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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 213% (96th of 1080)

Based on 165,668 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 153%Average: 213% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 113.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 797MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 923MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 598MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 675MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 165,668 samples)
Rank 96213%
Min Avg Max
937 Read 1,714 2,086
667 Write 1,445 1,750
518 Mixed 675 853
246 SusWrite 598 832
246% 1,108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.3 4K Read 44.2 53.7
69.3 4K Write 137 191
37.5 4K Mixed 57 68.7
212% 79.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
677 DQ Read 1,034 1,239
263 DQ Write 923 1,374
334 DQ Mixed 797 1,012
647% 918 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 472 437 387 331 318 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 2,017
Write 1,686
Mixed 756
SusWrite 437
271% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 55.5
186% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 988
DQ Write 678
DQ Mixed 801
607% 822 MB/s
266GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 623 621 631 640 633 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 1,736
Write 1,387
Mixed 760
SusWrite 660
253% 1,136 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 49.7
160% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1060
DQ Write 827
DQ Mixed 771
624% 886 MB/s
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $375

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples7,326x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,277x
Core i7-8700Intel  $185Bench 87%, 349,567 samples579x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,718x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,251x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples661x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $44Bench 84%, 215,644 samples575x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples522x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples479x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,227

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silhex88
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Excellent

7 years ago.

Super low latencies and great TurboWrite performance for not much more than mid-to-high-end SATA drives--when bought lightly used, which is the best way to go in this NAND market IMO.

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Excellent

6 years ago.

Awesome !! Le système est très réactif et le démarrage de windows et de divers programmes ne le ralentisse pas !!

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