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Samsung SSD 980 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 331% (22nd of 1072)

Based on 916 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 980
Poor: 159%Average: 331% Great: 528%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB averaged 231.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 994MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,207MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB is 369%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 125MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 59.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 916 samples)
Rank 22331%
Min Avg Max
1,046 Read 2,141 2,920
1,034 Write 2,207 3,490
984 Mixed 2,049 3,123
674 SusWrite 2,016 3,341
475% 2,103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.5 4K Read 59.3 84.5
35.7 4K Write 125 244
36.6 4K Mixed 76.4 126
254% 86.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
436 DQ Read 1,098 2,164
214 DQ Write 903 1,839
309 DQ Mixed 994 1,993
746% 998 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2087 2095 2092 2220 2224 2203 MB/s
341% Outstanding
Read 2,408
Write 2,228
Mixed 2,173
SusWrite 2,153
505% 2,240 MB/s
4K Read 57.5
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 74.3
238% 78.7 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 783
DQ Mixed 862
651% 876 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: GXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2108 2104 2105 1993 1704 1717 MB/s
304% Outstanding
Read 2,286
Write 2,168
Mixed 2,098
SusWrite 1,955
479% 2,127 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 70.6
225% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 580
DQ Write 449
DQ Mixed 526
390% 518 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1254 1221 1011 1013 959 994 MB/s
222% Outstanding
Read 1549
Write 1431
Mixed 1,428
SusWrite 1,075
308% 1,371 MB/s
4K Read 52.9
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 69.8
226% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 680
466% 586 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,664,589 SSDs tested

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Typical Samsung SSD 980 2TB Builds (Compare 3,990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples265x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples260x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples867x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples261x
SSD
Samsung SSD 980 2TBNvmeBench 331%, 916 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples69x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $1,104

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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