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Effective Speed -76%Effective Speed -76%Average Score -83%Read -82%, Write -134%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -102%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -100%Peak Score -133%Read -122%, Write -159%, 4K Read -182%, 4K Write -86%, Mixed -128%, 4K Mixed -127%, SusWrite -127%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -85%DQ Read -51%, DQ Write -40%, DQ Mixed -48%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -47%, ADQ Mixed -56%, Age -312%, AS-SSD Total -66%

Average Bench: 310% (36^th of 1079)

Based on 65 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB

Poor: 211%Average: 310% Great: 380%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 PRO 1TB averaged 210.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 PRO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 951MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,304MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 PRO 1TB is 169%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 PRO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 133MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 55.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 65 samples)

Rank 36310%

Min	Avg	Max
1,564	Read 2,304	2,676
1,257	Write 1,988	2,481
1,059	Mixed 1,603	2,052
755	SusWrite 1,578	2,014
419% 1,868 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.5	4K Read 55.8	68.1
51.4	4K Write 133	204
40.6	4K Mixed 74.6	96.6
251% 87.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
373	DQ Read 1,083	1,535
144	DQ Write 857	1,356
168	DQ Mixed 951	1,418
717% 964 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 13 months ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2380 2414 2469 2447 2423 2434 MB/s

395% Outstanding

Write 2,486

Mixed 2,317

SusWrite 2,428

544% 2,409 MB/s

4K Read 71.3

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 95.7

316% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,272

DQ Write 1,057

DQ Mixed 1,152

866% 1,161 MB/s

ISR-User, 15 months ago.

803GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2238 2254 2333 2319 1940 1584 MB/s

376% Outstanding

Write 2,359

Mixed 2,326

SusWrite 2,111

526% 2,338 MB/s

4K Read 65.9

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 90.5

298% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,311

DQ Write 1,040

DQ Mixed 1,196

889% 1,182 MB/s

CHE-User, 18 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1931 1940 1940 1939 1525 1447 MB/s

374% Outstanding

Write 1,938

Mixed 1,855

SusWrite 1,787

456% 2,033 MB/s

4K Read 69

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 96.2

322% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 1588

DQ Write 1225

DQ Mixed 1,358

1,029% 1,390 MB/s

ESP-User, 18 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2036 2144 2136 1954 1270 1276 MB/s

305% Outstanding

Write 2,185

Mixed 1710

SusWrite 1,803

455% 2,024 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 92.9

4K Mixed 65.7

212% 70.2 MB/s

DQ Read 863

DQ Write 596

DQ Mixed 758

558% 739 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2014 2035 2031 1988 1174 1169 MB/s

289% Outstanding

Write 2083

Mixed 1586

SusWrite 1,735

431% 1,917 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 96.1

4K Mixed 61.2

200% 67.9 MB/s

DQ Read 778

DQ Write 601

DQ Mixed 710

526% 696 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

790GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 1570 1583 1568 1573 1398 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 1686

Mixed 1,554

SusWrite 1,545

381% 1,695 MB/s

4K Read 43.2

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 58.6

205% 74.4 MB/s

DQ Read 911

DQ Write 679

DQ Mixed 808

600% 799 MB/s

USA-User, 17 months ago.

195GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 846 824 784 763 714 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,598

Mixed 1,684

SusWrite 857

360% 1,614 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 84.6

4K Mixed 59.5

194% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 772

DQ Write 548

DQ Mixed 677

501% 666 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 DESIGNARE-CF

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $380Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,002x
Core i7-9700KIntel $235Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	299x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $283Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	111x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	112x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	110x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	102x

SSD
970 PRO 1TBSamsungBench 310%, 65 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $92Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	44x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $913

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $147
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
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Samsung

970 PRO 1TB

Average Bench: 310% (36^th of 1079)

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Average Bench: 310% (36th of 1079)

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Average Bench: 310% (36^th of 1079)