Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (134,880)
MKT (0.2%)
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Effective Speed +117% Effective Speed 117%Average Score +120% Read 281%, Write 265%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 87%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 103%Peak Score +126% Read 310%, Write 263%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 99%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 118%Value & Sentiment +51% User Rating -7%, Market Share -44%, Price 33%, Value 224%Nice To Haves +194% DQ Read 234%, DQ Write 259%, DQ Mixed 201%, ADQ Read 217%, ADQ Write 215%, ADQ Mixed 199%, Age 11%, AS-SSD Total 214%

Average Bench: 216% (80^th of 1058)

Based on 134,880 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960

Poor: 159%Average: 216% Great: 252%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 115.8% 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 911MB/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 92.6%. 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 618MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 682MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 134,880 samples)

Rank 80216%

Min	Avg	Max
1,130	Read 1,767	2,076
899	Write 1,498	1,763
509	Mixed 682	846
341	SusWrite 618	843
254% 1,141 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.7	4K Read 43.7	53
75	4K Write 134	182
42.5	4K Mixed 57	67.8
210% 78.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
675	DQ Read 1,024	1,226
340	DQ Write 911	1,287
354	DQ Mixed 788	995
640% 908 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 29 mins ago.

217GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 662 662 597 594 595 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,555

Mixed 678

SusWrite 667

282% 1,272 MB/s

4K Read 45.8

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 67.1

250% 97.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1118

DQ Write 1,373

DQ Mixed 870

761% 1,120 MB/s

GBR-User, 49 mins ago.

351GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1377 1163 607 607 604 603 MB/s

246% Outstanding

Write 1,703

Mixed 790

SusWrite 827

288% 1,292 MB/s

4K Read 50.9

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 59.2

234% 87.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,092

DQ Write 1,196

DQ Mixed 935

762% 1,074 MB/s

JPN-User, 17 mins ago.

223GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 487 567 530 640 637 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,509

Mixed 640

SusWrite 596

263% 1,186 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 58.1

215% 80.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1081

DQ Write 987

DQ Mixed 917

720% 995 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 mins ago.

341GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 566 600 638 640 640 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1507

Mixed 883

SusWrite 658

282% 1,271 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 58.2

214% 77.4 MB/s

DQ Read 920

DQ Write 821

DQ Mixed 848

642% 863 MB/s

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Gaming 126%

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Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $240

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 573,344 samples	8,198x
Core i5-8600KIntel $220Bench 91%, 212,568 samples	1,466x
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 89%, 270,363 samples	662x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 135%, 622,921 samples	2,544x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	1,883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	900x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $82Bench 216%, 134,880 samples	572x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $110Bench 87%, 182,456 samples	857x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	756x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $220Bench 95%, 56,162 samples	592x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,540

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silhex88

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Excellent

3 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	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: 216% (80^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $240

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Samsung MZ-V6E500BW

960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 216% (80th of 1058)

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