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Samsung SSD 970 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 270% (47th of 1072)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 159%Average: 270% Great: 366%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 1TB averaged 169.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 729MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,072MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 1TB is 207%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 104MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 47270%
Min Avg Max
607 Read 1,778 2,552
827 Write 2,072 2,556
482 Mixed 1,247 1543
183 SusWrite 1,812 2,543
390% 1,727 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.2 4K Read 42.1 54.2
33.8 4K Write 104 162
13.9 4K Mixed 54 71.2
188% 66.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
356 DQ Read 574 654
209 DQ Write 781 1,174
220 DQ Mixed 729 954
536% 695 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2639 2680 2705 2701 2704 2640 MB/s
350% Outstanding
Read 2,472
Write 2,655
Mixed 1,880
SusWrite 2,678
546% 2,421 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 84.8
4K Mixed 52.9
176% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 744
DQ Write 728
DQ Mixed 688
530% 720 MB/s
173GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2134 2146 2192 2320 2219 2238 MB/s
256% Outstanding
Read 1,232
Write 1,816
Mixed 1,134
SusWrite 2,208
363% 1,598 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 81.9
4K Mixed 45.3
154% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 732
DQ Mixed 789
532% 629 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1557 961 902 877 859 839 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 2,232
Write 2,190
Mixed 1,385
SusWrite 999
381% 1,702 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 48.1
162% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 590
DQ Write 745
DQ Mixed 700
519% 678 MB/s
841GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 310 309 312 311 313 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 634
Write 711
Mixed 674
SusWrite 311
131% 582 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 57.6
194% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 315
282% 409 MB/s
850GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 317 320 320 322 318 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 656
Write 699
Mixed 665
SusWrite 319
132% 585 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 45.9
170% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 659
DQ Mixed 311
273% 392 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,014 SSDs tested

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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7-OP

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples178x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples44x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples44x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples26x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples24x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 1TBAmd-raidBench 270%, 59 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples24x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples23x
AR32C16S8K2SU416R 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 3,827 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $798

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