UserBenchmark: Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 vs WD Black SN850

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Best Bench: 488% 750GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 274% 911GB free

Poor: 274% Great: 488%

SPEED RANK: 14^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 480% 421GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 253% 429GB free (System drive)

Poor: 253% Great: 480%

SPEED RANK: 16^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		394 %	+4%		379 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2609 MB/s		3051 MB/s	Faster read speed. +17%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2779 MB/s		3262 MB/s	Faster write speed. +17%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	79.2 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +8%	73.4 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	170 MB/s		211 MB/s	Faster random write. +24%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	2553 MB/s	+2%	2505 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	96.3 MB/s	+3%	93.5 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	2076 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +43%	1447 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	3012 MB/s		3796 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +26%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	3496 MB/s		3991 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +14%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	89.9 MB/s	+4%	86.7 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	257 MB/s		318 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +24%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	3169 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +8%	2939 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	132 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +13%	117 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	2597 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +16%	2244 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.61 %	Insanely higher market share. +16,000%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	137 %	Much better value. +48%	92.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	Much more popular. +33%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$107		$86	Cheaper. +20%


Age Newest	43+ Months	41+ Months	+5%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	2216 MB/s	2372 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue read. +7%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1741 MB/s	1924 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +11%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	6,327 Pts	6,952 Pts	Slightly stronger server IO. +10%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1955 MB/s	2103 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +8%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1543 MB/s	1622 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue read. +5%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1186 MB/s	1258 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +6%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1340 MB/s	1406 MB/s	+5%


Capacity Capacity			1TB			500GB

The 980 Pro with integrated heatsink is a super speedy PCIe gen 4 NVMe SSD. The heatsink provides convenient cooling, making sure your SSD can operate most efficiently. Great choice for your main SSD. ^{[Oct '23 Building_It]}

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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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16