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960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Average Bench: 218% (46th of 996)

Based on 76,035 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 156%Average: 218% Great: 263%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 117.9% 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 793MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 989MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 106%. 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 633MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 677MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 76,035 samples)
Rank 46218%
Min Avg Max
954 Read 1,729 2,126
956 Write 1,506 1,747
497 Mixed 677 852
357 SusWrite 633 837
253% 1,136 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.2 4K Read 44.1 54.3
80.1 4K Write 143 195
41.6 4K Mixed 58.3 70.4
217% 81.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
422 DQ Read 985 1,229
460 DQ Write 989 1,405
375 DQ Mixed 793 1,022
649% 922 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 626 613 605 600 597 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 1,971
Write 1,602
Mixed 679
SusWrite 636
271% 1,222 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 197
4K Mixed 68.7
261% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1,126
DQ Write 1,370
DQ Mixed 851
752% 1,116 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1170 634 632 632 631 628 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 1,983
Write 1,797
Mixed 760
SusWrite 721
293% 1,315 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 212
4K Mixed 66.9
268% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 889
DQ Write 973
DQ Mixed 825
650% 896 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 823 620 630 631 632 628 MB/s
219% Outstanding
Read 2,005
Write 1,783
Mixed 749
SusWrite 661
289% 1,300 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 56.1
200% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,036
DQ Write 636
DQ Mixed 800
606% 824 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 323 292 306 249 231 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,350
Write 965
Mixed 484
SusWrite 326
173% 781 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 91
4K Mixed 35.1
131% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 892
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 822
609% 806 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,722,657 SSDs tested.

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Typical 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 21,944 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 128%
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Desktop
Desktop 128%
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Workstation
Workstation 115%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $171

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $366Bench 108%, 255,707 samples16,125x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $225Bench 102%, 98,745 samples3,102x
Core i7-8700Intel  $295Bench 102%, 75,075 samples931x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 310,584 samples5,589x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 122%, 465,183 samples4,585x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $379Bench 98%, 545,643 samples1,940x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 218%, 76,035 samples1,782x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $129Bench 90%, 56,890 samples2,254x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 86%, 177,637 samples1,889x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $111Bench 85%, 31,089 samples936x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $1,614

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silhex88
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Excellent

21 months 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.

Triomphe
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Excellent

18 months 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 i7-8700K $366Nvidia GTX 1070 $379Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $80
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