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980 PRO 500GB

980 PRO 500GB
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Effective Speed +309% Effective Speed 309%Average Score +385% Read 459%, Write 590%, 4K Read 105%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 614%, 4K Mixed 108%, SusWrite 747%Peak Score +402% Read 492%, Write 609%, 4K Read 92%, 4K Write 95%, Mixed 634%, 4K Mixed 114%, SusWrite 775%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +331% DQ Read 452%, DQ Write 371%, DQ Mixed 427%, ADQ Read 308%, ADQ Write 239%, ADQ Mixed 322%, Age 154%, AS-SSD Total 379%

Average Bench: 402% (12^th of 1072)

Based on 156 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB

Poor: 274%Average: 402% Great: 510%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 500GB averaged 302.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,097MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,798MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB is 237%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 154MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 70.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 156 samples)

Rank 12402%

Min	Avg	Max
1,449	Read 2,555	2,997
1,579	Write 2,798	3,437
1,353	Mixed 2,562	3,106
1,396	SusWrite 2,510	3,389
589% 2,606 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.2	4K Read 70.3	82.6
70.7	4K Write 154	239
54.5	4K Mixed 93.7	125
308% 106 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
692	DQ Read 1,331	2,025
157	DQ Write 980	1,688
297	DQ Mixed 1,097	1,746
836% 1,136 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3274 3322 3416 3423 3418 3244 MB/s

484% Outstanding

Write 3,163

Mixed 2,874

SusWrite 3,349

682% 3,009 MB/s

4K Read 74.4

4K Write 202

4K Mixed 104

353% 127 MB/s

DQ Read 1,611

DQ Write 1,248

DQ Mixed 1,430

1,069% 1,429 MB/s

HKG-User, 9 hrs ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2323 2446 2436 2447 2447 2464 MB/s

422% Outstanding

Write 2,172

Mixed 2,226

SusWrite 2,427

516% 2,289 MB/s

4K Read 72.7

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 104

344% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,795

DQ Write 1,515

DQ Mixed 1,638

1,232% 1,649 MB/s

SAU-User, 5 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2808 2869 2858 2960 2958 2961 MB/s

414% Outstanding

Write 2,955

Mixed 2,845

SusWrite 2,902

651% 2,884 MB/s

4K Read 75.5

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 89.4

290% 93.6 MB/s

DQ Read 956

DQ Write 513

DQ Mixed 699

529% 723 MB/s

CAN-User, 26 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2463 1873 1858 1877 1886 1876 MB/s

386% Outstanding

Write 2,524

Mixed 2,415

SusWrite 1,972

532% 2,361 MB/s

4K Read 74.3

4K Write 181

4K Mixed 105

343% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 1418

DQ Write 1,130

DQ Mixed 1,246

940% 1,265 MB/s

CAN-User, 30 days ago.

872GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1228 1688 1786 1771 1809 1811 MB/s

319% Outstanding

Write 2,293

Mixed 2,194

SusWrite 1,682

479% 2,126 MB/s

4K Read 59.9

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 80.6

261% 88.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,061

DQ Write 805

DQ Mixed 928

695% 931 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

972GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1823 2073 2282 2184 2205 1927 MB/s

316% Outstanding

Write 2427

Mixed 2,348

SusWrite 2,082

531% 2,359 MB/s

4K Read 57.1

4K Write 52.1

4K Mixed 53.7

183% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,175

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 306

315% 546 MB/s

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 201%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

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Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	471x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	376x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 PRO 500GBSamsungBench 402%, 156 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	166x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	99x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	57x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,274

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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980 PRO 500GB

Average Bench: 402% (12^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 402% (12th of 1072)

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