Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +123% Effective Speed 123%Average Score +126% Read 283%, Write 266%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 59%, Mixed 97%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 117%Peak Score +131% Read 312%, Write 259%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 109%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 126%Value & Sentiment +98% User Rating -7%, Market Share -37%, Price 82%, Value 356%Nice To Haves +204% DQ Read 238%, DQ Write 297%, DQ Mixed 214%, ADQ Read 216%, ADQ Write 218%, ADQ Mixed 217%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 228%

Average Bench: 215% (78^th of 1058)

Based on 164,196 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 161%Average: 215% Great: 257%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 115.5% 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 788MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 906MB/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 96.6%. 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 612MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 680MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 164,196 samples)

Rank 78215%

Min	Avg	Max
1,114	Read 1,748	2,087
760	Write 1,464	1,741
513	Mixed 680	864
306	SusWrite 612	839
250% 1,126 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.7	4K Read 44.3	53.9
65.3	4K Write 138	196
39.5	4K Mixed 56.8	69
213% 79.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
672	DQ Read 1,036	1,243
215	DQ Write 906	1,401
233	DQ Mixed 788	998
641% 910 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 19 mins ago.

465GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1585 1036 606 606 605 606 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 1,461

Mixed 690

SusWrite 841

272% 1,223 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 186

4K Mixed 52

228% 93.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,037

DQ Write 1,460

DQ Mixed 1,030

840% 1,176 MB/s

CAN-User, 54 mins ago.

402GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 1294 607 606 606 610 MB/s

229% Outstanding

Write 1,523

Mixed 624

SusWrite 808

253% 1,132 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 57.9

219% 83.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,094

DQ Write 1149

DQ Mixed 850

714% 1,031 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 hrs ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1472 1100 604 605 602 602 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,563

Mixed 777

SusWrite 831

279% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 49.7

208% 81.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,033

DQ Write 822

DQ Mixed 762

615% 872 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 85 77 70 70 67 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 305

Mixed 626

SusWrite 132

169% 784 MB/s

4K Read 45.4

4K Write 191

4K Mixed 59.1

246% 98.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,270

DQ Write 1,099

DQ Mixed 881

744% 1,084 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 hr ago.

219GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 632 626 622 629 627 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,410

Mixed 535

SusWrite 663

244% 1,098 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 58.6

204% 73.4 MB/s

DQ Read 817

DQ Write 610

DQ Mixed 682

518% 703 MB/s

ESP-User, 43 mins ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 458 458 453 452 449 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 1,316

Mixed 655

SusWrite 490

215% 966 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 59.1

215% 78.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,141

DQ Write 1,006

DQ Mixed 977

759% 1,041 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 hrs ago.

397GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 911 797 600 585 570 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 1075

Mixed 725

SusWrite 703

212% 949 MB/s

4K Read 42.2

4K Write 88.4

4K Mixed 46.2

170% 58.9 MB/s

DQ Read 745

DQ Write 724

DQ Mixed 809

587% 760 MB/s

PHL-User, 56 mins ago.

104GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 583 514 447 422 483 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,594

Mixed 673

SusWrite 514

234% 1,047 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 49.7

167% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 984

DQ Write 720

DQ Mixed 695

562% 800 MB/s

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 19,289 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 123%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 113%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 89%, 699,090 samples	12,949x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 90%, 239,862 samples	2,276x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 88%, 355,950 samples	1,019x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 137%, 717,838 samples	3,797x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	2,689x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	1,269x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $59Bench 215%, 164,196 samples	851x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $76Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	1,256x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $62Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	1,121x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $177Bench 91%, 88,646 samples	900x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,466

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Excellent

5 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

4 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 i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $536	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 215% (78^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 215% (78th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

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