Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +114% Effective Speed 114%Average Score +118% Read 277%, Write 260%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 88%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 97%Peak Score +126% Read 311%, Write 258%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 55%, Mixed 101%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 116%Value & Sentiment +13% User Rating -7%, Market Share -30%, Price -23%, Value 113%Nice To Haves +193% DQ Read 237%, DQ Write 261%, DQ Mixed 203%, ADQ Read 214%, ADQ Write 204%, ADQ Mixed 198%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 212% (79^th of 1058)

Based on 147,612 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 161%Average: 212% Great: 253%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 112.4% 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 775MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 875MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 91.7%. 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 591MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 678MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 147,612 samples)

Rank 79212%

Min	Avg	Max
1,144	Read 1,746	2,086
873	Write 1,463	1,740
528	Mixed 678	851
285	SusWrite 591	836
249% 1,119 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.9	4K Read 44.7	53.3
65.9	4K Write 134	186
40.9	4K Mixed 56.8	67.9
212% 78.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
618	DQ Read 1,017	1,239
261	DQ Write 875	1,294
285	DQ Mixed 775	1,004
628% 889 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 54 mins ago.

366GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 1209 586 591 589 589 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1,635

Mixed 683

SusWrite 798

286% 1,290 MB/s

4K Read 55.2

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 62.8

246% 91.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,094

DQ Write 1,030

DQ Mixed 825

684% 983 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

376GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1704 862 591 599 580 599 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1,669

Mixed 722

SusWrite 823

276% 1,236 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 56.3

195% 71.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,130

DQ Write 863

DQ Mixed 779

642% 924 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 609 603 539 353 351 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 1,651

Mixed 679

SusWrite 525

266% 1,199 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 50

209% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 403

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 330

244% 327 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 331 314 307 298 293 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 1,549

Mixed 662

SusWrite 355

242% 1,090 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 88.5

4K Mixed 48.4

175% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 773

DQ Write 470

DQ Mixed 603

454% 615 MB/s

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 14,721 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 126%

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Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 115%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $334

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 92%, 630,213 samples	9,860x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 93%, 252,531 samples	1,736x
Core i7-8700Intel $312Bench 89%, 305,336 samples	790x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 136%, 715,540 samples	3,028x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples	2,182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples	1,022x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 212%, 147,612 samples	675x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 86%, 201,751 samples	1,014x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples	887x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $190Bench 93%, 73,067 samples	700x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,971

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silhex88

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Excellent

4 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

3 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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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 212% (79^th of 1058)

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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 212% (79th of 1058)

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