Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (92,081)
MKT (0.4%)
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Effective Speed +127% Effective Speed 127%Average Score +167% Read 230%, Write 322%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 312%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 127%Peak Score +191% Read 237%, Write 336%, 4K Read 51%, 4K Write 81%, Mixed 312%, 4K Mixed 64%, SusWrite 254%Value & Sentiment +89% User Rating -9%, Market Share 113%, Price 27%, Value 225%Nice To Haves +266% DQ Read 335%, DQ Write 330%, DQ Mixed 274%, ADQ Read 265%, ADQ Write 213%, ADQ Mixed 273%, Age 149%, AS-SSD Total 285%

Average Bench: 224% (78^th of 1072)

Based on 92,081 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Poor: 144%Average: 224% Great: 295%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 123.8% 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 971MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,192MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 151%. 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 672MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 134MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 92,081 samples)

Rank 78224%

Min	Avg	Max
963	Read 1,509	1,709
820	Write 1,710	2,114
826	Mixed 1,478	1,743
337	SusWrite 672	1,371
302% 1,342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.3	4K Read 56.9	65.1
64.2	4K Write 134	221
42.7	4K Mixed 70.5	95.4
247% 87 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
682	DQ Read 1,192	1,596
309	DQ Write 905	1,540
438	DQ Mixed 971	1,240
747% 1,023 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GEO-User, 1 hr ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1783 1905 1938 1070 160 123 MB/s

322% Outstanding

Write 2,041

Mixed 1730

SusWrite 1163

375% 1,664 MB/s

4K Read 68.6

4K Write 244

4K Mixed 103

365% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,599

DQ Write 1,538

DQ Mixed 1,230

1,017% 1,456 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

280GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2078 970 238 253 238 275 MB/s

288% Outstanding

Write 2,156

Mixed 1,792

SusWrite 675

352% 1,562 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 259

4K Mixed 102

368% 142 MB/s

DQ Read 1,457

DQ Write 1,614

DQ Mixed 1,206

999% 1,426 MB/s

GRC-User, 3 hrs ago.

267GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1958 461 222 191 160 149 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,681

Mixed 1,356

SusWrite 524

272% 1,204 MB/s

4K Read 65

4K Write 208

4K Mixed 93.4

328% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,586

DQ Write 1,086

DQ Mixed 1,218

941% 1,297 MB/s

POL-User, 16 mins ago.

117GB free

Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1212 318 330 321 327 331 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,939

Mixed 1,665

SusWrite 473

318% 1412 MB/s

4K Read 53.1

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 69.1

226% 76.6 MB/s

DQ Read 919

DQ Write 603

DQ Mixed 791

582% 771 MB/s

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,730x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,297x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,473x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,571x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,712x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,635x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $73Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	584x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	566x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $982

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 224% (78^th of 1072)

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Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 224% (78th of 1072)

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