Samsung

970 EVO Plus 1TB

970 EVO Plus 1TB
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -45%Read -60%, Write -29%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -146%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite 24%Peak Score -3%Read 11%, Write 21%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -102%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 56%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -59%DQ Read -41%, DQ Write -76%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -133%, ADQ Write -139%, ADQ Mixed -81%, Age 74%, AS-SSD Total -41%

Average Bench: 70.9% (652^nd of 1071)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus

Poor: 50%Average: 70.9% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB averaged 29.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 144MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB is 39.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 140MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 121MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 65270.9%

Min	Avg	Max
24.2	Read 285	564
37.6	Write 313	587
176	Mixed 276	492
196	SusWrite 367	602
70.2% 310 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.8	4K Read 27.5	41.1
13.6	4K Write 35.6	60.6
15.7	4K Mixed 30.9	48
100% 31.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	DQ Read 140	260
35.3	DQ Write 121	203
28.5	DQ Mixed 144	241
104% 135 MB/s

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DEU-User, 2 month ago.

892GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 369 366 369 368 366 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 369

Mixed 272

SusWrite 367

70% 309 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 38.9

128% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 157

112% 144 MB/s

DEU-User, 10 days ago.

162GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 366 361 369 373 373 MB/s

76.9% Very good

Write 373

Mixed 271

SusWrite 368

71% 314 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 35.2

123% 37.3 MB/s

DQ Read 178

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 173

122% 156 MB/s

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 1TBSamsungBench 71%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $360

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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 1TB

Average Bench: 70.9% (652^nd of 1071)

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