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Samsung MZ-V8P500B

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -56%Read -63%, Write -79%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite -130%Peak Score -86%Read -94%, Write -88%, 4K Read -123%, 4K Write -55%, Mixed -52%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -117%Value & Sentiment -29%User Rating -31%, Market Share 7%, Price 103%, Value -195%Nice To Haves -34%DQ Read -7%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read -17%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -18%, Age -169%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Average Bench: 338% (28^th of 1080)

Based on 78,573 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB

Poor: 210%Average: 338% Great: 429%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 238.3% 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 1,264MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,599MB/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 219%. 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 161MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 68MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 78,573 samples)

Rank 28338%

Min	Avg	Max
1,489	Read 2,566	3,054
1,015	Write 2,599	3,418
926	Mixed 2,356	3,067
686	SusWrite 1,375	2,100
500% 2,224 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.4	4K Read 68	86.3
76.4	4K Write 161	246
52.5	4K Mixed 91.3	128
305% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
767	DQ Read 1,464	2,157
449	DQ Write 1,115	1,713
624	DQ Mixed 1,264	1,919
952% 1,281 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 4 hrs ago.

419GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3145 3142 3012 1250 661 662 MB/s

427% Outstanding

Write 2,779

Mixed 2,543

SusWrite 1,979

549% 2,433 MB/s

4K Read 58.5

4K Write 229

4K Mixed 119

362% 135 MB/s

DQ Read 2,414

DQ Write 1,875

DQ Mixed 2,129

1,597% 2,139 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

281GB free

Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3169 2607 823 823 805 807 MB/s

403% Outstanding

Write 3,187

Mixed 2,891

SusWrite 1,506

588% 2,609 MB/s

4K Read 78.9

4K Write 221

4K Mixed 116

385% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,932

DQ Write 1,549

DQ Mixed 1,713

1,290% 1,732 MB/s

LVA-User, 3 hrs ago.

332GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2354 998 995 1005 1010 1004 MB/s

400% Outstanding

Write 3,019

Mixed 2,678

SusWrite 1,228

537% 2,387 MB/s

4K Read 83.7

4K Write 251

4K Mixed 131

428% 155 MB/s

DQ Read 2,120

DQ Write 1,786

DQ Mixed 1,970

1,471% 1,959 MB/s

ROU-User, 5 hrs ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2661 995 995 1002 1005 1039 MB/s

361% Outstanding

Write 3,325

Mixed 2,969

SusWrite 1,283

592% 2,630 MB/s

4K Read 78.8

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 109

356% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,299

DQ Write 1,122

DQ Mixed 1,199

902% 1,207 MB/s

SRB-User, 7 hrs ago.

355GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1308 2945 2253 826 827 823 MB/s

359% Outstanding

Write 3,274

Mixed 2947

SusWrite 1,497

599% 2,659 MB/s

4K Read 78.7

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 104

341% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 1190

DQ Write 805

DQ Mixed 978

735% 991 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

382GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2013 2038 2078 2148 2214 1112 MB/s

335% Outstanding

Write 2,270

Mixed 2,230

SusWrite 1,934

502% 2,230 MB/s

4K Read 71.5

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 81.3

262% 82.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,228

DQ Write 393

DQ Mixed 591

493% 737 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 803 744 712 658 634 MB/s

280% Outstanding

Write 1,094

Mixed 1,148

SusWrite 748

306% 1,387 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 172

4K Mixed 69.5

257% 97.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,325

DQ Write 1053

DQ Mixed 1,050

824% 1,143 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 935 828 825 794 654 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 889

Mixed 759

SusWrite 802

191% 847 MB/s

4K Read 40

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 49.8

168% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 588

DQ Write 359

DQ Mixed 494

363% 481 MB/s

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z590-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $200Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	3,941x
Core i5-11600KIntel $175Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	1,320x
Core i9-11900KIntel $269Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	1,217x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,225x
RTX 3080Nvidia $792Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,212x
RTX 3060Nvidia $271Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	975x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $105Bench 338%, 78,573 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTZR 2x16GBGBench 91%, 10,357 samples	359x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 89%, 95,273 samples	321x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $57Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	313x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $700

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
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Samsung MZ-V8P500B

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 338% (28^th of 1080)

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z590-PLUS WIFI

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980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 338% (28th of 1080)

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