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Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 280% (36th of 1072)

Based on 1,705 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB
Poor: 161%Average: 280% Great: 365%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB averaged 179.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,090MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,276MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB is 204%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 882MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 151MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,705 samples)
Rank 36280%
Min Avg Max
1,202 Read 2,276 2,729
888 Write 2,005 2,472
869 Mixed 1,635 1,940
548 SusWrite 882 1,067
380% 1,700 MB/s
Min Avg Max
38.4 4K Read 58.8 76.7
56.4 4K Write 151 245
44.4 4K Mixed 81.2 112
273% 96.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
488 DQ Read 1,232 1,905
220 DQ Write 1,020 1,838
293 DQ Mixed 1,090 1,912
826% 1,114 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
433GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2207 835 807 807 807 807 MB/s
345% Outstanding
Read 2,585
Write 2391
Mixed 1,864
SusWrite 1,045
441% 1,971 MB/s
4K Read 55.6
4K Write 226
4K Mixed 105
339% 129 MB/s
DQ Read 1,766
DQ Write 1,445
DQ Mixed 1,570
1,185% 1,594 MB/s
374GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 808 789 787 790 792 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 2,589
Write 2371
Mixed 1,846
SusWrite 819
426% 1,906 MB/s
4K Read 58.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 74.9
245% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,379
DQ Write 1,065
DQ Mixed 1199
903% 1,214 MB/s
234GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 832 839 838 843 830 MB/s
258% Outstanding
Read 2,450
Write 2,244
Mixed 1,785
SusWrite 813
408% 1,823 MB/s
4K Read 57.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 73.5
241% 81 MB/s
DQ Read 898
DQ Write 672
DQ Mixed 776
582% 782 MB/s
299GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 817 810 830 807 815 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 2,197
Write 1934
Mixed 1,646
SusWrite 822
369% 1,650 MB/s
4K Read 52.1
4K Write 86.5
4K Mixed 64.5
207% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 641
DQ Write 499
DQ Mixed 562
423% 567 MB/s
371GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 866 799 818 844 838 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,946
Write 1,464
Mixed 1,334
SusWrite 833
311% 1,394 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 85.4
4K Mixed 61.9
201% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 522
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 364
272% 370 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 13%
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CPU
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples9,258x
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples5,171x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 89%, 6,494 samples556x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples5,149x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples3,014x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,804x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GBNvmeBench 280%, 1,705 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples2,892x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples2,191x
M471A2K43EB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 46%, 7,758 samples823x
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