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980 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 254% (55th of 1072)

Based on 147 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 980 500GB
Poor: 172%Average: 254% Great: 355%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 500GB averaged 153.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 994MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,224MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 500GB is 183%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 129MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 147 samples)
Rank 55254%
Min Avg Max
1,105 Read 1,521 1,797
879 Write 1,808 2,269
894 Mixed 1,597 1,933
460 SusWrite 1,191 2,160
345% 1,530 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35 4K Read 51.6 65.3
62.3 4K Write 129 215
43.6 4K Mixed 71.2 96.9
238% 83.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
779 DQ Read 1,224 1,758
138 DQ Write 869 1,411
261 DQ Mixed 994 1,543
757% 1,029 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
240GB free
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1654 351 353 404 438 417 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1573
Write 2,016
Mixed 1,692
SusWrite 603
332% 1,471 MB/s
4K Read 55.7
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 78.6
276% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,408
DQ Write 1109
DQ Mixed 1,224
926% 1,247 MB/s
332GB free
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2089 410 278 214 181 143 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 1,568
Write 2017
Mixed 1687
SusWrite 552
328% 1,456 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 84
284% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 1,392
DQ Write 1,077
DQ Mixed 1,237
925% 1,236 MB/s
542GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1774 1816 1762 1781 1786 1560 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 1,482
Write 1,866
Mixed 1,660
SusWrite 1,747
383% 1,689 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 46.3
150% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 589
422% 550 MB/s
507GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1849 1858 1859 1054 313 308 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 1,993
Mixed 1,749
SusWrite 1,207
371% 1,642 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 88.2
4K Mixed 61
198% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 919
DQ Write 579
DQ Mixed 747
557% 748 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 688 313 294 311 289 310 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,541
Write 1,417
Mixed 1,676
SusWrite 367
280% 1,250 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 73.4
259% 96.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,633
DQ Write 1,321
DQ Mixed 1,439
1,088% 1,464 MB/s
744GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1757 1736 717 755 465 578 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,606
Write 1,622
Mixed 1,777
SusWrite 1,001
338% 1,502 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 97.4
4K Mixed 61.4
202% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 918
DQ Write 634
DQ Mixed 757
570% 770 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1872 303 455 330 337 351 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 1,170
Mixed 1,066
SusWrite 608
217% 964 MB/s
4K Read 54.4
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 76.8
256% 91.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,497
DQ Write 1,174
DQ Mixed 1,318
991% 1,329 MB/s
744GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1561 1403 1243 701 414 599 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,475
Write 2,057
Mixed 1710
SusWrite 987
352% 1,557 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 96
4K Mixed 58.4
198% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 914
DQ Write 637
DQ Mixed 764
574% 772 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 3B4QFXO7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1899 389 197 194 216 187 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,209
Write 1,716
Mixed 1,558
SusWrite 514
282% 1249 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 54.7
180% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 956
DQ Write 618
DQ Mixed 789
588% 788 MB/s
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 82%
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Motherboard: MSI H510M-A PRO (MS-7D22)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $97Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,767x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,320x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples991x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples899x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples674x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples562x
SSD
980 500GBSamsungBench 254%, 147 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples326x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples300x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples279x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $352

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