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980 PRO 1TB

980 PRO 1TB
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Effective Speed +306% Effective Speed 306%Average Score +381% Read 454%, Write 583%, 4K Read 112%, 4K Write 74%, Mixed 615%, 4K Mixed 100%, SusWrite 726%Peak Score +401% Read 477%, Write 615%, 4K Read 98%, 4K Write 98%, Mixed 637%, 4K Mixed 114%, SusWrite 766%Value & Sentiment -901%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,789%Nice To Haves +370% DQ Read 503%, DQ Write 416%, DQ Mixed 512%, ADQ Read 325%, ADQ Write 272%, ADQ Mixed 359%, Age 153%, AS-SSD Total 415%

Average Bench: 400% (12^th of 1072)

Based on 803 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB

Poor: 266%Average: 400% Great: 533%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 1TB averaged 300.0% 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 1,195MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,769MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB is 267%. 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 152MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 72.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 803 samples)

Rank 12400%

Min	Avg	Max
1693	Read 2,535	2,922
1,507	Write 2,769	3,465
1,530	Mixed 2,567	3,121
1,496	SusWrite 2,449	3,353
583% 2,580 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.8	4K Read 72.7	85.3
54.7	4K Write 152	242
48	4K Mixed 90.2	125
306% 105 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
694	DQ Read 1,387	2,212
197	DQ Write 1,076	1,848
290	DQ Mixed 1,195	2,028
904% 1,219 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3004 3000 3064 3127 3131 3078 MB/s

448% Outstanding

Write 3,217

Mixed 2,939

SusWrite 3,068

676% 2,989 MB/s

4K Read 71.9

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 97.5

316% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1333

DQ Write 1,029

DQ Mixed 1,156

871% 1,173 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3088 3084 3075 2762 1991 1565 MB/s

410% Outstanding

Write 3,114

Mixed 2,790

SusWrite 2,594

625% 2,764 MB/s

4K Read 72.1

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 93.8

314% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,329

DQ Write 995

DQ Mixed 1,130

854% 1,151 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

205GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2065 1952 1942 1938 1921 1949 MB/s

400% Outstanding

Write 2947

Mixed 2,720

SusWrite 1,961

578% 2,564 MB/s

4K Read 62.4

4K Write 209

4K Mixed 109

345% 127 MB/s

DQ Read 1,683

DQ Write 1,330

DQ Mixed 1,439

1,095% 1,484 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

582GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3131 1785 1784 1779 1786 1778 MB/s

369% Outstanding

Write 3,308

Mixed 2,989

SusWrite 2,007

624% 2,763 MB/s

4K Read 71.6

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 95.5

314% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,007

DQ Write 726

DQ Mixed 872

650% 868 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 days ago.

980GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2608 1891 1889 1891 1895 1901 MB/s

337% Outstanding

Write 2,986

Mixed 2,779

SusWrite 2,012

586% 2,596 MB/s

4K Read 57.9

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 72.5

232% 76 MB/s

DQ Read 1,040

DQ Write 652

DQ Mixed 875

645% 856 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1798 1957 1983 1995 2014 MB/s

334% Outstanding

Write 2,058

Mixed 1,941

SusWrite 1,841

453% 2,012 MB/s

4K Read 55.2

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 72.2

242% 83.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,491

DQ Write 1,115

DQ Mixed 1,181

916% 1,262 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2122 2129 2127 2129 2131 2130 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 2,176

Mixed 2,108

SusWrite 2128

490% 2,175 MB/s

4K Read 59.1

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 74.1

237% 77.4 MB/s

DQ Read 627

DQ Write 394

DQ Mixed 543

396% 522 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 1042 1378 1188 1169 1184 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,483

Mixed 1,771

SusWrite 1,113

368% 1,648 MB/s

4K Read 59

4K Write 43.2

4K Mixed 47.9

174% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 902

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 299

281% 459 MB/s

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Gaming 164%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 187%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 ACE (MS-7C35) - $358

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	451x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	440x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	340x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	239x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	207x

SSD
980 PRO 1TBSamsungBench 400%, 803 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	97x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	49x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,663

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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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980 PRO 1TB

Average Bench: 400% (12^th of 1072)

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