Samsung

970 PRO 1TB

970 PRO 1TB
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Effective Speed +224% Effective Speed 224%Average Score +249% Read 395%, Write 374%, 4K Read 70%, 4K Write 88%, Mixed 333%, 4K Mixed 77%, SusWrite 403%Peak Score +258% Read 431%, Write 415%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 95%, Mixed 363%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 368%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +276% DQ Read 350%, DQ Write 283%, DQ Mixed 353%, ADQ Read 288%, ADQ Write 268%, ADQ Mixed 337%, Age 38%, AS-SSD Total 293%

Average Bench: 319% (26^th of 1072)

Based on 90 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB

Poor: 239%Average: 319% Great: 382%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 PRO 1TB averaged 219.4% 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 1,138MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 1,062MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 PRO 1TB is 143%. 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 165MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 58.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 90 samples)

Rank 26319%

Min	Avg	Max
1,827	Read 2,266	2,692
1,427	Write 1,920	2,499
1,297	Mixed 1,554	1,958
1,112	SusWrite 1,492	1,810
405% 1,808 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.3	4K Read 58.4	71.5
64.7	4K Write 165	238
54.7	4K Mixed 79.7	100
278% 101 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
479	DQ Read 1,265	1,652
240	DQ Write 1,062	1,373
294	DQ Mixed 1,138	1,502
859% 1,155 MB/s

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

ESP-User, 9 months ago.

591GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 2239 1506 1497 1512 1513 MB/s

350% Outstanding

Write 2,408

Mixed 1,825

SusWrite 1,763

482% 2,147 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 86.4

282% 98.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,271

DQ Write 987

DQ Mixed 1,153

856% 1,137 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1324 1329 1327 1326 1319 1318 MB/s

278% Outstanding

Write 1,319

Mixed 1,292

SusWrite 1,324

306% 1,362 MB/s

4K Read 64.7

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 83.1

279% 95.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,229

DQ Write 1,031

DQ Mixed 1,116

840% 1,125 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

539GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1296 1234 1244 1302 1294 1269 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,128

Mixed 1,180

SusWrite 1,273

276% 1,222 MB/s

4K Read 54.2

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 74.8

252% 89.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,196

DQ Write 532

DQ Mixed 442

440% 724 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Notebook PB50_70RF,RD,RC

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	89x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	16x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	37x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	32x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	17x

SSD
970 PRO 1TBSamsungBench 319%, 90 samples	1x

RAM
GKE160SO102408-3000 2x16GBHynixBench 93%, 135 samples	20x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 79%, 9,568 samples	12x
CM4X8GF2666C18S2 2x8GBCorsairBench 77%, 2,035 samples	5x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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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Average Bench: 319% (26^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 319% (26th of 1072)

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