Samsung

970 EVO Plus 500GB

970 EVO Plus 500GB
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Effective Speed +136% Effective Speed 136%Average Score +163% Read 349%, Write 289%, 4K Read 75%, 4K Write 67%, Mixed 230%, 4K Mixed 76%, SusWrite 56%Peak Score +187% Read 417%, Write 367%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 285%, 4K Mixed 66%, SusWrite 51%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +204% DQ Read 175%, DQ Write 343%, DQ Mixed 252%, ADQ Read 162%, ADQ Write 203%, ADQ Mixed 221%, Age 54%, AS-SSD Total 226%

Average Bench: 233% (71^st of 1072)

Based on 141 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB

Poor: 145%Average: 233% Great: 285%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB averaged 132.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 834MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,052MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 462MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 146MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 141 samples)

Rank 71233%

Min	Avg	Max
626	Read 2,052	2,619
509	Write 1,577	2,266
532	Mixed 1,186	1,631
314	SusWrite 462	584
293% 1,319 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
51.2	4K Read 60.2	68.4
72.9	4K Write 146	202
61.8	4K Mixed 79.2	96.9
270% 95.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
331	DQ Read 856	1,010
146	DQ Write 876	1,586
278	DQ Mixed 834	1,165
636% 855 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 4 months ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 65 67 68 70 MB/s

795% Outstanding

Write 69.8

Mixed 139

SusWrite 64.4

595% 2,864 MB/s

4K Read 850

4K Write 4.3

4K Mixed 8.6

1,301% 288 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1172 389 387 386 386 386 MB/s

301% Outstanding

Write 2,211

Mixed 1,585

SusWrite 518

388% 1,746 MB/s

4K Read 67.3

4K Write 230

4K Mixed 97.5

348% 131 MB/s

DQ Read 994

DQ Write 1,487

DQ Mixed 1,160

900% 1,214 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 407 409 409 404 409 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 2,181

Mixed 1,551

SusWrite 564

382% 1,715 MB/s

4K Read 70.5

4K Write 225

4K Mixed 98.7

352% 131 MB/s

DQ Read 1009

DQ Write 1,383

DQ Mixed 1,156

885% 1,183 MB/s

ZAF-User, 4 months ago.

233GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXE7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 315 316 315 316 316 MB/s

272% Outstanding

Write 1,465

Mixed 1,309

SusWrite 488

316% 1,428 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 82.3

298% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 969

DQ Write 1,406

DQ Mixed 997

807% 1,124 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 394 375 392 400 397 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,774

Mixed 1,219

SusWrite 404

300% 1,349 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 90.1

4K Mixed 57.2

189% 64 MB/s

DQ Read 756

DQ Write 247

DQ Mixed 647

440% 550 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 304 305 294 293 292 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 1,638

Mixed 1,278

SusWrite 329

283% 1,268 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 59.5

194% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 688

DQ Write 641

DQ Mixed 619

477% 650 MB/s

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Typical 970 EVO Plus 500GB Builds (Compare 32,060 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,118x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,848x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,332x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 500GBSamsungBench 233%, 141 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	960x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO Plus 500GB

Average Bench: 233% (71^st of 1072)

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970 EVO Plus 500GB

Average Bench: 233% (71st of 1072)

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