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970 EVO Plus 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 281% (36th of 1072)

Based on 365 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Poor: 175%Average: 281% Great: 333%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB averaged 181.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,073MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,302MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB is 158%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 868MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 365 samples)
Rank 36281%
Min Avg Max
1,163 Read 2,302 2,725
985 Write 2,023 2,590
908 Mixed 1,566 1,945
521 SusWrite 868 1,071
378% 1,690 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.1 4K Read 62.9 73.9
69.7 4K Write 146 201
55 4K Mixed 83.8 103
280% 97.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
704 DQ Read 1,235 1,680
348 DQ Write 981 1,433
390 DQ Mixed 1,073 1,509
813% 1,097 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2150 843 783 782 784 785 MB/s
336% Outstanding
Read 2,654
Write 2,464
Mixed 1,988
SusWrite 1021
455% 2,032 MB/s
4K Read 71.6
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 92.3
319% 113 MB/s
DQ Read 1,748
DQ Write 1,333
DQ Mixed 1,494
1,130% 1,525 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2302 780 786 785 784 783 MB/s
329% Outstanding
Read 2,663
Write 2,258
Mixed 1,919
SusWrite 1,037
440% 1,969 MB/s
4K Read 71.3
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 96.9
321% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,368
DQ Write 1,290
DQ Mixed 1,464
1,062% 1,374 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2074 726 595 594 599 596 MB/s
255% Outstanding
Read 2,460
Write 2,177
Mixed 1570
SusWrite 864
395% 1,768 MB/s
4K Read 56.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 66.6
225% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 973
DQ Write 572
DQ Mixed 819
597% 788 MB/s
412GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 1032 695 616 617 623 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 1,307
Write 1,030
Mixed 1,024
SusWrite 763
231% 1,031 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 51.8
172% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 622
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 438
341% 475 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,658,367 SSDs tested

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Typical 970 EVO Plus 1TB Builds (Compare 5,219 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,650x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples509x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples491x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples763x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples611x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples324x
SSD
970 EVO Plus 1TBSamsungBench 281%, 365 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples140x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $871

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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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