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Samsung SSD 990 4TB

Samsung SSD 990 4TB
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Effective Speed -44%Effective Speed -44%Average Score -55%Read -85%, Write -65%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -16%Peak Score -38%Read -84%, Write -31%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -3%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -4%, ADQ Read -19%, ADQ Write -28%, ADQ Mixed -27%, Age 68%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 379% (21^st of 1080)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 990

Poor: 119%Average: 379% Great: 632%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 990 4TB averaged 279.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,167MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,823MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 4TB is 513%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 990 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 21379%

Min	Avg	Max
1,511	Read 2,269	3,228
85.2	Write 2,823	4,897
158	Mixed 2,292	3644
143	SusWrite 2,712	4,926
571% 2,524 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.6	4K Read 61	102
0.7	4K Write 117	358
1.5	4K Mixed 72.2	158
247% 83.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
365	DQ Read 1,439	2,304
124	DQ Write 981	1,828
243	DQ Mixed 1,167	2,026
883% 1,196 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: JXG7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 32 33 32 32 MB/s

862% Outstanding

Write 85.5

Mixed 155

SusWrite 31.8

609% 2,932 MB/s

4K Read 993

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 10.4

1,520% 336 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: JXG7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4737 4733 4749 4763 4765 4764 MB/s

627% Outstanding

Write 5,008

Mixed 3,317

SusWrite 4,752

928% 4,087 MB/s

4K Read 80.4

4K Write 285

4K Mixed 124

431% 163 MB/s

DQ Read 1,792

DQ Write 1,466

DQ Mixed 1,609

1,210% 1,622 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

3.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3141 4062 4394 4543 4729 4748 MB/s

617% Outstanding

Write 4,426

Mixed 2,331

SusWrite 4,269

795% 3,508 MB/s

4K Read 95

4K Write 299

4K Mixed 150

495% 182 MB/s

DQ Read 2,131

DQ Write 1,567

DQ Mixed 1,789

1,353% 1,829 MB/s

CHE-User, 5 months ago.

3.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0B2QJXG7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3921 4360 4451 4672 4690 4687 MB/s

578% Outstanding

Write 4,793

Mixed 3,669

SusWrite 4,464

890% 3,907 MB/s

4K Read 94.3

4K Write 257

4K Mixed 139

457% 163 MB/s

DQ Read 1,484

DQ Write 982

DQ Mixed 1235

921% 1,234 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 months ago.

3.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2372 2396 2402 2420 2417 2423 MB/s

372% Outstanding

Write 2,462

Mixed 2321

SusWrite 2,405

528% 2,332 MB/s

4K Read 71.3

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 94.9

302% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1193

DQ Write 839

DQ Mixed 1043

772% 1,025 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: JXG7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1724 1792 1758 1750 1745 1750 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,859

Mixed 1,696

SusWrite 1,753

408% 1,808 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 55.6

4K Mixed 37.7

127% 42 MB/s

DQ Read 406

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 364

272% 362 MB/s

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CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4214R1stBench 70%, 89 samples	45x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R1stBench 69%, 106 samples	32x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41141stBench 63%, 670 samples	32x

GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples	61x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	61x
Quadro RTX 5000NvidiaBench 131%, 1,749 samples	54x

SSD
Samsung SSD 990 4TBNvmeBench 379%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 103%, 194 samples	28x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 220 samples	21x
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 8x16GBHynixBench 153%, 50 samples	16x

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Average Bench: 379% (21^st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 379% (21st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 379% (21^st of 1080)