Samsung

980 PRO 2TB

980 PRO 2TB
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Effective Speed +266% Effective Speed 266%Average Score +338% Read 477%, Write 563%, 4K Read 110%, 4K Write 102%, Mixed 593%, 4K Mixed 117%, SusWrite 404%Peak Score +368% Read 512%, Write 623%, 4K Read 110%, 4K Write 114%, Mixed 633%, 4K Mixed 127%, SusWrite 459%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +393% DQ Read 506%, DQ Write 434%, DQ Mixed 521%, ADQ Read 381%, ADQ Write 308%, ADQ Mixed 412%, Age 156%, AS-SSD Total 426%

Average Bench: 360% (16^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB

Poor: 269%Average: 360% Great: 449%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 2TB averaged 259.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,331MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,686MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 2TB is 179%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 177MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 72.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 16360%

Min	Avg	Max
627	Read 2,637	3,101
628	Write 2,686	3,507
641	Mixed 2,488	3,103
492	SusWrite 1,495	2,163
523% 2,327 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.8	4K Read 72.2	90.1
69	4K Write 177	262
36	4K Mixed 97.9	132
328% 116 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
54.5	DQ Read 1,569	2,225
166	DQ Write 1,178	1,912
67.7	DQ Mixed 1,331	2,056
1,006% 1,359 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 days ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2307 3182 3230 1374 756 757 MB/s

416% Outstanding

Write 3,375

Mixed 2,978

SusWrite 1,934

633% 2,808 MB/s

4K Read 81.8

4K Write 206

4K Mixed 114

378% 134 MB/s

DQ Read 1,478

DQ Write 1,324

DQ Mixed 1,404

1,052% 1,402 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

465GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2803 2942 2826 2789 625 646 MB/s

379% Outstanding

Write 2,871

Mixed 2,798

SusWrite 2,105

585% 2,592 MB/s

4K Read 71

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 94

305% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,303

DQ Write 1,012

DQ Mixed 1,120

848% 1,145 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

324GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2263 1217 937 940 952 944 MB/s

379% Outstanding

Write 3,289

Mixed 2,950

SusWrite 1,209

583% 2,593 MB/s

4K Read 87.2

4K Write 230

4K Mixed 96.2

377% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,886

DQ Write 1,410

DQ Mixed 1,596

1,207% 1,631 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

371GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2777 1129 920 961 967 971 MB/s

349% Outstanding

Write 2964

Mixed 2,752

SusWrite 1,288

546% 2,428 MB/s

4K Read 67.1

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 91.1

320% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,601

DQ Write 1,268

DQ Mixed 1,435

1,074% 1,435 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

344GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2298 997 988 982 973 968 MB/s

332% Outstanding

Write 2,511

Mixed 2209

SusWrite 1,201

465% 2,067 MB/s

4K Read 62.4

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 97.2

316% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,699

DQ Write 1287

DQ Mixed 1,474

1,108% 1,487 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 months ago.

336GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1902 1390 971 975 982 982 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 2026

Mixed 1,884

SusWrite 1,200

364% 1,602 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 59.6

190% 67.9 MB/s

DQ Read 747

DQ Write 859

DQ Mixed 744

577% 783 MB/s

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	973x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	221x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
980 PRO 2TBSamsungBench 360%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	160x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	114x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $658

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	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 2TB

Average Bench: 360% (16^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 360% (16th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 360% (16^th of 1072)