Samsung

970 EVO Plus 2TB

970 EVO Plus 2TB
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Effective Speed +216% Effective Speed 216%Average Score +250% Read 399%, Write 387%, 4K Read 78%, 4K Write 59%, Mixed 363%, 4K Mixed 77%, SusWrite 386%Peak Score +272% Read 421%, Write 413%, 4K Read 68%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 426%, 4K Mixed 78%, SusWrite 419%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +294% DQ Read 413%, DQ Write 315%, DQ Mixed 382%, ADQ Read 289%, ADQ Write 225%, ADQ Mixed 309%, Age 93%, AS-SSD Total 328%

Average Bench: 311% (28^th of 1072)

Based on 182 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB

Poor: 228%Average: 311% Great: 379%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB averaged 210.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,065MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,269MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 139MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 182 samples)

Rank 28311%

Min	Avg	Max
1,337	Read 2,281	2,641
1,053	Write 1,976	2,487
1,078	Mixed 1,661	2,227
857	SusWrite 1,442	2,011
413% 1,840 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.6	4K Read 61.2	72.4
55.4	4K Write 139	216
52.8	4K Mixed 79.9	104
268% 93.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
755	DQ Read 1,269	1,883
139	DQ Write 940	1,488
282	DQ Mixed 1,065	1,597
807% 1,092 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IDN-User, 2 months ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 3B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2211 2217 2193 2126 2151 1339 MB/s

350% Outstanding

Write 2,269

Mixed 2,143

SusWrite 2,040

498% 2,211 MB/s

4K Read 65.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 82.9

269% 89.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,118

DQ Write 938

DQ Mixed 1,017

765% 1,024 MB/s

NZL-User, 2 months ago.

783GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1314 1774 2126 2080 2131 1533 MB/s

333% Outstanding

Write 2261

Mixed 2,180

SusWrite 1,826

486% 2,160 MB/s

4K Read 63.8

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 81.9

264% 87.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,146

DQ Write 858

DQ Mixed 1,014

754% 1,006 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

930GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1640 1667 1480 1161 1180 1185 MB/s

319% Outstanding

Write 1,759

Mixed 1,470

SusWrite 1,386

395% 1,767 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 85.5

270% 94.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,271

DQ Write 1,051

DQ Mixed 1,138

858% 1,153 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

464GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1417 1276 1170 1142 1167 1155 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 2,276

Mixed 1,668

SusWrite 1,221

429% 1,917 MB/s

4K Read 62.5

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 88.7

296% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,292

DQ Write 1,015

DQ Mixed 1,125

850% 1,144 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 month ago.

683GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1896 2021 1590 1478 1509 1517 MB/s

302% Outstanding

Write 1,754

Mixed 1,449

SusWrite 1,668

408% 1,823 MB/s

4K Read 55.6

4K Write 75.8

4K Mixed 61.9

204% 64.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,411

DQ Write 403

DQ Mixed 643

542% 819 MB/s

USA-User, 2 month ago.

890GB free

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 158 165 163 165 165 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 164

Mixed 306

SusWrite 163

166% 782 MB/s

4K Read 70.3

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 2

110% 24.4 MB/s

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,982x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,514x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	922x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 2TBSamsungBench 311%, 182 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	360x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $259

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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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO Plus 2TB

Average Bench: 311% (28^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 311% (28th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 311% (28^th of 1072)