Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +129% Effective Speed 129%Average Score +169% Read 220%, Write 329%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 58%, Mixed 318%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 140%Peak Score +193% Read 240%, Write 338%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 81%, Mixed 314%, 4K Mixed 67%, SusWrite 255%Value & Sentiment +160% User Rating -11%, Market Share 128%, Price 122%, Value 401%Nice To Haves +277% DQ Read 335%, DQ Write 333%, DQ Mixed 275%, ADQ Read 271%, ADQ Write 220%, ADQ Mixed 275%, Age 224%, AS-SSD Total 286%

Average Bench: 226% (77^th of 1071)

Based on 56,204 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Poor: 139%Average: 226% Great: 302%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 126.1% 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 976MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,212MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 164%. 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 712MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 139MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 56,204 samples)

Rank 77226%

Min	Avg	Max
816	Read 1,465	1,721
889	Write 1,738	2,123
757	Mixed 1,500	1,753
385	SusWrite 712	1,372
305% 1,354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.4	4K Read 54.2	66.8
60.9	4K Write 139	222
40.3	4K Mixed 72.4	97.8
249% 88.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
578	DQ Read 1,212	1,596
289	DQ Write 922	1,549
387	DQ Mixed 976	1,241
755% 1,037 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 30 mins ago.

344GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2010 2027 2018 809 200 222 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 2,052

Mixed 1,686

SusWrite 1,214

369% 1,631 MB/s

4K Read 57.4

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 76.7

261% 92.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,156

DQ Write 951

DQ Mixed 1,016

771% 1,041 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 mins ago.

385GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1843 1174 382 414 357 258 MB/s

259% Outstanding

Write 1,950

Mixed 1,691

SusWrite 738

341% 1,514 MB/s

4K Read 60.9

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 86.1

294% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,426

DQ Write 1,064

DQ Mixed 1194

906% 1,228 MB/s

DEU-User, 19 mins ago.

100GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1635 561 268 313 314 315 MB/s

246% Outstanding

Write 1,551

Mixed 1,588

SusWrite 568

300% 1,339 MB/s

4K Read 59.2

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 81.4

280% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,482

DQ Write 1,168

DQ Mixed 1,216

939% 1,288 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 mins ago.

207GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1511 583 227 220 200 254 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,780

Mixed 1537

SusWrite 499

296% 1313 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 54.7

175% 59.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,132

DQ Write 807

DQ Mixed 937

709% 959 MB/s

USA-User, 17 mins ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1327 1457 278 224 238 217 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1347

Mixed 1,178

SusWrite 624

239% 1,058 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 82.2

4K Mixed 52.6

171% 58.1 MB/s

DQ Read 991

DQ Write 767

DQ Mixed 864

650% 874 MB/s

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 98%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B560M-A

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel $128Bench 94%, 38,461 samples	858x
Core i5-11400Intel $140Bench 94%, 18,357 samples	847x
Core i5-10400FIntel $105Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	810x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $365Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	750x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $420Bench 128%, 365,409 samples	471x
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	296x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $40Bench 226%, 56,204 samples	192x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	366x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 36,835 samples	242x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	222x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $576

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060 $365	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 226% (77^th of 1071)

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Samsung MZ-V8V500B

980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 226% (77th of 1071)

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