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Samsung MZ-V7E500BW

970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 273% (45th of 1072)

Based on 381,216 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 199%Average: 273% Great: 340%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 172.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,065MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,343MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 141%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 710MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 381,216 samples)
Rank 45273%
Min Avg Max
1,384 Read 2,343 2,648
1,147 Write 2,063 2,404
1,015 Mixed 1,489 1,835
433 SusWrite 710 910
369% 1,652 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.2 4K Read 63.3 74
71.9 4K Write 148 232
51.9 4K Mixed 82 107
279% 97.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
683 DQ Read 1,263 1,864
308 DQ Write 959 1,599
392 DQ Mixed 1,065 1,724
809% 1,096 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 806 659 659 658 657 650 MB/s
295% Outstanding
Read 2,526
Write 2,398
Mixed 1,627
SusWrite 681
404% 1,808 MB/s
4K Read 56.4
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 73.4
246% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,869
DQ Write 1,567
DQ Mixed 1,696
1,276% 1,711 MB/s
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2123 563 567 578 579 577 MB/s
259% Outstanding
Read 2,396
Write 2272
Mixed 1,364
SusWrite 831
383% 1,716 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 57.1
206% 78.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,245
DQ Write 985
DQ Mixed 1,097
826% 1,109 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 360 352 348 345 342 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 2,335
Write 1,696
Mixed 1,319
SusWrite 393
318% 1,436 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 69
226% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 836
DQ Write 506
DQ Mixed 648
489% 663 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 658 666 664 674 683 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 952
Write 618
Mixed 692
SusWrite 666
164% 732 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 25
4K Mixed 21.3
85% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 375
DQ Mixed 312
238% 317 MB/s
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Gaming 144%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples9,173x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples6,201x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples4,127x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,604x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $926

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

Full Restart of windows 10 in 20 seconds (w/ I5 8600k). In game to in game in 50 seconds (DOTA). Destroyed my friend's samsung SATA SSD who is maybe starting the game up in 1:20 -1:30.

CAN-User
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4,960

Excellent

3 years ago.

I love this ssd for its price to performance

IND-User
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4,780

Good

3 years ago.

Wht type of ssd ?? Eg type : 2280, 22110

AUS-User
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3,950

Good

3 years ago.

pc boots up and all startup programs have loaded before my screen comes on. Im on pcie 2.0 and still getting up to 1700/1400 r/wr, 4k and 4k64 are just as good as pcie 3.0 so dont let not having gen 3.0 stop you from trying this, if you can afford it

DNK-User
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2,212

Excellent

3 years ago.

Seen better. try wd black sn850

Strauby
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16

Good

4 years ago.

Like it, will compare to the PLUS when I get it

digitalizeur
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8

Excellent

5 years ago.

Very fast

Hercules333
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8

Excellent

5 years ago.

Works perfect, got it on a nice discount for less than 150 and can store plenty of games on it

WildFox395
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6

Excellent

5 years ago.

This is fast. Like, really fast. These are some unbelievable speeds... I usually go turn on my computer first, and then turn on my monitor. Without fail, right when the monitor turns on, I am greeted with the windows startup screen. This consistently is able to startup within about 10-20 seconds, without fail. I have basically no issues with it right now.

kicker10bog
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2

Good

5 years ago.

Works great in my PC built to serve me in both work and games. Everything on it loads fast.

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