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Samsung SSD 970 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 212% (90th of 1072)

Based on 451 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 102%Average: 212% Great: 278%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 500GB averaged 111.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 722MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,973MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 500GB is 175%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 106MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 775MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 451 samples)
Rank 90212%
Min Avg Max
553 Read 1,752 2,427
513 Write 1,973 2,636
576 Mixed 1,395 1,807
223 SusWrite 775 1,066
331% 1,474 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.81 4K Read 51.1 66.9
16 4K Write 106 159
15.9 4K Mixed 62.6 86.1
214% 73.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
303 DQ Read 492 566
321 DQ Write 800 1,190
352 DQ Mixed 722 865
526% 671 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
43GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.9 18 11 1.4 2.5 MB/s
388% Outstanding
Read 4,336
Write 45.2
Mixed 89.9
SusWrite 9
233% 1,120 MB/s
4K Read 531
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 3.3
809% 179 MB/s
287GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 843 814 819 818 822 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 2,068
Write 2,452
Mixed 1,618
SusWrite 835
392% 1,743 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 75.6
251% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 522
DQ Write 779
DQ Mixed 842
583% 714 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 1160 612 595 602 586 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 713
Write 820
Mixed 713
SusWrite 794
172% 760 MB/s
4K Read 7.7
4K Write 8.1
4K Mixed 7.8
26% 7.87 MB/s
DQ Read 516
DQ Write 1,126
DQ Mixed 795
612% 812 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,650,981 SSDs tested

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Typical Samsung SSD 970 500GB Builds (Compare 7,438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 143%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,848x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples1,478x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples1,385x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples498x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples440x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 500GBAmd-raidBench 212%, 451 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples275x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples240x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples182x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $689

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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