Samsung MZ-V8P500B

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +252% Effective Speed 252%Average Score +326% Read 467%, Write 552%, 4K Read 104%, 4K Write 100%, Mixed 564%, 4K Mixed 113%, SusWrite 385%Peak Score +361% Read 507%, Write 612%, 4K Read 105%, 4K Write 108%, Mixed 626%, 4K Mixed 122%, SusWrite 447%Value & Sentiment +110% User Rating -11%, Market Share 49%, Price 21%, Value 379%Nice To Haves +355% DQ Read 465%, DQ Write 359%, DQ Mixed 452%, ADQ Read 335%, ADQ Write 272%, ADQ Mixed 360%, Age 215%, AS-SSD Total 385%

Average Bench: 347% (13^th of 1059)

Based on 46,564 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB

Poor: 229%Average: 347% Great: 443%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 247.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,196MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,641MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 214%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 176MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 70MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46,564 samples)

Rank 13347%

Min	Avg	Max
1,651	Read 2,596	3,075
1,029	Write 2,641	3,456
955	Mixed 2,383	3,075
794	SusWrite 1,442	2,117
510% 2,266 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
42.9	4K Read 70	88.5
89.8	4K Write 176	255
55.1	4K Mixed 96	130
322% 114 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
746	DQ Read 1,419	2,073
406	DQ Write 1,072	1,645
504	DQ Mixed 1,196	1,830
908% 1,229 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GRC-User, 1 hr ago.

423GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 2581 3106 3238 1235 655 MB/s

410% Outstanding

Write 3,260

Mixed 2,943

SusWrite 2,046

624% 2,764 MB/s

4K Read 81

4K Write 195

4K Mixed 113

370% 130 MB/s

DQ Read 1,441

DQ Write 1,139

DQ Mixed 1,274

958% 1,285 MB/s

TWN-User, 1 hr ago.

228GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3268 3227 683 654 730 755 MB/s

347% Outstanding

Write 3,257

Mixed 2,846

SusWrite 1,553

497% 2,168 MB/s

4K Read 86.3

4K Write 251

4K Mixed 128

428% 155 MB/s

DQ Read 1,956

DQ Write 1570

DQ Mixed 1,754

1,315% 1,760 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

360GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2495 2493 2125 793 819 810 MB/s

329% Outstanding

Write 2,681

Mixed 2,622

SusWrite 1,589

553% 2,465 MB/s

4K Read 76.8

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 74.8

256% 77.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,342

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 321

346% 613 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

282GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2821 1689 892 880 887 877 MB/s

312% Outstanding

Write 2749

Mixed 2,399

SusWrite 1,341

508% 2,260 MB/s

4K Read 68.5

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 86.1

286% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,420

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 610

517% 787 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

200GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2645 869 868 877 882 907 MB/s

303% Outstanding

Write 2,820

Mixed 2,679

SusWrite 1,175

528% 2,349 MB/s

4K Read 67.2

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 84.7

274% 91 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 756

DQ Mixed 801

607% 817 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

291GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2085 1347 908 943 900 963 MB/s

282% Outstanding

Write 2,450

Mixed 2,481

SusWrite 1,191

504% 2,247 MB/s

4K Read 70.7

4K Write 50.1

4K Mixed 59.7

210% 60.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,195

DQ Write 155

DQ Mixed 286

308% 546 MB/s

USA-User, 8 mins ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1046 1013 1065 1065 693 560 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,641

Mixed 957

SusWrite 907

299% 1,339 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 52.2

186% 70.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,194

DQ Write 587

DQ Mixed 864

648% 881 MB/s

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Gaming 205%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 207%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z590-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 58,946 samples	2,182x
Core i5-11600KIntel $203Bench 99%, 31,374 samples	818x
Core i9-11900KIntel $330Bench 104%, 34,999 samples	647x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $710Bench 206%, 353,788 samples	687x
RTX 3070Nvidia $550Bench 154%, 447,840 samples	681x
RTX 3060Nvidia $390Bench 98%, 232,735 samples	519x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $96Bench 347%, 46,564 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTZR 2x16GBGBench 95%, 5,254 samples	210x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	181x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 32,213 samples	171x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,076

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $415	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $550	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $397	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $53	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Samsung MZ-V8P500B

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 347% (13^th of 1059)

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980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 347% (13th of 1059)

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