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SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 75.9% (6th of 639)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0bda PID 9210 Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus
Poor: 6%Average: 75.9% Great: 72%

Good average bench

The Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB averaged 24.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 24MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21.6MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB is 65.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 78.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 675.9%
Min Avg Max
8.3 Read 78.8 589
6.7 Write 71.9 546
7.2 Mixed 70.8 548
7.9 SusWrite 76 606
101% 74.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 17.2 32
0.3 4K Write 14.3 49.7
0.2 4K Mixed 16.1 41
1,099% 15.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 DQ Read 19.7 40.7
16.6 DQ Write 24 56.2
16.8 DQ Mixed 21.6 49
1,623% 21.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
777GB free, PID 9210
SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 597 606 611 610 609 MB/s
378% Outstanding
Read 589
Write 546
Mixed 548
SusWrite 606
781% 572 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 41
3,204% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 40.7
DQ Write 56.2
DQ Mixed 49
3,729% 48.6 MB/s
615GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 39 40 40 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 39.5
Write 39.5
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 39.7
54% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 14
4K Mixed 17.7
1,157% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 18.7
DQ Write 20.7
DQ Mixed 19.3
1,430% 19.6 MB/s
469GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 39.8
Write 40.1
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 42.2
50% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 16.4
1,090% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 17.6
DQ Write 20.7
DQ Mixed 19.2
1,422% 19.2 MB/s
469GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 41 42 41 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 39.7
Write 40.2
Mixed 41.1
SusWrite 41.4
56% 40.6 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 13.5
4K Mixed 15.4
1,046% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 15.6
DQ Write 21
DQ Mixed 17.8
1,378% 18.1 MB/s
554GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 50.5
Write 37.7
Mixed 35
SusWrite 38.7
53% 40.5 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 12.8
4K Mixed 17.1
1,093% 16.8 MB/s
DQ Read 17.8
DQ Write 19.4
DQ Mixed 18.7
1,362% 18.6 MB/s
922GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 41 40 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 50.3
Write 38.7
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 40.3
56% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 15
995% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 16.6
DQ Write 19.4
DQ Mixed 17.6
1,320% 17.9 MB/s
840GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 42 42 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 39.1
Write 42
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 40.8
56% 40.6 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 14.8
970% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 17.7
DQ Write 23.6
DQ Mixed 20
1,549% 20.4 MB/s
357GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 51.9
Write 31.6
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 35.2
49% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 16
908% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 17.1
DQ Write 16.6
DQ Mixed 16.8
1,200% 16.8 MB/s
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