Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed -142%Effective Speed -142%Average Score -141%Read -175%, Write -170%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -53%, Mixed -115%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -373%Peak Score -177%Read -245%, Write -200%, 4K Read -194%, 4K Write -71%, Mixed -165%, 4K Mixed -130%, SusWrite -233%Value & Sentiment -31%User Rating -31%, Market Share -55%, Price 192%, Value -231%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read -45%, DQ Write -23%, DQ Mixed -69%, ADQ Read -44%, ADQ Write -39%, ADQ Mixed -53%, Age -155%, AS-SSD Total -61%

Average Bench: 224% (86^th of 1080)

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 86224%

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%

MYS-User, 1 hr ago.

349GB free

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1611 266 298 300 300 309 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,885

Mixed 1,449

SusWrite 514

302% 1,344 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 75.4

274% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,599

DQ Write 1,563

DQ Mixed 1,246

1,028% 1,469 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1899 323 236 259 290 254 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 2,075

Mixed 1,588

SusWrite 543

330% 1,467 MB/s

4K Read 56

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 77.7

263% 94.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,367

DQ Write 1,055

DQ Mixed 1163

883% 1,195 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1619 1660 820 251 257 207 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,554

Mixed 1,373

SusWrite 802

282% 1,252 MB/s

4K Read 55.4

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 73.4

240% 82.2 MB/s

DQ Read 753

DQ Write 566

DQ Mixed 628

478% 649 MB/s

IND-User, 3 hrs ago.

228GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1140 252 238 294 282 308 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 1930

Mixed 1,307

SusWrite 419

266% 1,173 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 93.1

4K Mixed 58.8

192% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 913

DQ Write 658

DQ Mixed 767

578% 780 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

110GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 194 182 224 187 190 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 1,115

Mixed 1,115

SusWrite 340

195% 865 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 83.2

4K Mixed 27.8

114% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1090

DQ Write 758

DQ Mixed 897

677% 915 MB/s

IND-User, 1 hr ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 839 1016 351 193 187 250 MB/s

67.1% Good

Write 553

Mixed 563

SusWrite 473

120% 530 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 14.7

4K Mixed 12.5

42% 13 MB/s

DQ Read 102

DQ Write 83.5

DQ Mixed 98.5

72% 94.7 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	4,827x
Core i5-10600KIntel $136Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,338x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $205Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,508x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,623x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,740x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,683x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $70Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	964x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	595x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	582x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $952

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 224% (86^th of 1080)

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Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 224% (86th of 1080)

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