Samsung

970 EVO 2TB

970 EVO 2TB
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Effective Speed +209% Effective Speed 209%Average Score +238% Read 353%, Write 406%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 265%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 521%Peak Score +247% Read 421%, Write 401%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 279%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 509%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +219% DQ Read 286%, DQ Write 243%, DQ Mixed 293%, ADQ Read 207%, ADQ Write 186%, ADQ Mixed 249%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 244%

Average Bench: 304% (29^th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB

Poor: 227%Average: 304% Great: 365%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 2TB averaged 204.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 908MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,050MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB is 138%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 125MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 29304%

Min	Avg	Max
1034	Read 2,070	2,642
1,085	Write 2,050	2430
1,015	Mixed 1,311	1,604
1,128	SusWrite 1,841	2,357
409% 1,818 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.4	4K Read 47.5	56.8
28.5	4K Write 125	171
19.7	4K Mixed 64.2	83.6
220% 79 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
594	DQ Read 1,003	1,416
292	DQ Write 825	1,230
414	DQ Mixed 908	1,303
682% 912 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 4 months ago.

235GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2246 2093 2155 1856 1380 1080 MB/s

351% Outstanding

Write 2430

Mixed 1,522

SusWrite 1,802

464% 2,066 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 80

278% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,352

DQ Write 1,108

DQ Mixed 1,203

908% 1,221 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

213GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2102 1789 1959 1917 2057 1935 MB/s

315% Outstanding

Write 2,212

Mixed 1,434

SusWrite 1,960

447% 1,992 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 98.3

4K Mixed 50.5

192% 66.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,225

DQ Write 678

DQ Mixed 1,022

742% 975 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

679GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 1702 1685 1649 1640 1661 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 1,966

Mixed 1,254

SusWrite 1657

395% 1,759 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 62.2

220% 80.5 MB/s

DQ Read 822

DQ Write 719

DQ Mixed 756

571% 766 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

662GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1495 1527 1557 1494 1472 1264 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,664

Mixed 1,032

SusWrite 1,468

305% 1,346 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 55.4

186% 67.7 MB/s

DQ Read 791

DQ Write 586

DQ Mixed 649

496% 676 MB/s

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