope: global broadcast: 
  IP v6:  scope: link
  IF-ID-3: br-9f4f6af7796f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 
  IP v4:  scope: global broadcast: 
  IP v6:  scope: link
  IF-ID-4: br-ccee3112b5c2 state: down mac: 
  IP v4:  scope: global broadcast: 
  IF-ID-5: docker0 state: down mac: 
  IP v4:  scope: global broadcast: 
  IF-ID-6: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 
  IP v4:  type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: 
  IP v6:  type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-7: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
  IP v6:  virtual: stable-privacy scope: link
  IF-ID-8: vetha2130f4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 
  IF-ID-9: vethc7b4fa1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 
  IF-ID-10: vetheaf6938 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 
  WAN IP: 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 311.29 GiB (32.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7 size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD fw-rev: 5L2QEXA7 temp: 40.9 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 5d 0h cycles: 182 read-units: 4,987,643 [2.55 TB]
    written-units: 11,256,578 [5.76 TB]
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.36 GiB size: 938.77 GiB (98.47%) used: 311.24 GiB (33.2%) fs: ext4
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: rootfs
    uuid: d4cc7d63-da78-48ad-9bdd-64ffbba449a8
  ID-2: /boot/firmware raw-size: 512 MiB size: 510 MiB (99.61%) used: 56.4 MiB (11.1%) fs: vfat
    block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: bootfs uuid: EC36-4DE1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /var/swap
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:3 info: Thesycon System & Consulting GmbH SMSL USB AUDIO type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 152a:85dd class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 55.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 672 libs: 351 tools: apt,apt-get
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
    1: deb [arch=arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https: //download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
    1: deb http: //archive.raspberrypi.com/debian/ bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm main
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 180
  1: cpu: 0.5% command: cloudflared pid: 1538 mem: 38.8 MiB (0.4%)
  2: cpu: 0.4% command: init pid: 1 mem: 12.2 MiB (0.1%)
  3: cpu: 0.3% command: navidrome pid: 1546 mem: 43.0 MiB (0.5%)
  4: cpu: 0.2% command: [kworker/u18:0-kvfree_rcu_reclaim] pid: 39 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 0.1% command: mpv pid: 1823 mem: 58.7 MiB (0.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 180
  1: mem: 85.0 MiB (1.0%) command: dockerd pid: 745 cpu: 0.0%
  2: mem: 80.5 MiB (0.9%) command: dockerd pid: 860 cpu: 0.0%
  3: mem: 58.7 MiB (0.7%) command: mpv pid: 1823 cpu: 0.1%
  4: mem: 47.3 MiB (0.5%) command: tailscaled pid: 661 cpu: 0.0%
  5: mem: 46.1 MiB (0.5%) command: containerd pid: 662 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
  Processes: 180 Uptime: 9m Init: systemd v: 252 target: multi-user (3) default: multi-user
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release
  inxi: 3.3.31

Benchmark #131066 - Brand: Samsung PM981a M.2 NVMe Series