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▲ 5127 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

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▲ 5162 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Effective Speed 
+27%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 49,356 user samples
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14,368 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 228% 242GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 133% 389GB free (System drive)
Poor: 133% Great: 228%
SPEED RANK: 113th / 1074
34,988 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 329% 881GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 145% 846GB free (System drive)
Poor: 145% Great: 329%
SPEED RANK: 67th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		189 % 239 % Faster effective speed.
+27%
Average Score 
+31%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1113 MB/s 1663 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+49%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1121 MB/s 1703 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+52%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		42.7 MB/s 52 MB/s Faster random read.
+22%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		139 MB/s Faster random write.
+23% 		113 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		972 MB/s 1244 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+28%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		63 MB/s 67.4 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+7%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		588 MB/s 1066 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+81%
Peak Score 
+49%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1238 MB/s 2292 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+85%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1363 MB/s 2296 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+68%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		49.8 MB/s 65.5 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+32%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		202 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+10% 		184 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1120 MB/s 1720 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+54%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		76.8 MB/s 92.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+21%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		791 MB/s 1530 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+93%
Value & Sentiment 
+117%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.03 % 0.1 % Hugely higher market share.
+233%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 51 %
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		61+ Months More recent.
+22% 		78+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1085 MB/s 1586 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+46%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1255 MB/s +3% 1222 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		3,512 Pts 4,490 Pts Stronger server IO.
+28%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1084 MB/s 1352 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+25%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		984 MB/s 989 MB/s +1%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		841 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+19% 		704 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		898 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue mixed IO.
+7% 		838 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 189%
Average Bench 239%
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IMHO best M.2 NVMe SSD in Q1 2018, but since it's an OEM drive Samsung offers literately no drivers if you buy one of them aftermarket (which I tried), so gotta wait for the "980 evo" or whatever they'll call the non OEM version... [Mar '18 GreyGoose]

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