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Samsung SSD 990 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 334% (22nd of 1072)

Based on 167 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 990
Poor: 182%Average: 334% Great: 516%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 990 1TB averaged 233.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 956MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,657MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 1TB is 334%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 141MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 167 samples)
Rank 22334%
Min Avg Max
1,135 Read 2,110 3,233
1,183 Write 2,657 4,713
1,101 Mixed 2,215 3,499
1,085 SusWrite 2,005 2,826
508% 2,247 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 61.8 95
50.3 4K Write 141 311
38.4 4K Mixed 80.6 136
271% 94.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
507 DQ Read 1,067 2,211
280 DQ Write 857 1,871
409 DQ Mixed 956 2,021
717% 960 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2449 4086 2736 1726 1802 2109 MB/s
513% Outstanding
Read 2,135
Write 4,486
Mixed 3,423
SusWrite 2,485
713% 3,132 MB/s
4K Read 91.1
4K Write 338
4K Mixed 141
498% 190 MB/s
DQ Read 2936
DQ Write 2,582
DQ Mixed 2,761
2,069% 2,760 MB/s
726GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3025 2043 1854 2007 1953 1926 MB/s
425% Outstanding
Read 2,799
Write 4,279
Mixed 1,886
SusWrite 2,134
626% 2,774 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 303
4K Mixed 90.7
356% 149 MB/s
DQ Read 1,893
DQ Write 1,458
DQ Mixed 1,615
1,225% 1,656 MB/s
705GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3799 1992 2146 2149 2137 2142 MB/s
384% Outstanding
Read 2,173
Write 4,730
Mixed 3,489
SusWrite 2,394
728% 3,197 MB/s
4K Read 80.4
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 105
341% 115 MB/s
DQ Read 1,080
DQ Write 909
DQ Mixed 986
741% 992 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: JXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 2361 2358 2366 1522 1431 MB/s
344% Outstanding
Read 2,601
Write 2,405
Mixed 2,234
SusWrite 2,039
522% 2,320 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 80.8
260% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 718
DQ Mixed 765
577% 774 MB/s
668GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1542 1801 1881 1877 1866 1866 MB/s
283% Outstanding
Read 1,763
Write 2,082
Mixed 1,944
SusWrite 1,806
430% 1,899 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 66.3
214% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 874
DQ Write 720
DQ Mixed 683
542% 759 MB/s
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Gaming 56%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 74%
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System: Dell Precision 7920 Tower

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4214R1stBench 70%, 89 samples43x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41141stBench 63%, 670 samples32x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R1stBench 69%, 106 samples30x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples58x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples56x
Quadro RTX 5000NvidiaBench 131%, 1,749 samples50x
SSD
Samsung SSD 990 1TBNvmeBench 334%, 167 samples17x
RAM
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 103%, 194 samples27x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 220 samples18x
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 8x16GBHynixBench 153%, 50 samples16x
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