Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +117% Effective Speed 117%Average Score +119% Read 275%, Write 256%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 56%, Mixed 88%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 102%Peak Score +127% Read 312%, Write 261%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 56%, Mixed 102%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 115%Value & Sentiment +111% User Rating -7%, Market Share -25%, Price 116%, Value 362%Nice To Haves +200% DQ Read 238%, DQ Write 284%, DQ Mixed 206%, ADQ Read 217%, ADQ Write 220%, ADQ Mixed 206%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 223%

Average Bench: 213% (88^th of 1072)

Based on 165,668 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 153%Average: 213% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 113.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 797MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 923MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 598MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 675MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 165,668 samples)

Rank 88213%

Min	Avg	Max
937	Read 1,714	2,086
667	Write 1,445	1,750
518	Mixed 675	853
246	SusWrite 598	832
246% 1,108 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.3	4K Read 44.2	53.7
69.3	4K Write 137	191
37.5	4K Mixed 57	68.7
212% 79.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
677	DQ Read 1,034	1,239
263	DQ Write 923	1,374
334	DQ Mixed 797	1,012
647% 918 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

256GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1796 901 589 592 594 594 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 1,777

Mixed 855

SusWrite 844

310% 1,395 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 209

4K Mixed 69.4

273% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,101

DQ Write 1454

DQ Mixed 916

792% 1,157 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

231GB free

Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 649 649 614 613 615 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 1,682

Mixed 741

SusWrite 677

291% 1,312 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 236

4K Mixed 68.8

287% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,072

DQ Write 1,382

DQ Mixed 988

812% 1,147 MB/s

PRT-User, 8 hrs ago.

461GB free

Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 679 676 630 631 632 MB/s

259% Outstanding

Write 1,693

Mixed 820

SusWrite 695

296% 1,331 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 65.9

249% 91.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,125

DQ Write 1,391

DQ Mixed 897

777% 1,137 MB/s

CHE-User, 16 hrs ago.

456GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 639 638 603 597 597 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,611

Mixed 710

SusWrite 664

267% 1,198 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 56.5

230% 94.6 MB/s

DQ Read 669

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 345

288% 428 MB/s

NOR-User, 12 hrs ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 156 136 132 129 128 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 683

Mixed 696

SusWrite 189

190% 870 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 55.6

215% 80.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,088

DQ Write 843

DQ Mixed 950

715% 961 MB/s

DNK-User, 9 hrs ago.

160GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 293 289 279 281 281 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 1,630

Mixed 627

SusWrite 324

250% 1,130 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 93.1

4K Mixed 50.5

180% 62.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,011

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 586

485% 710 MB/s

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,135x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,254x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,210x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $979

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Excellent

6 years ago.

Super low latencies and great TurboWrite performance for not much more than mid-to-high-end SATA drives--when bought lightly used, which is the best way to go in this NAND market IMO.

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Awesome !! Le système est très réactif et le démarrage de windows et de divers programmes ne le ralentisse pas !!

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 213% (88^th of 1072)

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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 213% (88th of 1072)

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