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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 333% (15th of 1058)

Based on 30,787 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
Poor: 240%Average: 333% Great: 389%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 232.9% 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 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,062MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,420MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB is 149%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 60.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,787 samples)
Rank 15333%
Min Avg Max
1,501 Read 2,420 2,701
1,177 Write 2,126 2,597
1,113 Mixed 1,714 1,996
996 SusWrite 1,677 2,052
445% 1,984 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.9 4K Read 60.7 68.7
69.6 4K Write 148 190
55 4K Mixed 82.2 97.7
276% 96.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
794 DQ Read 1,217 1,649
216 DQ Write 956 1,354
349 DQ Mixed 1,062 1,426
801% 1,078 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2365 2405 2424 1517 1383 1435 MB/s
396% Outstanding
Read 2,686
Write 2,390
Mixed 1,314
SusWrite 1,922
465% 2,078 MB/s
4K Read 70.3
4K Write 198
4K Mixed 101
340% 123 MB/s
DQ Read 1,620
DQ Write 1,351
DQ Mixed 1,455
1,098% 1,475 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2411 1663 1664 1668 1665 1651 MB/s
369% Outstanding
Read 2,692
Write 2,499
Mixed 1887
SusWrite 1,787
497% 2,216 MB/s
4K Read 65.8
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 92.1
314% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,331
DQ Write 1,142
DQ Mixed 1,240
928% 1,237 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2379 2429 2400 1788 1499 1523 MB/s
354% Outstanding
Read 2,560
Write 2,264
Mixed 1,893
SusWrite 2003
490% 2,180 MB/s
4K Read 60.3
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 82
273% 95.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,052
DQ Write 927
DQ Mixed 998
746% 993 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2074 1970 1899 2218 1502 1490 MB/s
338% Outstanding
Read 2,522
Write 2,432
Mixed 1,869
SusWrite 1,859
488% 2,170 MB/s
4K Read 57.1
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 80.3
259% 89.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,004
DQ Write 905
DQ Mixed 966
721% 958 MB/s
620GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1087 1355 1696 1533 1515 1270 MB/s
296% Outstanding
Read 2,601
Write 2,252
Mixed 1,768
SusWrite 1,409
450% 2,008 MB/s
4K Read 58.6
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 80.9
270% 95.4 MB/s
DQ Read 59.8
DQ Write 895
DQ Mixed 808
527% 588 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1699 1549 1546 1436 974 1695 MB/s
250% Outstanding
Read 1629
Write 2,240
Mixed 1,395
SusWrite 1483
381% 1,687 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 66.3
218% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 670
DQ Write 493
DQ Mixed 631
458% 598 MB/s
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 107%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $191

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $306Bench 86%, 524,055 samples19,199x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $210Bench 83%, 842,939 samples10,097x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $490Bench 89%, 221,763 samples8,727x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 480,292 samples8,521x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 350,696 samples7,415x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 152%, 218,782 samples3,924x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $313Bench 333%, 30,787 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples2,820x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $113Bench 85%, 223,980 samples2,607x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $330Bench 87%, 91,174 samples2,513x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,399

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never had an issue with this seems very good and fast

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Good

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gucci

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Excellent

16 months ago.

With the Samsung NVME 3.2 drivers (3.3 can't download from Samsung site yet) I get Sequential Read: 2,686. Sequential write 2,547. Note: My rig is 6 years old... i7-5930k and MSI x99S SLI PLUS mobo

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