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Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 224% (86th of 1080)

Based on 246 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
Poor: 165%Average: 224% Great: 271%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB averaged 123.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 783MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 920MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 659MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 736MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 246 samples)
Rank 86224%
Min Avg Max
1,344 Read 1,874 2,118
1,067 Write 1,564 1,768
539 Mixed 736 903
325 SusWrite 659 852
269% 1,208 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.2 4K Read 43.1 56.1
75.2 4K Write 144 229
39.9 4K Mixed 57.6 72
215% 81.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
620 DQ Read 998 1,213
269 DQ Write 920 1,454
397 DQ Mixed 783 1,034
636% 900 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 625 628 630 623 630 MB/s
262% Outstanding
Read 2,086
Write 1,776
Mixed 839
SusWrite 707
301% 1,352 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 200
4K Mixed 68.2
283% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,090
DQ Write 1,165
DQ Mixed 876
728% 1,044 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 644 645 609 593 593 MB/s
258% Outstanding
Read 2,069
Write 1,729
Mixed 951
SusWrite 655
300% 1,351 MB/s
4K Read 55.4
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 65.9
268% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,094
DQ Write 1,357
DQ Mixed 897
768% 1,116 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 827 637 601 594 585 581 MB/s
258% Outstanding
Read 2,019
Write 1,664
Mixed 716
SusWrite 637
280% 1,259 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 217
4K Mixed 68.7
271% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,052
DQ Write 1,450
DQ Mixed 906
781% 1,136 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1557 1019 586 584 584 581 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 2,080
Write 1,561
Mixed 640
SusWrite 818
283% 1,275 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 58.7
217% 81.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,071
DQ Write 874
DQ Mixed 856
673% 934 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1137 1163 666 664 659 655 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,473
Write 1,222
Mixed 802
SusWrite 824
242% 1,080 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 56.9
209% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,113
DQ Write 854
DQ Mixed 789
643% 918 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,518,752 SSDs tested

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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $212

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples3,039x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $140Bench 91%, 264,837 samples228x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples196x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples802x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples372x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $709Bench 187%, 424,051 samples302x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GBNvmeBench 224%, 246 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $88Bench 91%, 87,239 samples197x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples177x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 123% - Outstanding Total price: $712

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