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970 EVO 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 310% (29th of 1072)

Based on 1,156 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Poor: 225%Average: 310% Great: 381%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 500GB averaged 209.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,039MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,066MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB is 156%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 62MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,156 samples)
Rank 29310%
Min Avg Max
1,290 Read 2,298 2,635
1,104 Write 2,066 2,493
1,025 Mixed 1,676 2,315
671 SusWrite 1,384 2,069
416% 1,856 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.4 4K Read 62 75.8
69.3 4K Write 142 193
52.9 4K Mixed 82.8 103
275% 95.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
657 DQ Read 1,245 1,753
310 DQ Write 913 1,380
335 DQ Mixed 1,039 1,513
787% 1,065 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
339GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1797 1630 1631 1622 1523 1519 MB/s
360% Outstanding
Read 2,652
Write 2,481
Mixed 1,930
SusWrite 1,620
487% 2,171 MB/s
4K Read 67.2
4K Write 181
4K Mixed 95.3
320% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1382
DQ Write 1,124
DQ Mixed 1,228
926% 1,245 MB/s
563GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2028 2216 1444 1417 1455 1447 MB/s
324% Outstanding
Read 2,483
Write 2,258
Mixed 1,842
SusWrite 1,668
463% 2,062 MB/s
4K Read 56.3
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 76.1
252% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1135
DQ Write 863
DQ Mixed 986
741% 995 MB/s
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 1369 1369 1342 1326 1322 MB/s
318% Outstanding
Read 2,546
Write 2,485
Mixed 1876
SusWrite 1,361
464% 2,067 MB/s
4K Read 63.4
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 88.2
293% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1156
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 934
697% 936 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 983 542 539 529 499 498 MB/s
272% Outstanding
Read 2,405
Write 2,306
Mixed 2,249
SusWrite 598
423% 1,890 MB/s
4K Read 67.5
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 86.5
291% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1210
DQ Write 964
DQ Mixed 1,071
806% 1,081 MB/s
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 1011 1013 1011 1010 1001 MB/s
255% Outstanding
Read 1,896
Write 1,710
Mixed 1,632
SusWrite 1,054
353% 1,573 MB/s
4K Read 62.2
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 75.3
253% 84.9 MB/s
DQ Read 879
DQ Write 749
DQ Mixed 782
594% 803 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 551 506 498 480 470 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,792
Write 1,624
Mixed 1,490
SusWrite 587
307% 1,373 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 46.7
154% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 423
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 360
264% 349 MB/s
519GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1428 1178 1242 1207 811 678 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,080
Write 1,728
Mixed 769
SusWrite 1,091
264% 1,167 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 39.1
110% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 313
215% 264 MB/s
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Typical 970 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 15,534 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 150%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 139%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $193

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,477x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples5,218x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,362x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples1,120x
SSD
970 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 310%, 1,156 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples738x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples583x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples522x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $1,000

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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