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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 328% (15th of 1040)

Based on 180,536 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Poor: 242%Average: 328% Great: 377%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 228.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,097MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,179MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 135%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 151MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 63.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 180,536 samples)
Rank 15328%
Min Avg Max
1,427 Read 2,431 2,698
1,214 Write 2,179 2,603
1,136 Mixed 1,717 1,985
885 SusWrite 1,524 1,803
440% 1,963 MB/s
Min Avg Max
48 4K Read 63.4 70
75.1 4K Write 151 191
60.6 4K Mixed 85.1 99.8
285% 99.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
778 DQ Read 1,240 1,615
305 DQ Write 989 1,379
363 DQ Mixed 1,097 1,466
826% 1,108 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
718GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2502 2067 1471 1475 1473 1473 MB/s
376% Outstanding
Read 2,725
Write 2,536
Mixed 1,992
SusWrite 1,743
505% 2,249 MB/s
4K Read 69.4
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 99.3
333% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 1371
DQ Write 1,206
DQ Mixed 1,281
962% 1,286 MB/s
619GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1845 1674 1664 1572 1511 1489 MB/s
354% Outstanding
Read 2,662
Write 2,430
Mixed 1,843
SusWrite 1,626
480% 2,140 MB/s
4K Read 68.7
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 93
310% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1284
DQ Write 1,047
DQ Mixed 1,168
874% 1,166 MB/s
657GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2340 2042 1476 1492 1471 1484 MB/s
346% Outstanding
Read 2567
Write 2,368
Mixed 1,736
SusWrite 1,718
470% 2,097 MB/s
4K Read 61.7
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 83.3
276% 95.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1326
DQ Write 1,063
DQ Mixed 1,212
902% 1,200 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1826 1863 1508 1340 1345 1344 MB/s
345% Outstanding
Read 2532
Write 1,859
Mixed 1,741
SusWrite 1,538
429% 1,917 MB/s
4K Read 66.6
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 86.3
294% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,398
DQ Write 1,241
DQ Mixed 1,312
986% 1317 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1622 1417 931 540 522 496 MB/s
331% Outstanding
Read 2,739
Write 2,650
Mixed 2,035
SusWrite 921
467% 2,087 MB/s
4K Read 72.1
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 101
341% 122 MB/s
DQ Read 1,398
DQ Write 1,251
DQ Mixed 1,297
980% 1,315 MB/s
507GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1809 1676 1682 1665 907 1450 MB/s
326% Outstanding
Read 2,535
Write 2,367
Mixed 1,806
SusWrite 1,532
462% 2,060 MB/s
4K Read 60.2
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 79.8
266% 92.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,127
DQ Write 1,042
DQ Mixed 1,030
788% 1,066 MB/s
706GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1411 1356 1357 1359 1310 1303 MB/s
297% Outstanding
Read 2,564
Write 2,359
Mixed 1854
SusWrite 1,350
455% 2,032 MB/s
4K Read 61.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 82.6
271% 93.1 MB/s
DQ Read 669
DQ Write 568
DQ Mixed 609
459% 615 MB/s
219GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 505 567 567 557 559 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 687
Write 538
Mixed 584
SusWrite 502
130% 578 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 78.7
249% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 976
655% 792 MB/s
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 108%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $320Bench 87%, 452,911 samples15,044x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $200Bench 84%, 701,542 samples7,940x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $499Bench 88%, 205,696 samples6,943x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 399,694 samples7,273x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 108%, 292,752 samples6,206x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $770Bench 138%, 150,967 samples2,827x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 328%, 180,536 samples2,528x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples2,160x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $214Bench 88%, 78,633 samples1,996x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 84%, 186,431 samples1,938x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,249

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 Comments

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USA-User
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6 days ago.

Just excellent. It has a great performance

Viper207
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Excellent

6 months ago.

best nvme pcie 3.0 ssd for games

xDEFCONx
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Excellent

17 months ago.

If you have the PCI-E lanes to support it... This is hilariously potent. Read/writes out of this world, that only workstations would ever truly find useful, if even that. For games, you'll never worry about load times again.

Sylphe
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Excellent

5 months ago.

first time using an SSD let along a nvme so the speed just blew me away

svasilo1hotmail
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Excellent

7 months ago.

as of may 2020 you need to have the nvme driver from samsung's website to get the most out of this drive

VexeI
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Excellent

21 months ago.

Super fast

GoW6661
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Good

3 months ago.

the samsung nvme driver takes speeds down below 1500...... don't know why. windows driver cranks it 200000...

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