Samsung

970 EVO Plus 500GB

970 EVO Plus 500GB
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Effective Speed +236% Effective Speed 236%Average Score +248% Read 423%, Write 369%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 69%, Mixed 255%, 4K Mixed 64%, SusWrite 502%Peak Score +254% Read 477%, Write 358%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 84%, Mixed 282%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 470%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +260% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 303%, DQ Mixed 359%, ADQ Read 253%, ADQ Write 234%, ADQ Mixed 300%, Age 58%, AS-SSD Total 274%

Average Bench: 330% (22^nd of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB

Poor: 243%Average: 330% Great: 398%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB averaged 230.4% 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 1,042MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,390MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 54.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 22330%

Min	Avg	Max
1,139	Read 2,390	2,925
810	Write 1,900	2,221
779	Mixed 1,273	1,616
636	SusWrite 1,784	2,208
411% 1,837 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.1	4K Read 54.1	64
41.4	4K Write 148	225
36.6	4K Mixed 73.8	93.5
255% 91.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
64.5	DQ Read 1,152	1475
148	DQ Write 964	1,444
99.7	DQ Mixed 1,042	1,519
785% 1,053 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

309GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2120 2134 2104 2180 2189 2191 MB/s

311% Outstanding

Write 2,161

Mixed 1,473

SusWrite 2153

454% 2,019 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 73.6

4K Mixed 56.9

174% 57.3 MB/s

DQ Read 902

DQ Write 570

DQ Mixed 806

582% 759 MB/s

NLD-User, 4 months ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1653 1711 1732 1737 1683 1652 MB/s

263% Outstanding

Write 1,442

Mixed 1,033

SusWrite 1,695

337% 1,501 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 54.6

186% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 938

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 718

508% 662 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

339GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN14243

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1202 1200 1208 1188 1174 546 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,279

Mixed 1,236

SusWrite 1,086

306% 1,368 MB/s

4K Read 54.2

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 69.4

238% 83.5 MB/s

DQ Read 454

DQ Write 803

DQ Mixed 577

452% 611 MB/s

GEO-User, 3 days ago.

239GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN10093

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1884 638 612 575 323 300 MB/s

241% Outstanding

Write 2,320

Mixed 1,683

SusWrite 722

382% 1,705 MB/s

4K Read 57.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 74.5

246% 83.8 MB/s

DQ Read 922

DQ Write 714

DQ Mixed 634

524% 757 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 months ago.

412GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN14243

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1161 1137 1171 1179 106 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 1,288

Mixed 1,219

SusWrite 992

294% 1,317 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 85.5

4K Mixed 57

188% 62.9 MB/s

DQ Read 455

DQ Write 624

DQ Mixed 582

428% 554 MB/s

LKA-User, 4 months ago.

340GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN14243

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1226 1183 1209 1166 1173 360 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 1,286

Mixed 1,175

SusWrite 1,053

292% 1,303 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 80.8

4K Mixed 54.8

181% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 451

DQ Write 645

DQ Mixed 577

428% 558 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $330

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Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,319x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,250x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	487x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	828x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	624x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	548x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 500GBSamsungBench 330%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	299x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	264x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	246x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,289

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	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: 330% (22^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 330% (22nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 330% (22^nd of 1072)