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Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB

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Effective Speed -27%Effective Speed -27%Average Score -29%Read -60%, Write -60%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -65%Read -92%, Write -67%, 4K Read -113%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite -23%Value & Sentiment -2,630%User Rating -37%, Market Share -5,222%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -4%, ADQ Read -17%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age -49%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Average Bench: 431% (14^th of 1080)

Based on 503 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB

Poor: 273%Average: 431% Great: 568%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB averaged 330.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,239MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,922MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB is 294%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 166MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 92.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 503 samples)

Rank 14431%

Min	Avg	Max
1,624	Read 2,612	3,091
1,562	Write 2,922	3,859
1,252	Mixed 2,586	3,260
1,311	SusWrite 2,715	3,723
612% 2,709 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
45.2	4K Read 91.3	88.4
41.2	4K Write 166	258
41.1	4K Mixed 92.8	130
345% 117 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
799	DQ Read 1,463	2,215
150	DQ Write 1,077	1,855
295	DQ Mixed 1,239	2,010
934% 1,260 MB/s

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

USA-User, 9 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3352 3431 3451 3607 3615 3614 MB/s

498% Outstanding

Write 3,656

Mixed 3,171

SusWrite 3,512

760% 3,359 MB/s

4K Read 82.1

4K Write 191

4K Mixed 118

376% 130 MB/s

DQ Read 1,057

DQ Write 816

DQ Mixed 914

690% 929 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3049 3465 3495 3489 3551 3569 MB/s

395% Outstanding

Write 2,325

Mixed 1,950

SusWrite 3,436

556% 2,453 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 71.6

229% 85.6 MB/s

DQ Read 784

DQ Write 556

DQ Mixed 660

496% 666 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

330GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2091 1951 1940 1937 1951 1943 MB/s

386% Outstanding

Write 3,156

Mixed 3,063

SusWrite 1,969

615% 2,721 MB/s

4K Read 76.3

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 106

348% 121 MB/s

DQ Read 1,209

DQ Write 995

DQ Mixed 1,094

822% 1,100 MB/s

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Typical Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB Builds (Compare 1,849 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 116%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 129%

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System: HP OMEN by HP 40L Gaming Desktop GT21-0xxx

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Core i7-12700KIntel $187Bench 114%, 133,111 samples	638x
Core i5-12400FIntel $111Bench 98%, 54,052 samples	401x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $204Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	218x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $280Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	428x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $309Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	398x
RTX 3080Nvidia $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	380x

SSD
Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TBNvmeBench 431%, 503 samples	1x

RAM
HP37D4U1S8MR-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 3,921 samples	516x
HP37D4U1S8ME-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 6,088 samples	316x
HP37D4U1S8ME-16XR 2x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 2,425 samples	189x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $467

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $320

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