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Controller: LAMD LM87800. Flash Memory: Toshiba 19nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2013.

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Effective Speed 
+210%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 155,604 user samples
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655 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 90% 86GB free
Worst Bench: 54% 15GB free (System drive)
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 563rd / 1072
154,949 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 280% 19GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 160% 232GB free
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SPEED RANK: 68th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		75.6 % 235 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+210%
Average Score 
+246%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		438 MB/s 2166 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+395%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		258 MB/s 1408 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+446%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		23.1 MB/s 61.5 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+166%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		71 MB/s 146 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+106%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		251 MB/s 1132 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+351%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		28.4 MB/s 76.8 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+170%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		211 MB/s 391 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+85%
Peak Score 
+276%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		492 MB/s 2518 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+412%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		301 MB/s 2123 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+605%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.4 MB/s 69.1 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+143%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		103 MB/s 220 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+114%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		283 MB/s 1430 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+405%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		34.1 MB/s 96 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+182%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		294 MB/s 499 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+70%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.17 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		5.34 % 32.3 % Hugely better value.
+505%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 57 % More popular.
+12%
Price
Price (score) 		$108 $92 Cheaper.
+14%
Nice To Haves 
+264%
Age
Newest 		132 Months 72+ Months Much more recent.
+45%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		358 MB/s 1007 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+181%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		302 MB/s 1463 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+384%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,093 Pts 3,902 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+257%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		239 MB/s 1131 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+373%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		297 MB/s 926 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+212%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		236 MB/s 939 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+298%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		197 MB/s 916 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+365%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 250GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 75.6%
Average Bench 235%
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The 120GB Seagate 600 is yet another drive that massively underperforms its larger, in this case 240GB, sibling. Looking at the 120GB and 240GB 600's shows that the larger 240GB version has peak speeds that are nearly 50% higher than the smaller 120GB. This increase in speed is down to additional NAND modules on the larger version which allow more parallelization during writes. The 120GB 600 has peak sequential read/write speeds of 508/246 MB/s which is great for reading but terrible for writing. The 600 does have reasonable deep queue performance but that doesn't make up for its relative inability to write. Overall the 120GB Seagate 600 is both slower and more expensive than the group leaders. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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The 970 Evo is Samsung’s third generation NVMe PCIe SSD for high-end consumers and professionals alike. It employs the latest Samsung Phoenix controller and their latest version of TLC 3D NAND (now 64-layers) which is cheaper but with slightly lower endurance and weaker write consistency than the MLC NAND found in the 970 Pro. The 970 Evo comes in a M.2 form factor and four sizes: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB. The $120 250GB 970 Evo has an advertised sequential read speed of up to 3400 MB/s (200MB/s faster than the 250GB 960 Evo) and a sequential write speed of 1500 MB/s which drops to 300 MB/s once the 13Gb of SLC cache has been exhausted (this is similar to the sustained write performance on the 960 Evo). Further benchmarks are required before we can attest to its overall performance in the real world. The anticipated modest performance improvement between generations is expected to maintain Samsung’s front running as the premium SSD brand. Samsung now offers a warranty of 5 years across the suite of 970 SSDs and specifically a generous write endurance of 150 TBW on the 250 GB 970 Evo, thereby challenging the need for the 970 Pro MLC variant. [May '18 SSDrivePro]

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