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970 EVO 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 76.6% (543rd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO
Poor: 51%Average: 76.6% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 2TB averaged 23.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 174MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 54376.6%
Min Avg Max
285 Read 356 573
235 Write 342 539
271 Mixed 340 521
72.6 SusWrite 327 528
76.9% 341 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18 4K Read 31.8 39.2
16.1 4K Write 37.9 49.8
22.6 4K Mixed 33.6 43.7
111% 34.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
66.6 DQ Read 174 253
59.5 DQ Write 175 223
68.9 DQ Mixed 188 245
137% 179 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 3108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 385 385 386 387 387 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 394
Write 384
Mixed 381
SusWrite 386
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 35.4
121% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 245
180% 237 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: 3108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 360 354 318 339 357 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 356
Write 360
Mixed 351
SusWrite 344
80% 353 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 45.2
4K Mixed 40.1
134% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 240
176% 230 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 3106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 386 383 386 387 387 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 383
Write 382
Mixed 371
SusWrite 386
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 37.6
123% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 169
122% 157 MB/s
924GB free
Firmware: 8206
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 206 201 222 214 224 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 335
Write 235
Mixed 271
SusWrite 207
59% 262 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 22.6
70% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 66.6
DQ Write 61.5
DQ Mixed 68.9
50% 65.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,889,246 SSDs tested

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Typical 970 EVO 2TB Builds (Compare 25,917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 127%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 128%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $194

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,659x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,287x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,426x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,244x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,083x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,473x
SSD
970 EVO 2TBSamsungBench 77%, 25 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples772x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples729x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $939

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $289Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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