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970 EVO 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 274% (44th of 1072)

Based on 213 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
Poor: 206%Average: 274% Great: 324%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 1TB averaged 174.0% 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 1,012MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,310MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 819MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 213 samples)
Rank 44274%
Min Avg Max
1183 Read 2,310 2,647
1,067 Write 2,050 2,471
1,010 Mixed 1,539 1,878
560 SusWrite 819 1,051
375% 1,679 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.5 4K Read 62.4 71.5
71.2 4K Write 139 193
58.3 4K Mixed 81.3 99.7
272% 94.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
638 DQ Read 1,205 1,651
217 DQ Write 905 1,426
318 DQ Mixed 1,012 1,493
768% 1,041 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 818 824 825 809 821 MB/s
320% Outstanding
Read 2,719
Write 2,522
Mixed 1,922
SusWrite 833
447% 1,999 MB/s
4K Read 71.5
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 99.2
334% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 1,379
DQ Write 1,175
DQ Mixed 1,269
953% 1,274 MB/s
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 666 617 624 623 623 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 2,510
Write 2,341
Mixed 1475
SusWrite 653
389% 1,745 MB/s
4K Read 61.5
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 83.9
279% 97.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1181
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 1,021
772% 1,040 MB/s
299GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1088 844 835 828 813 799 MB/s
271% Outstanding
Read 2,547
Write 2,337
Mixed 1,811
SusWrite 868
423% 1,891 MB/s
4K Read 58.6
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 78.2
253% 86 MB/s
DQ Read 1,022
DQ Write 648
DQ Mixed 835
623% 835 MB/s
332GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 578 605 594 609 612 MB/s
234% Outstanding
Read 2,500
Write 2,207
Mixed 1582
SusWrite 588
383% 1,719 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 65
211% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 591
DQ Mixed 743
551% 733 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Notebook PCX0DX

CPU
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples219x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples121x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples28x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples162x
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples69x
RTX 3080 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 125%, 16,265 samples41x
SSD
970 EVO 1TBSamsungBench 274%, 213 samples1x
RAM
TXS16G2M3200C22 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 50 samples26x
CM4X16GE2666C18S4 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 1,876 samples20x
F4 DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 2,421 samples16x
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