Samsung

980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
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Effective Speed +287% Effective Speed 287%Average Score +364% Read 445%, Write 581%, 4K Read 104%, 4K Write 87%, Mixed 611%, 4K Mixed 113%, SusWrite 603%Peak Score +378% Read 492%, Write 620%, 4K Read 105%, 4K Write 97%, Mixed 649%, 4K Mixed 120%, SusWrite 563%Value & Sentiment -259%User Rating -14%, Market Share -504%Nice To Haves +371% DQ Read 481%, DQ Write 396%, DQ Mixed 484%, ADQ Read 328%, ADQ Write 283%, ADQ Mixed 372%, Age 223%, AS-SSD Total 401%

Average Bench: 381% (15^th of 1072)

Based on 3,360 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

Poor: 254%Average: 381% Great: 469%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB averaged 281.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,228MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,761MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB is 215%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 164MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 70.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,360 samples)

Rank 15381%

Min	Avg	Max
1,319	Read 2,494	3,000
1,452	Write 2,761	3,489
1,256	Mixed 2,552	3,169
1,246	SusWrite 2,083	2,568
558% 2,473 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.4	4K Read 70.1	88.3
82.8	4K Write 164	241
60.3	4K Mixed 96.1	128
316% 110 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
789	DQ Read 1,398	2,133
420	DQ Write 1,107	1,775
580	DQ Mixed 1,228	1,935
926% 1,244 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 4 days ago.

687GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3238 3455 3330 2192 1526 1571 MB/s

458% Outstanding

Write 3054

Mixed 2,750

SusWrite 2552

608% 2,684 MB/s

4K Read 84.5

4K Write 243

4K Mixed 130

423% 153 MB/s

DQ Read 1,789

DQ Write 1,565

DQ Mixed 1,655

1,247% 1,670 MB/s

ESP-User, 3 days ago.

413GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3285 3022 1716 1724 1729 1725 MB/s

446% Outstanding

Write 3,437

Mixed 3,136

SusWrite 2,200

664% 2,941 MB/s

4K Read 83.2

4K Write 214

4K Mixed 119

391% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,726

DQ Write 1,412

DQ Mixed 1,559

1,170% 1,566 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

394GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2326 2740 2086 1553 1540 1522 MB/s

406% Outstanding

Write 3,171

Mixed 3,012

SusWrite 1,961

616% 2,730 MB/s

4K Read 80.1

4K Write 204

4K Mixed 113

374% 132 MB/s

DQ Read 1,454

DQ Write 1,162

DQ Mixed 1,272

962% 1,296 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

226GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2950 2810 1528 1531 1579 1603 MB/s

396% Outstanding

Write 3,343

Mixed 2961

SusWrite 2,000

634% 2,809 MB/s

4K Read 72.9

4K Write 178

4K Mixed 102

335% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,293

DQ Write 1,065

DQ Mixed 1,150

869% 1,169 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

783GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2473 1763 1808 1801 1801 1789 MB/s

334% Outstanding

Write 2,880

Mixed 2,667

SusWrite 1,906

562% 2,488 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 78

244% 78.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,093

DQ Write 765

DQ Mixed 916

688% 925 MB/s

POL-User, 3 days ago.

847GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1679 2175 1953 1687 1799 1847 MB/s

317% Outstanding

Write 1,604

Mixed 1,796

SusWrite 1,857

427% 1,906 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 75.5

241% 81 MB/s

DQ Read 910

DQ Write 614

DQ Mixed 764

569% 763 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

187GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 1555 1603 1654 1635 1673 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,630

Mixed 1,848

SusWrite 1,605

414% 1,844 MB/s

4K Read 54

4K Write 41.8

4K Mixed 48.7

166% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 725

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 232

220% 362 MB/s

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Gaming 199%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $210

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	5,847x
Core i7-12700KIntel $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	4,746x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $230Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,893x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,084x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,977x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,665x

SSD
980 PRO with Heatsink 1TBSamsungBench 381%, 3,360 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	764x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	711x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	663x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,302

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

Average Bench: 381% (15^th of 1072)

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980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

Average Bench: 381% (15th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 381% (15^th of 1072)