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Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 224% (78th of 1072)

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 246 samples)
Rank 78224%
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%
464GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1883 872 622 623 621 620 MB/s
278% Outstanding
Read 2,146
Write 1,794
Mixed 739
SusWrite 874
309% 1,388 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 219
4K Mixed 68.4
275% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,023
DQ Write 1,448
DQ Mixed 1,088
864% 1,186 MB/s
309GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 636 638 602 593 593 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 2,126
Write 1,714
Mixed 847
SusWrite 658
297% 1,336 MB/s
4K Read 59.1
4K Write 219
4K Mixed 74
300% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,140
DQ Write 1,447
DQ Mixed 901
789% 1,163 MB/s
217GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 627 622 624 625 623 MB/s
257% Outstanding
Read 2,035
Write 1,739
Mixed 673
SusWrite 656
283% 1,276 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 217
4K Mixed 69.2
274% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1065
DQ Write 1282
DQ Mixed 878
744% 1,075 MB/s
436GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1618 1028 609 609 608 609 MB/s
234% Outstanding
Read 1,912
Write 1,618
Mixed 845
SusWrite 847
291% 1,305 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 56.3
187% 68.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,082
DQ Write 1,088
DQ Mixed 837
697% 1,002 MB/s
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 901 837 658 600 600 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,583
Write 1,009
Mixed 657
SusWrite 743
222% 998 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 55.7
199% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 865
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 660
470% 616 MB/s
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Typical Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 3,961 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,880x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples210x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples182x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples753x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples359x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples294x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GBNvmeBench 224%, 246 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples186x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples128x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $1,005

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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