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960 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 264% (49th of 1072)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
Poor: 215%Average: 264% Great: 325%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 EVO 500GB averaged 163.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 513MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,117MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 140MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Rank 49264%
Min Avg Max
1,260 Read 2,117 2,923
485 Write 1,395 1,871
639 Mixed 1,138 1,718
277 SusWrite 1,249 1,813
329% 1,475 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.2 4K Read 47.6 54.3
67 4K Write 140 187
31.5 4K Mixed 58.6 76.4
221% 82 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.9 DQ Read 740 1,321
149 DQ Write 627 1,297
31.1 DQ Mixed 513 1,140
431% 627 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
226GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1550 1721 1764 1764 1767 1766 MB/s
350% Outstanding
Read 2,453
Write 1,745
Mixed 917
SusWrite 1,722
381% 1,709 MB/s
4K Read 56
4K Write 191
4K Mixed 79.1
287% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,320
DQ Write 1317
DQ Mixed 1124
898% 1,254 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1605 1762 1761 1764 1761 1767 MB/s
349% Outstanding
Read 2,431
Write 1,732
Mixed 951
SusWrite 1,737
382% 1,713 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 80.6
285% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,311
DQ Write 1,282
DQ Mixed 1,154
906% 1,249 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1524 1733 1763 1767 1769 1773 MB/s
348% Outstanding
Read 2,444
Write 1,739
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 1,722
387% 1,733 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 79.5
283% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,305
DQ Write 1,283
DQ Mixed 1,113
886% 1,234 MB/s
224GB free
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1135 1322 1425 1469 1471 MB/s
272% Outstanding
Read 2,076
Write 1,391
Mixed 932
SusWrite 1,340
320% 1435 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 64
219% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 1,016
DQ Write 771
DQ Mixed 846
646% 878 MB/s
455GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 128 128 128 128 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 745
Write 632
Mixed 549
SusWrite 129
114% 514 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 96.7
4K Mixed 60.5
201% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 719
DQ Write 665
DQ Mixed 875
606% 753 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,669,068 SSDs tested

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Typical 960 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE II - $452

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples200x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples169x
Core i7-6900KIntel  $120Bench 86%, 6,755 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples177x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples86x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples63x
SSD
960 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 264%, 56 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples18x
CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 32GBCorsairBench 134%, 17 samples16x
CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- 32GBCorsairBench 127%, 15 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $967

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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