UserBenchmark: Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe vs Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2

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Best Bench: 355% 184GB free
Worst Bench: 178% 90GB free (System drive)

Poor: 178% Great: 355%

SPEED RANK: 42^nd / 1072

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Best Bench: 541% 608GB free
Worst Bench: 280% 108GB free (System drive)

Poor: 280% Great: 541%

SPEED RANK: 10^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		276 %			429 %	Much faster effective speed. +56%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2314 MB/s	Faster read speed. +13%	2045 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2034 MB/s	Faster write speed. +17%	1741 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	61.3 MB/s		209 MB/s	Hugely faster random read. +241%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	143 MB/s		174 MB/s	Faster random write. +22%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1632 MB/s		1876 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +15%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	79.6 MB/s		186 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +134%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	843 MB/s		1616 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +92%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2751 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +19%	2309 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2540 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +27%	2003 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	75.6 MB/s		284 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random read. +276%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	229 MB/s		251 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +10%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1930 MB/s		2139 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +11%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	108 MB/s		263 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +144%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1056 MB/s		1986 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +88%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.91 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	112 %	Hugely better value. +543%	17.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	More popular. +27%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$43	Hugely cheaper. +95%	$900


Age Newest	63+ Months	More recent. +18%	77+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1899 MB/s		2134 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +12%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1643 MB/s	+1%	1621 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	5,528 Pts		6,172 Pts	Stronger server IO. +12%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1754 MB/s		1773 MB/s	+1%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1231 MB/s		1241 MB/s	+1%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	922 MB/s		944 MB/s	+2%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1044 MB/s		1051 MB/s	+1%


Capacity Capacity			500GB			480GB

The 970 Evo Plus offers excellent sustained write performance both in and out of cache. This results in consistent performance even when the drive is nearly full. Samsung also have a great track record for reliability, this drive will likely last a lifetime. The larger capacity drives (1TB+) offer even better write performance and may be more appropriate for some users. We use this drive (and its larger siblings) extensively in our EFps Lab at UserBenchmark. ^{[Feb '20 SSDrivePro]}

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The 480 GB Intel Optane 900P is one of the first NVMe PCIe SSDs available, based on Intel’s new Optane memory and 3D XPoint technology. 280GB versions are also available with almost identical performance at a lower price, in line with the reduced capacity. The 480 GB 900P is comes in a half height half length add-in card form and has a PCIe 3.0 x 4 interface. The sequential read and write speeds of 2500 MB/s and 2000 MB/s are the fastest of any consumer SSD on the market today, however this is only 10% ahead of the next best NVMe PCIe SSD based on flash technology, the Samsung 960 Pro. The random 4K read and write speed disparities are far greater, with the 480 GB 900P achieving a whopping four times faster random 4K read speeds than for the 960 Pro. If memory usage is heavily skewed towards random 4K reading, then shifting to the 900P would yield a huge performance boost worthy of the 900P’s high price tag. Access to this latest technology comes at double the cost per gigabyte compared to the 960 Pro. Currently the PCIe interface will be a bottleneck for even greater performance. However, it’s early days for Optane memory and it’s likely that Intel will release higher performing devices in the future as faster bus technologies emerge. ^{[Nov '17 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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