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Samsung SSD 970 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 264% (49th of 1072)

Based on 72 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 169%Average: 264% Great: 345%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 2TB averaged 164.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 862MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,104MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 2TB is 176%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 72 samples)
Rank 49264%
Min Avg Max
976 Read 1,780 2,434
813 Write 2,104 2,753
683 Mixed 1,581 2,305
235 SusWrite 1,531 2,256
395% 1,749 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 47.4 67.8
35.3 4K Write 110 176
21 4K Mixed 63.5 89.7
212% 73.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
348 DQ Read 625 742
185 DQ Write 903 1,351
219 DQ Mixed 862 1,222
624% 797 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 4B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2401 2416 2414 2423 2405 2409 MB/s
334% Outstanding
Read 1,993
Write 2,348
Mixed 2,116
SusWrite 2,411
502% 2,217 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 61.8
188% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 689
DQ Write 1,488
DQ Mixed 1,256
908% 1,145 MB/s
456GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1523 1259 1260 1263 1264 1265 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 1,769
Write 2,288
Mixed 1,606
SusWrite 1,306
393% 1,742 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 58.7
209% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 574
DQ Write 745
DQ Mixed 815
572% 711 MB/s
705GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1896 2065 1275 1266 1232 1256 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 1,642
Write 2,160
Mixed 1515
SusWrite 1,498
385% 1,704 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 58.4
183% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 594
DQ Write 698
DQ Mixed 816
568% 702 MB/s
705GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2004 2094 1377 1270 1255 1250 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 1,457
Write 1,913
Mixed 1,498
SusWrite 1,542
363% 1,602 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 38.1
138% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 543
DQ Write 479
DQ Mixed 811
526% 611 MB/s
755GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 1459 1424 1439 1223 992 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,087
Write 1,673
Mixed 984
SusWrite 1,246
283% 1,247 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 48.6
154% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 625
DQ Write 1,013
DQ Mixed 967
691% 868 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 4B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 892 978 812 704 679 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 641
Write 682
Mixed 654
SusWrite 827
159% 701 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 14.8
64% 25.1 MB/s
DQ Read 442
DQ Write 1,537
DQ Mixed 837
685% 939 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples93x
GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 90%, 7,789 samples52x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples41x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 2TBAmd-raidBench 264%, 72 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 Hynix HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 16GBMicronBench 75%, 595 samples64x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 029E CMSX16GX4M1A2666C18 24GBMicronBench 71%, 77 samples7x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A2K43DB1-CTD 24GBMicronBench 69%, 80 samples7x
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