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970 PRO 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 311% (28th of 1072)

Based on 260 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB
Poor: 226%Average: 311% Great: 384%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 PRO 512GB averaged 210.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 PRO 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,029MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,055MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 PRO 512GB is 158%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 PRO 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 143MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 260 samples)
Rank 28311%
Min Avg Max
1,260 Read 2,298 2,682
1,052 Write 2,055 2,496
1,011 Mixed 1,589 1,984
889 SusWrite 1,424 1,808
413% 1,841 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42.7 4K Read 61.1 73.3
66.9 4K Write 143 213
51.8 4K Mixed 81.3 102
272% 95 MB/s
Min Avg Max
507 DQ Read 1,197 1,730
282 DQ Write 936 1,490
286 DQ Mixed 1,029 1,555
780% 1,054 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
652GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2321 2235 1433 1460 1509 1508 MB/s
352% Outstanding
Read 2605
Write 2,415
Mixed 1,958
SusWrite 1,744
490% 2,181 MB/s
4K Read 62.3
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 84.2
282% 99.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,371
DQ Write 1,033
DQ Mixed 1,171
884% 1,192 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1541 1277 1278 1275 1275 1277 MB/s
319% Outstanding
Read 2537
Write 2,387
Mixed 1,806
SusWrite 1,321
451% 2,013 MB/s
4K Read 65
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 88.2
292% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1306
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 1,025
766% 1,032 MB/s
391GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 1279 1274 1280 1281 1097 MB/s
300% Outstanding
Read 2,430
Write 1,802
Mixed 1,622
SusWrite 1,272
398% 1,782 MB/s
4K Read 54.5
4K Write 98.3
4K Mixed 69.4
224% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,400
DQ Write 1,085
DQ Mixed 1,211
914% 1,232 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1058 884 849 467 549 510 MB/s
267% Outstanding
Read 2,346
Write 2,279
Mixed 1,685
SusWrite 720
393% 1,757 MB/s
4K Read 57
4K Write 196
4K Mixed 80.3
293% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,272
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 421
430% 723 MB/s
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 853 883 781 701 656 MB/s
258% Outstanding
Read 2,238
Write 2,136
Mixed 2,048
SusWrite 790
404% 1,803 MB/s
4K Read 60.4
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 77
255% 86.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,093
DQ Write 738
DQ Mixed 906
679% 912 MB/s
694GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 716 1032 932 1171 1164 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 2,111
Write 1,448
Mixed 1,384
SusWrite 938
328% 1,470 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 35.9
4K Mixed 36.8
133% 38.9 MB/s
DQ Read 664
DQ Write 94.7
DQ Mixed 158
172% 306 MB/s
135GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 411 411 430 432 432 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 685
Write 634
Mixed 575
SusWrite 421
130% 579 MB/s
4K Read 57.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 74.4
252% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 721
DQ Write 704
DQ Mixed 905
627% 777 MB/s
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Typical 970 PRO 512GB Builds (Compare 26,423 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples9,217x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples4,156x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,891x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,613x
SSD
970 PRO 512GBSamsungBench 311%, 260 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples934x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $981

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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