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980 PRO 1TB

980 PRO 1TB
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Effective Speed +269% Effective Speed 269%Average Score +342% Read 470%, Write 559%, 4K Read 116%, 4K Write 110%, Mixed 591%, 4K Mixed 131%, SusWrite 416%Peak Score +359% Read 506%, Write 602%, 4K Read 108%, 4K Write 104%, Mixed 622%, 4K Mixed 118%, SusWrite 454%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +404% DQ Read 592%, DQ Write 444%, DQ Mixed 570%, ADQ Read 363%, ADQ Write 292%, ADQ Mixed 383%, Age 125%, AS-SSD Total 464%

Average Bench: 363% (16^th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB

Poor: 273%Average: 363% Great: 432%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 1TB averaged 263.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,257MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,670MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 184MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 74.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)

Rank 16363%

Min	Avg	Max
1,598	Read 2,607	3,068
1,445	Write 2,670	3,405
1,176	Mixed 2,481	3,056
1,024	SusWrite 1,529	2,144
522% 2,322 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48	4K Read 74.2	89.2
93.8	4K Write 184	249
65.4	4K Mixed 104	127
343% 121 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
975	DQ Read 1,512	2,538
591	DQ Write 1,133	1,948
587	DQ Mixed 1,257	2,220
957% 1,301 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 4 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 1B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2183 2364 2360 2348 937 737 MB/s

391% Outstanding

Write 2,380

Mixed 2,294

SusWrite 1,822

509% 2,263 MB/s

4K Read 74.8

4K Write 187

4K Mixed 104

345% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,762

DQ Write 1,406

DQ Mixed 1588

1,187% 1,585 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

264GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2221 2910 1448 799 791 794 MB/s

370% Outstanding

Write 2,670

Mixed 2,644

SusWrite 1494

514% 2,275 MB/s

4K Read 66.5

4K Write 213

4K Mixed 90.2

329% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 2,127

DQ Write 1,770

DQ Mixed 1,929

1,450% 1942 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

465GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2884 1483 978 983 982 980 MB/s

358% Outstanding

Write 3,034

Mixed 2837

SusWrite 1,382

561% 2,490 MB/s

4K Read 63.7

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 79.9

275% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,925

DQ Write 1,686

DQ Mixed 1,814

1,357% 1,808 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

386GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2784 2783 2787 2786 685 665 MB/s

357% Outstanding

Write 2,869

Mixed 2,676

SusWrite 2,082

577% 2,559 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 72.1

230% 76.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,242

DQ Write 1,157

DQ Mixed 1,203

902% 1,200 MB/s

POL-User, 2 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2670 980 887 924 918 914 MB/s

327% Outstanding

Write 2,855

Mixed 2,774

SusWrite 1,216

534% 2375 MB/s

4K Read 71.8

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 94.1

307% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,309

DQ Write 974

DQ Mixed 1,102

834% 1,128 MB/s

BGR-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1912 2160 985 821 823 823 MB/s

319% Outstanding

Write 2,347

Mixed 2,246

SusWrite 1,254

463% 2,060 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 87.5

285% 96.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1468

DQ Write 1,136

DQ Mixed 1,255

951% 1,286 MB/s

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 64%

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System: Skikk SAGA 15 II

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	48x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	5x

GPU
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples	14x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	13x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	12x

SSD
980 PRO 1TBSamsungBench 363%, 94 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C22-32GRS 1x31GBGBench 47%, 491 samples	19x
Skill Intl F4-3200C22-16GRS 1x16GBGBench 45%, 320 samples	15x
Skill Intl F4-3200C22-16GRS 2x16GBGBench 87%, 1,121 samples	11x

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 363% (16^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 363% (16th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 363% (16^th of 1072)