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990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 409% (12th of 1072)

Based on 1,567 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
Poor: 258%Average: 409% Great: 508%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB averaged 309.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,339MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,740MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB is 250%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 193MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 69.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,567 samples)
Rank 12409%
Min Avg Max
1,391 Read 2,426 3,163
1,693 Write 3,740 4,849
1,546 Mixed 2,891 3,538
1,482 SusWrite 2,429 2,861
651% 2,872 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.7 4K Read 69.9 93.3
78.8 4K Write 193 306
60.1 4K Mixed 99.6 134
336% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
806 DQ Read 1,558 2,222
325 DQ Write 1,143 1,787
536 DQ Mixed 1,339 1,993
1,004% 1,347 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
880GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QJXD7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4724 4737 2910 1742 1738 1701 MB/s
517% Outstanding
Read 2,587
Write 4,806
Mixed 3,616
SusWrite 2,925
792% 3,484 MB/s
4K Read 97.6
4K Write 284
4K Mixed 143
482% 175 MB/s
DQ Read 2,049
DQ Write 1,792
DQ Mixed 1,944
1,451% 1,929 MB/s
532GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QJXD7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3257 1994 2044 2111 2165 2163 MB/s
462% Outstanding
Read 2,825
Write 4364
Mixed 3,142
SusWrite 2289
714% 3,155 MB/s
4K Read 77.1
4K Write 291
4K Mixed 127
434% 165 MB/s
DQ Read 1,890
DQ Write 1,458
DQ Mixed 1,646
1,239% 1,664 MB/s
603GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QJXD7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3611 1985 2039 2030 2120 2115 MB/s
407% Outstanding
Read 2,454
Write 3,619
Mixed 3,184
SusWrite 2,317
656% 2,894 MB/s
4K Read 70.4
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 92.8
302% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,829
DQ Write 1,457
DQ Mixed 1,634
1,225% 1,640 MB/s
756GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QJXD7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2286 2344 2063 2321 2063 1491 MB/s
387% Outstanding
Read 2,677
Write 2,402
Mixed 2,288
SusWrite 2,095
532% 2,366 MB/s
4K Read 70.8
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 99.7
325% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,338
DQ Write 948
DQ Mixed 1,167
865% 1,151 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,742,840 SSDs tested

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Typical 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB Builds (Compare 4,520 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 291%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 346%
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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI (MS-7E06)

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel  $340Bench 126%, 41,056 samples742x
Core i7-13700KFIntel  $318Bench 126%, 20,009 samples661x
Core i9-13900KIntel  $475Bench 129%, 49,132 samples479x
GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $651Bench 240%, 46,082 samples881x
RTX 4070Nvidia  $539Bench 190%, 45,585 samples623x
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples414x
SSD
990 PRO with Heatsink 1TBSamsungBench 409%, 1,567 samples1x
RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples390x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples342x
Group Inc UD5-6000 2x16GBTeamBench 177%, 6,580 samples172x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $991

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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