Samsung

970 EVO 1TB

970 EVO 1TB
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Effective Speed +214% Effective Speed 214%Average Score +232% Read 329%, Write 383%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 233%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 523%Peak Score +254% Read 441%, Write 408%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 277%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 525%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +262% DQ Read 395%, DQ Write 296%, DQ Mixed 354%, ADQ Read 235%, ADQ Write 200%, ADQ Mixed 262%, Age 39%, AS-SSD Total 310%

Average Bench: 309% (29^th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB

Poor: 200%Average: 309% Great: 378%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 1TB averaged 208.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 943MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,958MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB is 178%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 134MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)

Rank 29309%

Min	Avg	Max
634	Read 1,961	2,741
560	Write 1,958	2,464
487	Mixed 1,194	1,597
367	SusWrite 1,846	2,418
391% 1,740 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
38.9	4K Read 50.8	60.4
79	4K Write 134	180
53.6	4K Mixed 70.6	81.3
238% 85.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
499	DQ Read 1,094	1,818
404	DQ Write 867	1,419
504	DQ Mixed 943	1,504
716% 968 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 7 months ago.

616GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2471 2474 2474 2472 2474 2471 MB/s

443% Outstanding

Write 2,458

Mixed 1,578

SusWrite 2,472

513% 2,284 MB/s

4K Read 62.2

4K Write 212

4K Mixed 92.2

325% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 2,164

DQ Write 1,732

DQ Mixed 1,960

1,464% 1,952 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

383GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 568 544 581 565 556 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 749

Mixed 752

SusWrite 580

166% 742 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 54.5

4K Mixed 33.9

111% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 628

DQ Write 353

DQ Mixed 509

374% 497 MB/s

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 43%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,112x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	175x

SSD
970 EVO 1TBSamsungBench 309%, 34 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	547x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO 1TB

Average Bench: 309% (29^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 309% (29th of 1072)

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