Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (7,995)
MKT (0.5%)
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Effective Speed +141% Effective Speed 141%Average Score +179% Read 212%, Write 335%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 67%, Mixed 315%, 4K Mixed 71%, SusWrite 192%Peak Score +191% Read 239%, Write 339%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 66%, Mixed 314%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 269%Value & Sentiment +124% User Rating -13%, Market Share 54%, Price 90%, Value 367%Nice To Haves +351% DQ Read 331%, DQ Write 247%, DQ Mixed 273%, ADQ Read 265%, ADQ Write 207%, ADQ Mixed 281%, Age 948%, AS-SSD Total 259%

Average Bench: 237% (56^th of 1058)

Based on 7,995 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Poor: 164%Average: 237% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 136.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 982MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,174MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 132%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 868MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 144MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,995 samples)

Rank 56237%

Min	Avg	Max
882	Read 1,440	1,717
940	Write 1,758	2,130
877	Mixed 1,495	1,751
398	SusWrite 868	1,425
314% 1,390 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
42.1	4K Read 55.9	65.4
76.6	4K Write 144	198
51.7	4K Mixed 76.9	93.2
259% 92.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
572	DQ Read 1,174	1,583
187	DQ Write 874	1,243
275	DQ Mixed 982	1,235
746% 1,010 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 1 hr ago.

260GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1804 293 204 297 184 186 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,911

Mixed 1,696

SusWrite 495

322% 1,431 MB/s

4K Read 61.1

4K Write 198

4K Mixed 89.7

312% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 1,548

DQ Write 743

DQ Mixed 1,233

892% 1,175 MB/s

USA-User, 32 mins ago.

279GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 659 189 191 184 172 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,662

Mixed 1,588

SusWrite 455

299% 1,334 MB/s

4K Read 59.7

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 80.3

268% 93.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,193

DQ Write 819

DQ Mixed 956

727% 989 MB/s

USA-User, 58 mins ago.

351GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1282 950 153 139 157 140 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,948

Mixed 1,654

SusWrite 470

316% 1404 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 65.5

214% 74.3 MB/s

DQ Read 957

DQ Write 567

DQ Mixed 807

589% 777 MB/s

USA-User, 54 mins ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 1176 222 279 285 288 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 1,585

Mixed 1,388

SusWrite 551

268% 1,191 MB/s

4K Read 42.9

4K Write 80.4

4K Mixed 55.7

179% 59.7 MB/s

DQ Read 443

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 413

306% 405 MB/s

USA-User, 2 mins ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1624 474 192 262 200 261 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 1,484

Mixed 1,288

SusWrite 502

255% 1,132 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 41.9

139% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 835

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 256

252% 421 MB/s

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Gaming 147%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 138%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) - $150

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $270Bench 97%, 202,863 samples	5,939x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples	4,462x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	3,926x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 152%, 281,761 samples	3,216x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 204%, 177,530 samples	1,616x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	1,428x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 237%, 7,995 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples	1,318x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	1,078x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 165,022 samples	778x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,075

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $394	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 237% (56^th of 1058)

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980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 237% (56th of 1058)

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