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970 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 336% (22nd of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Poor: 218%Average: 336% Great: 438%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 500GB averaged 235.5% 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 1,096MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,347MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB is 220%. 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 Read Speed 52.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 22336%
Min Avg Max
1,259 Read 2,347 2,808
359 Write 1,917 2,548
558 Mixed 1,280 1,655
332 SusWrite 1,826 2,542
413% 1,842 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.2 4K Read 52.6 63.1
44 4K Write 156 250
38.9 4K Mixed 74.5 97.9
258% 94.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
224 DQ Read 1,263 2,146
89.1 DQ Write 1,003 2,016
197 DQ Mixed 1,096 2,110
830% 1,121 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
709GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2338 2424 2364 2408 2431 2397 MB/s
423% Outstanding
Read 2,574
Write 2,312
Mixed 1,470
SusWrite 2,394
492% 2,187 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 225
4K Mixed 86.1
316% 123 MB/s
DQ Read 1,931
DQ Write 1,519
DQ Mixed 1,648
1,254% 1,699 MB/s
740GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2411 2396 2424 2415 2424 2415 MB/s
393% Outstanding
Read 2,726
Write 2,425
Mixed 1,436
SusWrite 2,414
505% 2,250 MB/s
4K Read 59.2
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 81.1
268% 93.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,342
DQ Write 1,048
DQ Mixed 1,190
892% 1,193 MB/s
614GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1645 1649 1646 1796 1859 1885 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 2,110
Write 1,752
Mixed 1,167
SusWrite 1,747
380% 1,694 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 80.4
4K Mixed 52.4
168% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 504
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 468
339% 443 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 441 428 435 410 392 MB/s
238% Outstanding
Read 2,048
Write 588
Mixed 774
SusWrite 432
210% 960 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 69.7
251% 92.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,636
DQ Write 724
DQ Mixed 1,267
916% 1,209 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,778,129 SSDs tested

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Typical 970 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 10,599 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples7,147x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples566x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,213x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples654x
SSD
970 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 336%, 42 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples473x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $949

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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