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Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Samsung SSD 980 500GB
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Effective Speed +134% Effective Speed 134%Average Score +168% Read 228%, Write 293%, 4K Read 71%, 4K Write 67%, Mixed 295%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 160%Peak Score +207% Read 246%, Write 339%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 94%, Mixed 311%, 4K Mixed 75%, SusWrite 323%Value & Sentiment -426%User Rating -14%, Market Share -839%Nice To Haves +260% DQ Read 335%, DQ Write 330%, DQ Mixed 275%, ADQ Read 243%, ADQ Write 202%, ADQ Mixed 255%, Age 156%, AS-SSD Total 287%

Average Bench: 230% (72^nd of 1072)

Based on 933 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Poor: 122%Average: 230% Great: 321%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB averaged 130.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 923MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,119MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB is 199%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 770MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 146MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 933 samples)

Rank 72230%

Min	Avg	Max
864	Read 1,500	1,751
569	Write 1,594	2,129
608	Mixed 1,419	1,740
340	SusWrite 770	1,636
297% 1,321 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.1	4K Read 58.7	69.8
52.2	4K Write 146	237
33.5	4K Mixed 71.5	102
258% 92.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
400	DQ Read 1,119	1,596
190	DQ Write 872	1,541
290	DQ Mixed 923	1,243
710% 972 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 7 days ago.

300GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1041 894 209 229 222 164 MB/s

274% Outstanding

Write 2,113

Mixed 1,730

SusWrite 460

339% 1,508 MB/s

4K Read 70.4

4K Write 243

4K Mixed 97.6

360% 137 MB/s

DQ Read 1,598

DQ Write 1,393

DQ Mixed 1,227

993% 1,406 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

337GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1596 286 318 317 321 325 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 2,090

Mixed 1692

SusWrite 527

329% 1,459 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 232

4K Mixed 89.2

309% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,597

DQ Write 1,658

DQ Mixed 1,225

1,032% 1,494 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

329GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 576 217 260 227 286 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 1850

Mixed 1,586

SusWrite 496

306% 1,358 MB/s

4K Read 55.2

4K Write 186

4K Mixed 84.3

290% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,516

DQ Write 1175

DQ Mixed 1,213

944% 1,301 MB/s

POL-User, 11 days ago.

194GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 152 136 163 157 203 MB/s

229% Outstanding

Write 1,913

Mixed 1,686

SusWrite 323

311% 1,384 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 84.4

277% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,501

DQ Write 1,131

DQ Mixed 1,242

949% 1,292 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

396GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 1665 996 260 168 173 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,775

Mixed 1,478

SusWrite 789

315% 1,398 MB/s

4K Read 54

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 70.8

239% 83.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,080

DQ Write 762

DQ Mixed 875

666% 906 MB/s

BGD-User, 6 days ago.

171GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 282 319 326 329 330 MB/s

168% Outstanding

Write 1,387

Mixed 1,248

SusWrite 377

238% 1,060 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 63.1

206% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,031

DQ Write 376

DQ Mixed 854

592% 754 MB/s

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Acer Nitro AN515-57

CPU
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples	9,310x
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples	5,202x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 89%, 6,494 samples	564x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples	5,172x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples	3,032x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	1,820x

SSD
Samsung SSD 980 500GBNvmeBench 230%, 933 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	2,906x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples	2,200x
M471A2K43EB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 46%, 7,758 samples	827x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Samsung SSD 980 500GB

Average Bench: 230% (72^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 230% (72nd of 1072)

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