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Samsung SSD 970 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 258% (53rd of 1072)

Based on 82 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 94%Average: 258% Great: 326%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 512GB averaged 157.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 617MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,886MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 512GB is 231%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 436MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 105MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 82 samples)
Rank 53258%
Min Avg Max
530 Read 1,692 2,470
515 Write 1,886 2,232
528 Mixed 1,203 1,510
230 SusWrite 1,729 2,217
367% 1,627 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.69 4K Read 42.1 56
29.2 4K Write 105 167
17.6 4K Mixed 54.1 71.1
189% 66.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
229 DQ Read 436 868
333 DQ Write 790 1,222
319 DQ Mixed 617 872
467% 614 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2230 2232 2233 2234 2233 2231 MB/s
302% Outstanding
Read 1,739
Write 2235
Mixed 1,520
SusWrite 2,232
437% 1,932 MB/s
4K Read 48.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 63.2
221% 79 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 875
DQ Mixed 649
488% 634 MB/s
243GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 2199 2198 2203 2197 2183 MB/s
291% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 2,186
Mixed 1,362
SusWrite 2,196
409% 1,802 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 63.2
224% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 929
DQ Mixed 647
498% 659 MB/s
469GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2211 2212 2213 2209 2196 2190 MB/s
291% Outstanding
Read 1,412
Write 2220
Mixed 1,351
SusWrite 2,205
408% 1,797 MB/s
4K Read 50.6
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 63.2
224% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 955
DQ Mixed 658
507% 672 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1373 1318 1287 1230 1160 MB/s
248% Outstanding
Read 1725
Write 1,933
Mixed 1,225
SusWrite 1,296
348% 1,545 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 65
237% 86 MB/s
DQ Read 401
DQ Write 803
DQ Mixed 639
475% 614 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1894 1785 1973 1972 1980 1901 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 1,319
Write 1,946
Mixed 1,166
SusWrite 1,917
360% 1587 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 42.9
136% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 880
DQ Mixed 643
483% 625 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 857 897 875 851 870 847 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,109
Write 1,170
Mixed 954
SusWrite 866
231% 1,025 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 46.4
156% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 553
DQ Mixed 556
397% 501 MB/s
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Gaming 150%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation 138%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING - $280

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples554x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples528x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples262x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples153x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples125x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples114x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 512GBAmd-raidBench 258%, 82 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples93x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples86x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples75x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $1,053

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