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970 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 238% (66th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Poor: 150%Average: 238% Great: 280%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 500GB averaged 138.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 939MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 1,058MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB is 131%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 422MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 66238%
Min Avg Max
804 Read 2,106 2,550
662 Write 1,494 2,258
585 Mixed 1,077 1,556
264 SusWrite 422 558
283% 1,275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42.9 4K Read 63.4 68
68.8 4K Write 148 203
45.5 4K Mixed 77.8 92.2
274% 96.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
421 DQ Read 917 1,009
401 DQ Write 1,058 1,493
516 DQ Mixed 939 1,165
721% 971 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
232GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1342 310 313 313 313 314 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 2,327
Write 1394
Mixed 1,282
SusWrite 484
304% 1,372 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 80.8
263% 93.7 MB/s
DQ Read 983
DQ Write 1,168
DQ Mixed 1014
781% 1055 MB/s
185GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 337 337 335 334 332 MB/s
250% Outstanding
Read 2,470
Write 1,470
Mixed 990
SusWrite 388
293% 1,329 MB/s
4K Read 60.5
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 77.5
268% 94.2 MB/s
DQ Read 968
DQ Write 1,026
DQ Mixed 990
747% 995 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 340 337 337 337 339 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 2,332
Write 1,474
Mixed 1,004
SusWrite 414
288% 1,306 MB/s
4K Read 52.7
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 71.3
238% 83.1 MB/s
DQ Read 966
DQ Write 799
DQ Mixed 899
669% 888 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 316 315 313 309 312 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 2336
Write 1,471
Mixed 1,026
SusWrite 346
286% 1,295 MB/s
4K Read 56.3
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 72.6
245% 84.8 MB/s
DQ Read 980
DQ Write 804
DQ Mixed 905
674% 896 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 419 408 415 416 419 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 657
Write 513
Mixed 581
SusWrite 414
122% 541 MB/s
4K Read 55.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 72.9
234% 77.8 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 601
DQ Mixed 701
521% 693 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC8BEB

CPU
Core i5-8259UIntelBench 73%, 4,608 samples695x
Core i3-8109UIntelBench 65%, 2,079 samples510x
Core i7-8559UIntelBench 78%, 2,379 samples499x
GPU
Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples1,603x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples7x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples6x
SSD
970 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 238%, 100 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 5,229 samples61x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 5,327 samples54x
F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 75%, 4,823 samples35x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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