Samsung

970 EVO Plus 2TB

970 EVO Plus 2TB
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Effective Speed +179% Effective Speed 179%Average Score +215% Read 388%, Write 386%, 4K Read 77%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 328%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite 187%Peak Score +232% Read 433%, Write 428%, 4K Read 72%, 4K Write 84%, Mixed 352%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite 177%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +315% DQ Read 410%, DQ Write 395%, DQ Mixed 445%, ADQ Read 284%, ADQ Write 223%, ADQ Mixed 306%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total 352%

Average Bench: 274% (43^rd of 1072)

Based on 87 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB

Poor: 151%Average: 274% Great: 345%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB averaged 174.3% 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 1,057MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,253MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB is 194%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 852MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 87 samples)

Rank 43274%

Min	Avg	Max
664	Read 2,230	2,699
588	Write 1,969	2,560
622	Mixed 1,535	1,912
396	SusWrite 852	1,074
368% 1,646 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.4	4K Read 60.9	73.8
59.9	4K Write 142	225
43.5	4K Mixed 81.2	105
271% 94.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
492	DQ Read 1,253	1,872
384	DQ Write 934	1,773
316	DQ Mixed 1,057	1,805
800% 1,081 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 24 days ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4259 1410 1241 1243 1239 1238 MB/s

513% Outstanding

Write 4,449

Mixed 2,676

SusWrite 1,772

758% 3,393 MB/s

4K Read 74.3

4K Write 266

4K Mixed 107

390% 149 MB/s

DQ Read 1,946

DQ Write 2,457

DQ Mixed 2,242

1,680% 2,215 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 740 745 746 726 725 MB/s

365% Outstanding

Write 2,532

Mixed 1,935

SusWrite 742

446% 1,999 MB/s

4K Read 80.4

4K Write 263

4K Mixed 118

413% 154 MB/s

DQ Read 1,902

DQ Write 1,734

DQ Mixed 1,798

1,354% 1,811 MB/s

NLD-User, 7 days ago.

334GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 817 811 806 789 802 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1,489

Mixed 1,382

SusWrite 796

336% 1,512 MB/s

4K Read 55

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 70.7

227% 75.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,371

DQ Write 993

DQ Mixed 1,147

866% 1,170 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

297GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 740 803 811 814 813 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 2005

Mixed 1,701

SusWrite 796

374% 1,670 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 77.9

256% 89 MB/s

DQ Read 1,197

DQ Write 782

DQ Mixed 949

719% 976 MB/s

POL-User, 2 months ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 830 819 809 660 559 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,915

Mixed 1,515

SusWrite 759

352% 1,576 MB/s

4K Read 54.8

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 69.2

228% 77.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1003

DQ Write 424

DQ Mixed 1,134

728% 853 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-1542

CPU
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples	810x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	755x
Core i9-10980HKIntelBench 84%, 7,777 samples	35x

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RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples	709x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	611x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	164x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 2TBSamsungBench 274%, 87 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	395x
HMAA2GS6AJR8N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 86%, 4,405 samples	371x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	189x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO Plus 2TB

Average Bench: 274% (43^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 274% (43rd of 1072)

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