UserBenchmark: Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 vs 980 Pro

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Best Bench: 442% 446GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 206% 339GB free (System drive)

Poor: 206% Great: 442%

SPEED RANK: 19^th / 1072

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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


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		341 %	Faster effective speed. +24%		276 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2539 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +10%	2314 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2616 MB/s	Faster write speed. +29%	2034 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	69.7 MB/s	Faster random read. +14%	61.3 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	167 MB/s	Faster random write. +17%	143 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	2402 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +47%	1632 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	93.2 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +17%	79.6 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1423 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +69%	843 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	3076 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +12%	2751 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	3447 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +36%	2540 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	88.1 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +17%	75.6 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	254 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +11%	229 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	3065 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +59%	1930 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	129 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +19%	108 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	2130 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +102%	1056 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.19 %	0.87 %	Hugely higher market share. +358%
Value Value For Money	83.8 %	112 %	Much better value. +34%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	66 %	More popular. +27%
Price Price (score)	$85	$43	Much cheaper. +49%


Age Newest	42+ Months	Much more recent. +32%	62+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	2234 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +18%	1899 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1795 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +9%	1643 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	6,401 Pts	Stronger server IO. +16%	5,528 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1958 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +12%	1754 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1429 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +16%	1231 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1097 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +19%	922 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1224 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +17%	1044 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			500GB			500GB

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $45	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