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Best Bench: 393% 285GB free
Worst Bench: 195% 132GB free (System drive)

Poor: 195% Great: 393%

SPEED RANK: 26^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 551% 600GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 273% 534GB free

Poor: 273% Great: 551%

SPEED RANK: 9^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		322 %			429 %	Much faster effective speed. +34%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2339 MB/s	Faster read speed. +14%	2046 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1892 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +5%	1799 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	53.1 MB/s		203 MB/s	Hugely faster random read. +282%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	153 MB/s		174 MB/s	Faster random write. +14%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1264 MB/s		1913 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +51%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	73.5 MB/s		183 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +149%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1669 MB/s		1710 MB/s	+2%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2814 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +21%	2321 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2212 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +7%	2072 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	63.3 MB/s		279 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random read. +341%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	218 MB/s		250 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +15%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1548 MB/s		2185 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +41%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	91.5 MB/s		259 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +183%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	2191 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +8%	2020 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.09 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	47.8 %	Hugely better value. +105%	23.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	55 %	Slightly more popular. +8%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$170	Hugely cheaper. +86%	$1,222


Age Newest	71+ Months		71+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1471 MB/s		1639 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +11%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1549 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +8%	1428 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	4,713 Pts		5,237 Pts	Stronger server IO. +11%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1592 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +9%	1462 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1183 MB/s	+3%	1147 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	932 MB/s		955 MB/s	+2%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1033 MB/s	+2%	1010 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			512GB			960GB

The Samsung 970 Pro is a third generation NVMe PCIe SSD which replaces the 960 Pro. It comes in a M.2. form factor and features Samsung’s latest Phoenix controller and 64 layer proprietary 3D MLC NAND. MLC NAND has better write consistency but is more expensive than the TLC NAND found in the 970 Evo. The 970 Pro demonstrates a 16% increase in peak sequential write speed over the 960 Pro. There are also improvements in random read and write speeds. Interestingly this iteration of Pro SSDs come with a price cut, with the 512GB retailing at just $250 and the 1TB at $500, whilst at the time of writing, the 512GB 960 Pro is $315. The 970 Pro targets professionals who may rely on Samsung’s 5 year or 600TBW warranty and who may need its extended write performance. But, for most users who rarely transfer more than 22 GB at a time (this is the size of the SLC cache the 500GB 970 Evo), the cheaper 970 Evo may represent better value for money. ^{[May '18 SSDrivePro]}

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Offered nearly 1TB of storage and lightning fast 4K R/W speed. The only thing that bog this down is sequential R/W speed which PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD excels. This SSD is intended for users who need to transfer huge amount of small files without having to deal with low transfer speed but can be used as boot/gaming drive if you wish. Costs more than a thousand dollar which for that price buys you a great 1080p 144hz gaming PC. ^{[Nov '19 ColdSpy]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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