Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +150% Effective Speed 150%Average Score +188% Read 221%, Write 343%, 4K Read 70%, 4K Write 81%, Mixed 338%, 4K Mixed 84%, SusWrite 178%Peak Score +202% Read 241%, Write 342%, 4K Read 57%, 4K Write 92%, Mixed 326%, 4K Mixed 78%, SusWrite 275%Value & Sentiment +163% User Rating -11%, Market Share 197%, Price 80%, Value 388%Nice To Haves +309% DQ Read 335%, DQ Write 316%, DQ Mixed 291%, ADQ Read 287%, ADQ Write 239%, ADQ Mixed 313%, Age 406%, AS-SSD Total 283%

Average Bench: 241% (56^th of 1058)

Based on 27,979 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Poor: 150%Average: 241% Great: 308%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 141.4% 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 1,024MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,258MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 158%. 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 794MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 158MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27,979 samples)

Rank 56241%

Min	Avg	Max
811	Read 1,466	1,729
816	Write 1,776	2,150
772	Mixed 1,517	1,762
386	SusWrite 794	1,406
313% 1,388 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.7	4K Read 57.3	66.5
73.9	4K Write 158	233
48.5	4K Mixed 80.5	101
274% 98.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
681	DQ Read 1,258	1,598
223	DQ Write 963	1,469
320	DQ Mixed 1,024	1,243
789% 1,082 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

275GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 283 193 287 265 216 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 2071

Mixed 1,744

SusWrite 470

334% 1,487 MB/s

4K Read 62.2

4K Write 222

4K Mixed 93.9

332% 126 MB/s

DQ Read 1,590

DQ Write 1,415

DQ Mixed 1,232

998% 1,412 MB/s

JPN-User, 2 hrs ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1674 350 114 73 145 155 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 2,059

Mixed 1,671

SusWrite 419

324% 1,442 MB/s

4K Read 61.9

4K Write 168

4K Mixed 87

294% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,373

DQ Write 1,016

DQ Mixed 1,144

869% 1,178 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 hr ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1817 265 200 168 147 137 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 2,076

Mixed 1,722

SusWrite 456

334% 1,485 MB/s

4K Read 61.6

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 83.3

287% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1,226

DQ Write 1,001

DQ Mixed 1,087

821% 1,105 MB/s

GBR-User, 42 mins ago.

157GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1746 366 222 197 210 180 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 1,757

Mixed 1,499

SusWrite 487

285% 1,265 MB/s

4K Read 61.8

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 86.5

293% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,575

DQ Write 1,038

DQ Mixed 1222

934% 1,279 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

111GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1597 258 253 268 248 277 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,206

Mixed 1,673

SusWrite 483

277% 1,235 MB/s

4K Read 52.5

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 74.8

250% 89.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,508

DQ Write 1,166

DQ Mixed 1,242

955% 1,305 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

204GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 897 221 205 206 200 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 2,020

Mixed 1608

SusWrite 525

325% 1,444 MB/s

4K Read 58.8

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 80.4

272% 97 MB/s

DQ Read 1161

DQ Write 840

DQ Mixed 989

742% 997 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

423GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1705 1678 1673 1579 242 259 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,826

Mixed 1,490

SusWrite 1,189

329% 1,452 MB/s

4K Read 49.2

4K Write 62.3

4K Mixed 56.1

179% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1004

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 317

300% 495 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 141%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) - $170

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $200Bench 97%, 306,408 samples	9,966x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $320Bench 85%, 755,235 samples	5,897x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $310Bench 99%, 234,098 samples	5,215x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 369,988 samples	4,215x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 207%, 309,897 samples	2,164x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples	1,843x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $60Bench 241%, 27,979 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $83Bench 86%, 343,296 samples	1,934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	1,623x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 216,920 samples	1,022x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,013

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 241% (56^th of 1058)

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980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 241% (56th of 1058)

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