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Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 265% (49th of 1072)

Based on 602 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Poor: 183%Average: 265% Great: 349%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB averaged 165.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,066MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,290MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB is 166%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 723MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 602 samples)
Rank 49265%
Min Avg Max
1,477 Read 2,290 2,563
1,068 Write 2,039 2,372
1,089 Mixed 1,502 1,726
464 SusWrite 723 895
366% 1,639 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.1 4K Read 57 73.4
57.3 4K Write 142 235
41.8 4K Mixed 76.7 107
260% 91.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
541 DQ Read 1,220 1,869
200 DQ Write 981 1,941
311 DQ Mixed 1,066 1,819
807% 1,089 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
179GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 660 659 662 663 663 MB/s
347% Outstanding
Read 2,573
Write 2,374
Mixed 1694
SusWrite 710
410% 1,838 MB/s
4K Read 76.3
4K Write 249
4K Mixed 110
388% 145 MB/s
DQ Read 1,869
DQ Write 1,786
DQ Mixed 1,822
1,369% 1,826 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 424 406 407 401 397 MB/s
234% Outstanding
Read 2,502
Write 2,152
Mixed 1,563
SusWrite 462
372% 1,670 MB/s
4K Read 62.6
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 65
217% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,537
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 376
397% 696 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 537 527 526 519 511 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,405
Write 1,075
Mixed 1076
SusWrite 547
229% 1,026 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 55.3
4K Mixed 52.1
175% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 291
247% 376 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $440

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,853x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,606x
Core i9-9900KFIntel  $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples554x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,302x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples649x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples639x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GBNvmeBench 265%, 602 samples1x
RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples288x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples253x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $1,293

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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