Average Bench: 260% (52nd of 1071)

Based on 140,876 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 980 1TB

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 159.9% 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 1,064MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,277MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 203%. 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 139MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 54.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 140,876 samples)
Min Avg Max
1,049 Read 1,573 1,805
1,049 Write 1,906 2,297
1,037 Mixed 1,660 1,940
413 SusWrite 1,153 2,155
355% 1,573 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36 4K Read 54.3 66.6
57.9 4K Write 139 223
42.6 4K Mixed 73.2 98.7
250% 88.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
680 DQ Read 1,277 1,942
198 DQ Write 954 1,627
305 DQ Mixed 1,064 1,637
809% 1,098 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
648GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2025 2059 2025 2186 2211 2198 MB/s
Read 1,625
Write 2,014
Mixed 1,691
SusWrite 2,117
422% 1,862 MB/s
4K Read 63
4K Write 215
4K Mixed 96.8
334% 125 MB/s
DQ Read 1,685
DQ Write 1,025
DQ Mixed 1,372
1,018% 1,361 MB/s
521GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2146 2203 2224 2282 2292 2286 MB/s
Read 1,786
Write 1,795
Mixed 1,962
SusWrite 2,239
440% 1,945 MB/s
4K Read 65.3
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 93.3
316% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,186
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 1021
772% 1,042 MB/s
741GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1898 1929 1932 1921 1959 1960 MB/s
Read 1,727
Write 2066
Mixed 1,814
SusWrite 1,933
427% 1,885 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 87.5
288% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,389
DQ Write 1,087
DQ Mixed 1,203
910% 1,226 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1687 353 181 229 285 228 MB/s
Read 1,604
Write 2,020
Mixed 1,702
SusWrite 494
328% 1,455 MB/s
4K Read 58
4K Write 211
4K Mixed 89.9
315% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 1,811
DQ Write 1,415
DQ Mixed 1,562
1,183% 1,596 MB/s
880GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1458 1548 1596 1494 1612 1636 MB/s
Read 1,423
Write 1,698
Mixed 1,541
SusWrite 1,557
352% 1,555 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 59.6
191% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 749
DQ Write 423
DQ Mixed 649
466% 607 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 956 145 101 313 405 MB/s
Read 1,122
Write 1,034
Mixed 1,170
SusWrite 512
216% 959 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 84.6
284% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1,404
DQ Write 1,115
DQ Mixed 1,215
922% 1,245 MB/s
891GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 328 470 404 397 398 MB/s
Read 470
Write 422
Mixed 452
SusWrite 393
98% 434 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 29.5
100% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 292
217% 289 MB/s
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Desktop 111%
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Workstation 204%
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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $190

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6 days ago.

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


Excellent

20 months ago.

Best ssd for a game install drive


Excellent

11 months 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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