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Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 403% (12th of 1072)

Based on 111 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
Poor: 280%Average: 403% Great: 487%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB averaged 302.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,257MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,208MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB is 207%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 188MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 72.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 111 samples)
Rank 12403%
Min Avg Max
595 Read 2,500 3,140
1,932 Write 3,208 3,862
1,507 Mixed 2,762 3,332
1,837 SusWrite 2,289 2,715
608% 2,690 MB/s
Min Avg Max
48.2 4K Read 72.7 90.2
80.3 4K Write 188 258
62.4 4K Mixed 104 133
343% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
789 DQ Read 1,413 2,041
364 DQ Write 1,118 1,616
608 DQ Mixed 1,257 1,810
943% 1,262 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2431 1962 1969 1970 1983 1974 MB/s
475% Outstanding
Read 3,056
Write 3,964
Mixed 3,382
SusWrite 2,048
703% 3,113 MB/s
4K Read 92.9
4K Write 267
4K Mixed 139
460% 166 MB/s
DQ Read 2,113
DQ Write 1,665
DQ Mixed 1,864
1,402% 1,881 MB/s
563GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3536 2830 1769 1777 1790 1807 MB/s
472% Outstanding
Read 2,787
Write 3,843
Mixed 3,257
SusWrite 2,252
687% 3,035 MB/s
4K Read 85
4K Write 270
4K Mixed 137
447% 164 MB/s
DQ Read 2,114
DQ Write 1,643
DQ Mixed 1,856
1,395% 1871 MB/s
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3322 1856 1847 1836 1846 1838 MB/s
454% Outstanding
Read 2,896
Write 3,582
Mixed 3,171
SusWrite 2,091
663% 2,935 MB/s
4K Read 79.7
4K Write 238
4K Mixed 117
396% 145 MB/s
DQ Read 2,214
DQ Write 1,725
DQ Mixed 1,938
1,458% 1,959 MB/s
806GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2545 2661 2801 2607 2055 1638 MB/s
405% Outstanding
Read 2632
Write 3,142
Mixed 2,903
SusWrite 2,384
625% 2,765 MB/s
4K Read 78.5
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 108
356% 124 MB/s
DQ Read 1,130
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 610
550% 842 MB/s
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2739 1729 1750 1761 1762 1751 MB/s
401% Outstanding
Read 2,908
Write 3508
Mixed 3,169
SusWrite 1,915
649% 2,875 MB/s
4K Read 83.3
4K Write 191
4K Mixed 118
378% 131 MB/s
DQ Read 1,215
DQ Write 1,018
DQ Mixed 1,130
843% 1,121 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 796 831 871 863 865 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 857
Write 1,439
Mixed 863
SusWrite 851
227% 1,002 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 31.8
105% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 153
115% 154 MB/s
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Gaming 140%
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Desktop
Desktop 110%
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Workstation
Workstation 152%
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System: Dell XPS 8950

CPU
Core i7-12700IntelBench 108%, 25,535 samples1,767x
Core i9-12900KIntel  $297Bench 117%, 66,991 samples797x
Core i7-12700KIntel  $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples769x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples1,219x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples506x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples488x
SSD
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TBNvmeBench 403%, 111 samples1x
RAM
HMCG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 139%, 1,072 samples443x
HMCG78MEBUA084N 2x16GBUnknownBench 141%, 577 samples295x
CG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 143%, 829 samples256x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $340

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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