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960 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 287% (34th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
Poor: 195%Average: 287% Great: 344%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 960 EVO 500GB averaged 186.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 799MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,213MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB is 150%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 61.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 34287%
Min Avg Max
1,086 Read 2,213 2,947
315 Write 1,544 1,990
513 Mixed 1,064 1,590
266 SusWrite 1,441 1,954
349% 1,566 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.4 4K Read 47 56
99.4 4K Write 158 226
28.8 4K Mixed 61.2 84.3
233% 88.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.1 DQ Read 1,026 1,797
123 DQ Write 776 1,361
25.7 DQ Mixed 799 1,274
625% 867 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
688GB free
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1817 1954 1851 1846 1819 1835 MB/s
330% Outstanding
Read 2,202
Write 1,825
Mixed 1,079
SusWrite 1,854
390% 1,740 MB/s
4K Read 44.5
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 62.5
237% 91.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,369
DQ Write 1194
DQ Mixed 1194
919% 1,252 MB/s
316GB free
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 1419 1440 1399 1449 1366 MB/s
273% Outstanding
Read 1,833
Write 1,521
Mixed 839
SusWrite 1,419
314% 1,403 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 63.7
219% 80.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,134
DQ Write 889
DQ Mixed 979
741% 1,000 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 1B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1813 1466 830 626 542 481 MB/s
259% Outstanding
Read 2,070
Write 1,861
Mixed 926
SusWrite 960
324% 1,454 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 65.8
226% 81.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,230
DQ Write 898
DQ Mixed 1,003
766% 1,044 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 359 355 350 351 345 MB/s
222% Outstanding
Read 1,990
Write 458
Mixed 679
SusWrite 368
190% 873 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 70.5
266% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,215
DQ Write 523
DQ Mixed 863
641% 867 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 379 351 340 339 335 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,626
Write 423
Mixed 636
SusWrite 365
167% 763 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 69.5
254% 97.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1193
DQ Write 573
DQ Mixed 896
661% 887 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 263 258 255 250 249 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,625
Write 315
Mixed 513
SusWrite 266
148% 680 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 59
234% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,028
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 583
454% 644 MB/s
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Typical 960 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 362 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples124x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples88x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples33x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples97x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples30x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples22x
SSD
960 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 287%, 31 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples103x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples56x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $860

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