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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 213% (88th of 1072)

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 88213%
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%
376GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 723 639 638 638 637 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,109
Write 936
Mixed 521
SusWrite 729
184% 824 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 46
153% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 905
DQ Write 632
DQ Mixed 735
558% 757 MB/s
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $362

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $264Bench 88%, 746,287 samples6,589x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,164x
Core i7-8700Intel  $276Bench 87%, 349,567 samples508x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $399Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,563x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,121x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $830Bench 187%, 424,051 samples614x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $31Bench 213%, 165,668 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples523x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples473x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $132Bench 91%, 87,239 samples441x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $1,111

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silhex88
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Excellent

6 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $270Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $146Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $189Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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