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970 EVO Plus 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 321% (26th of 1072)

Based on 553 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
Poor: 223%Average: 321% Great: 399%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB averaged 220.9% 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 1,025MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,286MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB is 176%. 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 131MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 553 samples)
Rank 26321%
Min Avg Max
1,330 Read 2,286 2,659
1,068 Write 2,029 2,550
1,060 Mixed 1,780 2,358
930 SusWrite 1,666 2,409
436% 1,940 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42.2 4K Read 61.3 73.4
61.3 4K Write 131 187
50 4K Mixed 78.2 101
262% 90.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
676 DQ Read 1,199 1,728
306 DQ Write 906 1,367
404 DQ Mixed 1,025 1,515
774% 1,043 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
793GB free
Firmware: 4B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1975 1690 1637 1628 1603 1607 MB/s
360% Outstanding
Read 2,537
Write 2,448
Mixed 2,366
SusWrite 1,690
509% 2,260 MB/s
4K Read 72.4
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 99.3
323% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,349
DQ Write 1,104
DQ Mixed 1,198
905% 1217 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1649 1442 1343 1358 1346 1342 MB/s
307% Outstanding
Read 2,394
Write 1,851
Mixed 1,449
SusWrite 1,413
397% 1,777 MB/s
4K Read 53.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 70.4
226% 75.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,402
DQ Write 1,030
DQ Mixed 1,190
896% 1,207 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1820 1238 1191 1140 1140 1107 MB/s
302% Outstanding
Read 2,282
Write 2,369
Mixed 2,265
SusWrite 1,273
461% 2,047 MB/s
4K Read 64
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 85.1
280% 96.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,182
DQ Write 891
DQ Mixed 1,014
764% 1,029 MB/s
606GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1839 1878 1894 1933 1945 1941 MB/s
301% Outstanding
Read 2,048
Write 2025
Mixed 1,939
SusWrite 1,905
446% 1,979 MB/s
4K Read 53.4
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 64.4
210% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 664
DQ Write 1,015
DQ Mixed 774
604% 818 MB/s
569GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 1342 1313 1396 1369 1307 MB/s
272% Outstanding
Read 2,456
Write 1,885
Mixed 1,685
SusWrite 1,274
408% 1,825 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 69.2
4K Mixed 62.1
203% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,287
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 378
370% 621 MB/s
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Typical 970 EVO Plus 500GB Builds (Compare 2,256 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples641x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples525x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples430x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples167x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples160x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples152x
SSD
970 EVO Plus 500GBSamsungBench 321%, 553 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples82x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples70x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $523

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $290Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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