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Samsung MZ-V8V1T0B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 251% (65th of 1080)

Based on 262,559 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 980 1TB
Poor: 149%Average: 251% Great: 365%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 150.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,077MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,293MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 215%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 134MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 943MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 262,559 samples)
Rank 65251%
Min Avg Max
1,052 Read 1,664 1,811
777 Write 1,830 2,282
643 Mixed 1,601 1,929
284 SusWrite 943 2,112
340% 1,509 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.1 4K Read 58 66.1
55.2 4K Write 134 222
41.2 4K Mixed 71.2 97.2
250% 87.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
668 DQ Read 1,293 1,935
273 DQ Write 965 1,597
354 DQ Mixed 1,077 1,624
819% 1,112 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
760GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2043 2063 2060 879 367 425 MB/s
329% Outstanding
Read 1,580
Write 1,966
Mixed 1,720
SusWrite 1306
371% 1,643 MB/s
4K Read 63.6
4K Write 228
4K Mixed 99.7
345% 130 MB/s
DQ Read 1,949
DQ Write 1646
DQ Mixed 1,668
1,285% 1,755 MB/s
602GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1593 164 115 315 203 151 MB/s
278% Outstanding
Read 1,659
Write 2,183
Mixed 1,848
SusWrite 423
344% 1,528 MB/s
4K Read 64.6
4K Write 223
4K Mixed 91.9
334% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 1,952
DQ Write 1799
DQ Mixed 1668
1,308% 1,806 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 322 386 418 421 415 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 1,504
Write 1,988
Mixed 1,660
SusWrite 438
315% 1,397 MB/s
4K Read 52.3
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 77.6
268% 99.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,915
DQ Write 1,660
DQ Mixed 1,660
1,279% 1,745 MB/s
308GB free
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 330 286 271 330 298 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 1,628
Write 1,693
Mixed 1,634
SusWrite 479
305% 1,358 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 67.1
220% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 997
DQ Write 687
DQ Mixed 853
634% 845 MB/s
271GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 1071 524 289 244 244 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,098
Write 1,126
Mixed 1,120
SusWrite 545
219% 972 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 86.9
4K Mixed 60.1
195% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 801
DQ Write 602
DQ Mixed 685
517% 696 MB/s
342GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 678 688 374 192 176 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 712
Write 693
Mixed 704
SusWrite 463
145% 643 MB/s
4K Read 53.2
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 71.9
239% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 820
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 1,075
717% 858 MB/s
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Gaming 199%
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Desktop 110%
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Workstation 203%
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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $130

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel  $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples5,988x
Core i7-12700KIntel  $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples4,854x
Core i7-12700KFIntel  $212Bench 114%, 70,812 samples1,941x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,124x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,017x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $500Bench 158%, 218,061 samples1,711x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples1,183x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples797x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 86,372 samples732x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples679x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $945

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I love this thing@ Windows boots in less than 15 seconds!

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Excellent

2 years ago.

Best ssd for a game install drive

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Excellent

2 years ago.

Possibly the best SSD for gaming as you can disable low power states with Samsung's Magician software without having to worry about the thing overheating (it's maximum power draw is lower than other high-performance NVMe drives). [The switch between power states can cause the odd high access time that can cause frame skips in games. It can also make an NVMe SSD perform slower than a SATA one in some situations. This is not something generally picked up by SSD benchmarking software — they would have to report 1% or 0.1% maximum access time averages (just like a decent gaming benchmark would report 1% or 0.1% minimum frame rate averages) and they generally don't.]

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