After Samsung already introduced the SSD 980 Pro as a new high-end SSD with PCIe 4.0 last year, the SSD 980 – with PCIe 3.0 connection – now follows. With a read speed of up to 3500 MB/s and a write speed of up to 3000 MB/s, it is one of the fastest PCIe 3.0 SSDs on the market. An upgraded Intelligent TurboWrite (version 2.0) as well as the Host Memory Buff feature (HMB for short) gives the 980 another huge boost of additional performance compared to its predecessor – the Samsung 970 EVO.
The SSD’s longevity has also been tested by Samsung to the utmost and, according to the manufacturer, it has a write performance of up to 600 TB. Overheating is prevented by built-in temperature regulators, and a heat spreader with built-in copper film efficiently dissipates heat at high operating temperatures.
We have put Samsung’s storage medium to the test and are curious whether the South Korean company keeps its promises.
Technical data
Capacity | 250 GB/500 GB/1 TB |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 DRAMless |
form factor | M.2 2280 |
Flash type | 3Bit MLC V-NAND |
max. read/write speed | 3,500/3,000 MB/s |
IOPS | 500,000 IOPS Max |
MTBF | 1,500,000 hours |
TBW | 150/ 300/ 600 TB |
Guarantee | 5 years |
Price | 250 GB: €49.90 500 GB: 69.90 € 1 TB: 129.90 € |
The new generation of Samsung SSDs
The SSD 980 is a PCIe 3.0 SSD in M.2 format and it will be available in 3 variants – 250 GB, 500 GB and 1 TB. The software and hardware of the predecessor model have been overhauled and the performance has been raised to a whole new level. With a read speed of 3500 and a write speed of 3000 MB/s, Samsung’s 980 is clearly one of the top models on the market. An IOPS MAX of 500,000 is also impressive. Overall, the 980 is a long-lasting, performance-oriented SSD for the user, which has even fewer weaknesses than its predecessor due to the improved software.
The 980 is also quite a bit ahead of the 970 EVO in terms of energy efficiency with a 54% increase (performance/watt). A new software called Magician 6.3 brings an additional feature – the Full Power Mode. In this mode, the 980 delivers its full power uninterruptedly which gives the end user immensely fast data transfer.
The performance of the Samsung SSD 980 in the test
Our test system
- MSI Z390I Gaming Edge AC motherboard*
- Intel Core i5-9600K processor*
- 16 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 3200 RAM*
- MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus GP OC Graphics Card*
- Corsair MP510 480GB SSD*
- Corsair SF450 Power Supply*
The measurements
wdt_ID | SSD | Seq (lesen in MB/s) | Seq (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K (lesen in MB/s) | 4K (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K-64-Thrd (lesen in MB/s) | 4K-64-Thrd (schreiben in MB/s) |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 2.278,89 | 1.832,34 | 47,47 | 197,25 | 1.690,47 | 1.211,18 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 2.833,98 | 1.977,16 | 38,95 | 207,29 | 1.301,00 | 992,33 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 2.170,45 | 637,79 | 35,37 | 5,44 | 282,25 | 8,73 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 2.246,29 | 880,66 | 41,74 | 7,49 | 511,00 | 31,01 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 2.553,25 | 2.481,28 | 42,45 | 110,08 | 1.687,72 | 1.901,41 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 1.774,87 | 927,44 | 59,92 | 172,76 | 346,82 | 878,87 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 2.794,51 | 2.204,05 | 54,37 | 132,99 | 795,31 | 1.930,24 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 2.966,45 | 2.690,48 | 45,74 | 149,72 | 1.580,57 | 1.740,14 |
9 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 2.178,75 | 858,33 | 36,35 | 155,07 | 747,57 | 385,85 |
10 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 2.409,10 | 1.264,05 | 48,06 | 148,67 | 684,76 | 1.258,88 |
11 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 2.926,34 | 2.560,03 | 56,02 | 144,17 | 1.199,26 | 1.390,36 |
12 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 2.728,68 | 1.740,70 | 47,48 | 137,52 | 721,73 | 1.441,33 |
13 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 2.833,85 | 1.496,62 | 46,72 | 110,77 | 1.240,11 | 836,95 |
14 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 2.860,91 | 2.733,69 | 54,90 | 133,84 | 1.998,03 | 1.812,39 |
15 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 2.569,42 | 2.366,17 | 51,08 | 129,69 | 1.489,46 | 1.100,07 |
16 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 2.319,45 | 2.445,02 | 40,09 | 73,66 | 1.716,32 | 2.052,95 |
17 | goodram IRDM M.2 512 GB | 2.999,16 | 2.497,66 | 69,46 | 205,26 | 2.016,57 | 2.351,02 |
18 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 2.968,56 | 2.806,79 | 69,46 | 191,71 | 1.767,79 | 2.597,34 |
19 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 3.031,90 | 2.330,21 | 70,01 | 232,94 | 1.911,62 | 2.210,43 |
20 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 4.285,45 | 3.856,62 | 78,81 | 246,76 | 2.928,71 | 3.674,07 |
21 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 1.580,12 | 1.587,90 | 63,23 | 167,43 | 1.657,50 | 1.501,68 |
22 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 2.678,46 | 2.678,82 | 49,10 | 125,36 | 1.990,35 | 2.986,04 |
23 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 2.501,35 | 4.238,61 | 48,54 | 144,46 | 2.225,47 | 2.781,88 |
24 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 3.157,27 | 2.566,19 | 52,84 | 181,71 | 2.233,36 | 2.254,34 |
25 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 3.783,76 | 3.690,50 | 56,20 | 176,79 | 2.317,14 | 2.878,50 |
26 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 3.050,84 | 2.342,03 | 37,52 | 154,14 | 982,68 | 1.573,10 |
27 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 5.211,37 | 5.207,10 | 76,92 | 186,65 | 2.947,55 | 3.281,34 |
28 | goodram PX500 512GB | 2.264,99 | 1.561,40 | 49,21 | 184,05 | 881,04 | 831,01 |
29 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 5.425,19 | 5.172,04 | 90,74 | 190,77 | 2.935,80 | 3.132,12 |
30 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 2.639,24 | 2.432,48 | 81,06 | 272,34 | 2.275,26 | 993,65 |
31 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 3.701,46 | 3.976,39 | 75,74 | 235,64 | 1.602,58 | 2.219,75 |
32 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 5.138,97 | 5.055,37 | 99,34 | 264,38 | 2.971,08 | 2.825,82 |
33 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 5.307,65 | 5.216,05 | 84,56 | 234,07 | 2.368,25 | 3.061,54 |
34 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 3.834,92 | 3.476,47 | 93,92 | 253,17 | 2.227,09 | 1.384,78 |
35 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 3.126,73 | 2.937,83 | 78,29 | 232,44 | 2.237,47 | 2.320,77 |
36 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 3.837,97 | 3.874,93 | 81,09 | 243,28 | 2.309,87 | 2.884,90 |
37 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 2.991,12 | 2.504,85 | 45,27 | 220,40 | 1.483,32 | 1.561,91 |
38 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 5.468,15 | 5.103,35 | 53,62 | 123,57 | 1.593,89 | 1.920,43 |
39 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 6.292,26 | 5.614,48 | 72,27 | 230,44 | 2.634,75 | 3.085,63 |
40 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 9.058,04 | 9.939,20 | 83,44 | 254,77 | 3.536,75 | 3.120,13 |
41 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 6.197,23 | 6.056,93 | 81,97 | 248,92 | 3.134,16 | 4.087,88 |
42 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 5.457,12 | 5.773,07 | 80,36 | 198,99 | 3.048,62 | 4.106,43 |
43 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 4.380,42 | 3.301,38 | 55,90 | 271,46 | 1.397,09 | 3.151,40 |
44 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 4.371,84 | 4.386,65 | 67,66 | 232,00 | 2.848,70 | 3.182,26 |
SSD | Seq (lesen in MB/s) | Seq (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K (lesen in MB/s) | 4K (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K-64-Thrd (lesen in MB/s) | 4K-64-Thrd (schreiben in MB/s) |
wdt_ID | SSD | Lesen | Schreiben | Gesamt |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 1.966 | 1.592 | 4.542 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 1.623 | 1.397 | 3.809 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 578 | 82 | 891 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 777 | 127 | 1.244 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 1.985 | 2.228 | 5.219 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 584 | 1.144 | 2.008 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 1.129 | 2.284 | 3.975 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 1.923 | 2.159 | 5.052 |
9 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 1.002 | 627 | 2.082 |
10 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 974 | 1.534 | 2.961 |
11 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 1.548 | 1.791 | 4.122 |
12 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 1.042 | 1.753 | 3.290 |
13 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 1.570 | 1.097 | 3.409 |
14 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 2.338 | 2.216 | 5.744 |
15 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 1.197 | 1.466 | 4.178 |
16 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 1.988 | 2.371 | 5.380 |
17 | goodram IRDM M.2 512 GB | 2.386 | 2.732 | 6.310 |
18 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 2.134 | 3.070 | 6.298 |
19 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 2.285 | 2.676 | 6.103 |
20 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 3.436 | 4.306 | 9.479 |
21 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 1.879 | 1.828 | 4.678 |
22 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 2.307 | 3.379 | 6.865 |
23 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 2.524 | 3.350 | 7.248 |
24 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 2.602 | 2.693 | 6.592 |
25 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 2.748 | 3.424 | 7.571 |
26 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 1.325 | 1.961 | 3.933 |
27 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 3.546 | 3.989 | 9.345 |
28 | goodram PX500 512GB | 1.157 | 1.171 | 2.896 |
29 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 3.525 | 3.913 | 9.227 |
30 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 2.620 | 1.509 | 5.470 |
31 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 2.048 | 2.853 | 5.977 |
32 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 3.584 | 3.596 | 9.018 |
33 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 2.984 | 3.817 | 8.330 |
34 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 2.704 | 1.986 | 6.071 |
35 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 2.628 | 2.847 | 6.819 |
36 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 2.775 | 3.516 | 7.720 |
37 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 1.828 | 2.033 | 4.773 |
38 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 2.194 | 2.554 | 5.854 |
39 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 3.336 | 3.878 | 8.884 |
40 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 4.526 | 4.369 | 11.244 |
41 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 3.836 | 4.942 | 10.730 |
42 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 3.949 | 4.693 | 10.650 |
43 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 1.891 | 3.753 | 6.564 |
44 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 3.381 | 3.853 | 8.972 |
SSD | Lesen | Schreiben | Gesamt |
wdt_ID | SSD | ISO (in MB/s) | Programm (in MB/s) | Spiel (in MB/s) |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 1.827,04 | 647,49 | 483,93 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 1.917,71 | 283,09 | 471,35 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 1.471,74 | 547,76 | 1.166,32 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 1.566,28 | 632,28 | 1.130,44 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 1.378,01 | 354,96 | 749,40 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 977,33 | 363,49 | 558,79 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 1.405,19 | 414,16 | 921,26 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 1.682,28 | 426,18 | 943,93 |
10 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 1.108,05 | 349,78 | 419,12 |
11 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 1.040,48 | 190,51 | 762,33 |
12 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 1.196,60 | 153,90 | 868,05 |
13 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 961,05 | 322,21 | 748,55 |
14 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 2.076,52 | 591,51 | 1.327,85 |
15 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 1.901,03 | 650,28 | 1.313,24 |
16 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 1.294,84 | 338,29 | 944,94 |
17 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 1.923,18 | 1.010,93 | 1.629,58 |
18 | goodram IRDM M.2 512 GB | 2.194,08 | 948,05 | 1.298,95 |
19 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 1.984,76 | 854,77 | 1.489,55 |
20 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 2.359,27 | 1.065,63 | 1.876,26 |
21 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 3.011,38 | 1.224,04 | 2.328,32 |
22 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 1.296,82 | 408,44 | 596,72 |
23 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 2.076,71 | 1.060,45 | 1.763,90 |
24 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 2.917,07 | 410,88 | 1.225,89 |
25 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 2.103,68 | 379,38 | 1.046,72 |
26 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 2.735,59 | 401,44 | 1.156,82 |
27 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 2.295,18 | 411,62 | 1.099,37 |
28 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 3.076,12 | 413,18 | 1.232,93 |
29 | goodram PX500 512GB | 1.801,72 | 304,17 | 568,27 |
30 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 2.973,39 | 409,04 | 1.213,11 |
31 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 1.948,30 | 374,06 | 988,76 |
32 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 2.543,82 | 388,18 | 1.135,27 |
33 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 2.805,98 | 447,39 | 1.154,33 |
34 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 2.594,74 | 409,41 | 1.043,58 |
35 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 2.323,46 | 1.002,08 | 1.612,10 |
36 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 2.182,93 | 383,13 | 1.056,01 |
37 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 2.751,88 | 395,22 | 1.164,56 |
38 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 2.112,46 | 1.191,60 | 2.398,90 |
39 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 3.092,41 | 639,48 | 1.691,61 |
40 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 1.134,91 | 745,34 | 1.069,53 |
41 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 4.661,57 | 1.556,02 | 3.005,81 |
42 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 4.188,85 | 1.691,40 | 3.166,24 |
43 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 4.557,63 | 1.058,92 | 2.804,48 |
44 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 2.856,23 | 1.470,23 | 2.704,32 |
45 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 4.421,38 | 735,61 | 2.075,70 |
SSD | ISO (in MB/s) | Programm (in MB/s) | Spiel (in MB/s) |
In the AS SSD benchmark, the 980 is far from the manufacturer’s claims with a measured read speed of 2569 MB/s and a write speed of 2366 MB/s. The 4K values do not come close to the expectations, so this test result was rather a disappointment overall.
wdt_ID | SSD | Seq Q32T1 (lesen in MB/s) | Seq Q32T1 (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K Q32T1 (lesen in MB/s) | 4K Q32T1 (schreiben in MB/s) | Seq (lesen in MB/s) | Seq (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K (lesen in MB/s) | 4K (schreiben in MB/s) |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 3.470,00 | 1.922,00 | 779,40 | 681,70 | 2.729,00 | 1.856,00 | 53,17 | 250,90 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 3.402,00 | 1.934,00 | 829,10 | 741,00 | 2.087,00 | 1.890,00 | 52,95 | 260,80 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 2.249,00 | 369,00 | 560,20 | 366,70 | 1.573,00 | 437,70 | 39,15 | 143,90 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 2.788,00 | 1.316,00 | 599,90 | 633,70 | 1.810,00 | 1.344,00 | 45,53 | 192,70 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 3.560,00 | 2.508,00 | 337,00 | 231,70 | 2.447,00 | 2.489,00 | 50,01 | 153,70 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 1.928,00 | 978,30 | 355,30 | 347,20 | 1.688,00 | 973,20 | 57,60 | 146,70 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 3.556,20 | 2.372,80 | 579,10 | 1.329,40 | 355,30 | 302,30 | 46,36 | 173,90 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 3.411,80 | 2.990,90 | 1.297,90 | 1.395,20 | 331,20 | 315,00 | 42,26 | 195,00 |
9 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 2.430,00 | 1.519,00 | 361,20 | 267,10 | 1.675,00 | 1.235,00 | 38,02 | 139,30 |
10 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 3.392,00 | 1.354,00 | 274,40 | 307,70 | 1.003,00 | 1.338,00 | 39,68 | 139,30 |
11 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 3.468,00 | 3.019,00 | 440,00 | 342,40 | 2.760,00 | 2.736,00 | 55,64 | 132,30 |
12 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 3.405,00 | 1.949,00 | 486,60 | 286,90 | 1.263,00 | 1.930,00 | 39,60 | 121,90 |
13 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 3.546,00 | 2.721,00 | 391,00 | 289,90 | 2.956,00 | 2.016,00 | 50,90 | 110,70 |
14 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 3.459,00 | 3.021,00 | 383,10 | 283,80 | 1.844,00 | 2.332,00 | 44,14 | 120,30 |
15 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 3.540,00 | 2.759,00 | 433,70 | 310,60 | 1.879,00 | 2.082,00 | 52,75 | 123,70 |
16 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 3.189,00 | 3.155,00 | 730,60 | 680,30 | 1.956,00 | 1.749,00 | 56,98 | 115,90 |
17 | goodram IRDM M.2 512 GB | 3.461,00 | 2.501,00 | 608,10 | 396,50 | 2.179,00 | 2.489,00 | 58,44 | 229,94 |
18 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 3.460,00 | 2.798,00 | 619,80 | 554,00 | 2.001,00 | 2.976,00 | 49,55 | 212,30 |
19 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 3.468,00 | 2.487,00 | 675,60 | 660,20 | 2.385,00 | 2.477,00 | 45,59 | 234,80 |
20 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 4.978,00 | 4.238,00 | 733,70 | 671,30 | 2.707,00 | 4.214,00 | 55,39 | 254,40 |
21 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 1.737,30 | 1.452,32 | 501,31 | 463,31 | 1.196,81 | 1.331,56 | 46,98 | 185,42 |
22 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 3.424,00 | 3.204,00 | 800,10 | 734,40 | 1.858,00 | 2.348,00 | 55,68 | 242,00 |
23 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 6.638,76 | 5.000,90 | 684,20 | 495,25 | 4.319,68 | 4.490,32 | 70,47 | 215,02 |
24 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 3.608,20 | 2.800,76 | 735,60 | 582,10 | 2.534,99 | 2.860,58 | 58,41 | 306,98 |
25 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 5.013,42 | 4.267,00 | 790,40 | 461,97 | 2.722,93 | 4.049,53 | 60,67 | 258,68 |
26 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 3.523,00 | 2.496,00 | 679,90 | 485,00 | 2.663,10 | 2.334,90 | 69,93 | 234,70 |
27 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 6.985,06 | 5.851,75 | 796,04 | 618,63 | 4.234,78 | 5.284,88 | 84,67 | 312,15 |
28 | goodram PX500 512GB | 2.572,58 | 1.837,37 | 508,83 | 436,76 | 2.258,18 | 1.852,41 | 65,60 | 206,57 |
29 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 6.982,25 | 6.116,38 | 775,38 | 604,27 | 4.346,05 | 5.158,72 | 86,68 | 306,92 |
30 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 3.508,57 | 3.214,89 | 689,92 | 465,24 | 2.154,89 | 3.202,24 | 69,67 | 298,68 |
31 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 5.033,08 | 4.828,19 | 680,23 | 496,77 | 3.456,78 | 4.708,73 | 95,22 | 294,05 |
32 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 7.002,90 | 5.874,20 | 841,60 | 687,00 | 4.279,90 | 5.435,50 | 89,30 | 337,09 |
33 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 6.978,80 | 6.006,07 | 840,78 | 674,03 | 3.570,61 | 5.681,97 | 71,69 | 310,02 |
34 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 4.969,65 | 4.749,09 | 647,26 | 428,19 | 2.921,09 | 4.734,90 | 77,81 | 265,79 |
35 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 3.672,00 | 3.259,00 | 569,90 | 407,50 | 2.724,00 | 2.972,00 | 59,58 | 234,80 |
36 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 5.028,00 | 4.351,00 | 566,70 | 362,20 | 3.050,00 | 4.296,00 | 60,66 | 249,40 |
37 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 3.784,32 | 2.944,50 | 681,02 | 477,24 | 3.252,05 | 2.855,73 | 57,56 | 233,65 |
38 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 7.141,24 | 5.427,86 | 464,83 | 229,07 | 3.243,98 | 5.117,66 | 64,16 | 165,74 |
39 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 7.427,45 | 6.590,66 | 708,80 | 467,82 | 4.924,22 | 5.424,73 | 73,14 | 244,66 |
40 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 12.341,34 | 11.779,15 | 703,55 | 493,06 | 8.996,78 | 9.691,96 | 91,27 | 303,43 |
41 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 7.435,37 | 7.000,65 | 663,23 | 469,37 | 5.812,01 | 6.021,80 | 90,71 | 299,76 |
42 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 6.374,84 | 6.494,85 | 770,17 | 532,92 | 3.943,69 | 5.113,27 | 64,71 | 241,88 |
43 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 5.075,66 | 3.974,58 | 647,90 | 421,44 | 3.171,24 | 3.959,23 | 62,73 | 331,70 |
44 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 5.223,00 | 4.827,00 | 625,80 | 400,20 | 3.041,00 | 4.631,00 | 76,03 | 262,50 |
SSD | Seq Q32T1 (lesen in MB/s) | Seq Q32T1 (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K Q32T1 (lesen in MB/s) | 4K Q32T1 (schreiben in MB/s) | Seq (lesen in MB/s) | Seq (schreiben in MB/s) | 4K (lesen in MB/s) | 4K (schreiben in MB/s) |
The SSD 980 achieves the best values in CrystalDiskMark, which to our regret was the only one that came close to the manufacturer’s specifications, but was still slightly below Samsung’s specifications in terms of write speed. A read speed of 3540 MB/s and a write speed of 2759 MB/s was measured.
wdt_ID | SSD | 512 B | 1 KB | 2 KB | 4 KB | 8 KB | 16 KB | 32 KB | 64 KB | 128 KB | 256 KB | 512 KB | 1 MB | 2 MB | 4 MB | 8 MB | 12 MB | 16 MB | 24 MB | 32 MB | 48 MB | 64 MB |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 76.544 | 154.112 | 298.496 | 564.224 | 974.848 | 610.304 | 959.460 | 1.362.629 | 1.736.704 | 1.772.954 | 1.723.012 | 1.743.475 | 1.880.853 | 1.864.135 | 1.839.607 | 1.774.740 | 1.775.366 | 1.742.785 | 1.709.344 | 1.536.037 | 1.606.345 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 27.008 | 56.434 | 111.337 | 212.460 | 393.216 | 680.628 | 1.056.768 | 1.454.539 | 1.496.107 | 1.682.899 | 1.807.889 | 1.847.711 | 1.893.590 | 1.910.844 | 1.906.501 | 1.886.493 | 1.853.836 | 1.797.558 | 1.711.960 | 1.620.005 | 1.605.595 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 16.853 | 33.280 | 65.024 | 120.776 | 211.566 | 346.101 | 500.029 | 671.088 | 754.000 | 855.864 | 979.691 | 989.319 | 989.319 | 989.319 | 986.895 | 986.309 | 984.482 | 983.971 | 984.482 | 981.467 | 979.691 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 21.888 | 43.520 | 84.992 | 164.864 | 293.444 | 507.904 | 813.101 | 1.170.866 | 1.414.446 | 849.843 | 1.245.339 | 1.494.407 | 1.350.097 | 798.915 | 947.865 | 735.842 | 574.365 | 635.982 | 607.649 | 605.113 | 596.419 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 15.447 | 31.586 | 61.797 | 120.776 | 227.950 | 421.028 | 732.959 | 1.173.618 | 1.631.147 | 2.011.693 | 1.954.627 | 2.348.810 | 2.487.938 | 1.494.021 | 2.494.021 | 2.492.090 | 2.494.021 | 2.491.416 | 2.483.027 | 2.454.597 | 2.397.934 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 23.936 | 47.360 | 92.672 | 178.176 | 312.562 | 551.581 | 874.358 | 980.588 | 983.040 | 980.588 | 984.578 | 975.419 | 982.272 | 975.419 | 980.586 | 978.035 | 978.352 | 971.412 | 967.334 | 964.036 | 965.161 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 37.480 | 75.680 | 150.880 | 303.710 | 552.730 | 810.330 | 1.021.000 | 1.080.000 | 744.420 | 795.450 | 604.840 | 877.190 | 978.000 | 767.750 | 572.660 | 486.220 | 562.190 | 621.600 | 570.000 | 561.370 | 460.160 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 11.390 | 28.670 | 65.100 | 283.200 | 572.270 | 1.090.000 | 1.800.000 | 2.220.000 | 2.470.000 | 2.450.000 | 2.470.000 | 2.690.000 | 2.410.000 | 2.240.000 | 2.260.000 | 2.340.000 | 2.420.000 | 2.020.000 | 1.860.000 | 1.840.000 | 1.650.000 |
10 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 15.665 | 24.003 | 52.473 | 157.302 | 268.991 | 484.999 | 720.896 | 918.137 | 1.138.418 | 1.372.823 | 1.436.405 | 1.287.724 | 1.166.704 | 1.252.031 | 1.253.902 | 785.940 | 662.607 | 571.560 | 535.073 | 531.814 | 531.555 |
11 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 18.513 | 35.072 | 66.048 | 148.183 | 265.534 | 375.565 | 716.657 | 1.167.779 | 1.572.341 | 1.717.495 | 2.049.630 | 2.147.483 | 2.171.169 | 2.176.503 | 2.203.574 | 2.209.069 | 2.080.374 | 1.363.665 | 1.355.082 | 1.366.144 | 1.364.926 |
12 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 19.024 | 37.888 | 75.076 | 144.684 | 262.144 | 482.122 | 819.200 | 1.252.176 | 1.667.000 | 1.682.899 | 2.097.152 | 2.383.127 | 2.595.485 | 2.741.375 | 2.773.093 | 2.777.684 | 2.728.002 | 2.732.445 | 2.723.574 | 2.730.461 | 2.735.647 |
13 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 18.816 | 36.772 | 71.832 | 123.904 | 139.264 | 184.269 | 179.327 | 341.656 | 437.949 | 1.743.322 | 583.839 | 528.693 | 1.815.716 | 1.811.794 | 1.804.001 | 1.834.243 | 1.835.581 | 1.820.971 | 1.825.594 | 1.809.290 | 1.093.214 |
14 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 13.056 | 26.106 | 52.224 | 115.682 | 186.533 | 328.234 | 549.136 | 501.276 | 534.872 | 829.373 | 1.237.930 | 1.480.579 | 1.620.987 | 1.759.164 | 1.807.420 | 1.822.987 | 1.824.318 | 1.836.424 | 1.837.699 | 1.841.401 | 1.846.730 |
15 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 17.536 | 35.152 | 69.322 | 133.883 | 245.768 | 391.908 | 698.617 | 1.098.272 | 1.098.099 | 1.538.085 | 1.740.479 | 2.155.321 | 2.416.572 | 2.783.775 | 2.857.110 | 2.906.652 | 2.923.554 | 2.946.394 | 2.952.790 | 2.944.401 | 2.938.099 |
16 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 16.512 | 32.941 | 64.700 | 127.680 | 239.865 | 439.074 | 756.184 | 1.084.175 | 1.285.019 | 1.114.112 | 1.512.369 | 1.950.839 | 2.226.276 | 2.429.133 | 2.530.500 | 2.567.941 | 2.577.145 | 2.591.742 | 2.593.078 | 2.602.310 | 2.589.279 |
17 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 5.196 | 10.515 | 21.906 | 73.541 | 138.628 | 261.459 | 462.409 | 757.705 | 1.203.378 | 1.370.037 | 1.494.919 | 1.855.850 | 2.039.583 | 2.203.574 | 2.314.098 | 2.329.707 | 2.331.325 | 2.347.136 | 2.337.124 | 2.362.757 | 2.374.367 |
18 | goodram IRDM M.2 500GB | 24.832 | 48.263 | 99.364 | 192.105 | 34.832 | 521.705 | 884.377 | 1.371.516 | 1.934.909 | 2.361.218 | 2.476.835 | 2.506.276 | 2.506.276 | 2.500.134 | 2.500.134 | 2.504.276 | 2.506.276 | 2.504.276 | 2.500.134 | 2.504.306 | 2.487.938 |
20 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 24.987 | 40.960 | 94.785 | 171.676 | 337.592 | 495.954 | 892.528 | 1.355.173 | 1.964.193 | 2.402.334 | 2.776.918 | 2.945.426 | 2.997.418 | 3.004.874 | 2.975.858 | 2.992.692 | 2.982.616 | 2.975.858 | 2.982.616 | 2.944.401 | 2.938.099 |
21 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 28.600 | 57.200 | 111.885 | 212.590 | 386.744 | 570.880 | 980.484 | 1.481.666 | 1.944.584 | 2.341.383 | 2.487.938 | 2.470.674 | 2.470.674 | 2.476.835 | 2.470.674 | 2.460.658 | 2.458.443 | 2.460.658 | 2.476.835 | 2.466.749 | 2.483.027 |
22 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 30.848 | 61.440 | 120.868 | 232.489 | 365.350 | 649.035 | 1.139.277 | 1.823.763 | 2.636.829 | 3.519.996 | 3.959.422 | 4.083.432 | 4.160.749 | 4.196.385 | 4.206.824 | 4.179.769 | 4.160.749 | 4.152.360 | 4.150.373 | 4.131.702 | 4.129.776 |
23 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 17.792 | 40.960 | 67.072 | 130.271 | 275.251 | 471.500 | 866.509 | 1.304.574 | 1.581.365 | 1.631.288 | 1.620.987 | 1.632.819 | 1.640.803 | 1.628.855 | 1.636.801 | 1.640.438 | 1.640.803 | 1.636.398 | 1.640.803 | 1.509.949 | 1.338.830 |
24 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 17.362 | 32.859 | 64.567 | 125.871 | 268.435 | 490.242 | 838.074 | 1.275.068 | 1.526.664 | 1.986.857 | 1.719.044 | 2.181.864 | 2.446.332 | 2.631.720 | 2.737.774 | 2.768.240 | 2.776.918 | 2.603.790 | 2.565.927 | 2.516.582 | 2.506.276 |
25 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 18.048 | 34.560 | 70.005 | 151.247 | 293.011 | 543.703 | 975.606 | 1.605.027 | 1.872.793 | 2.676.091 | 2.446.332 | 2.989.998 | 3.739.399 | 4.093.640 | 4.165.377 | 4.190.140 | 4.196.385 | 4.295.545 | 4.150.373 | 4.142.005 | 4.093.640 |
27 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 23.493 | 47.888 | 95.780 | 185.417 | 337.592 | 621.353 | 1.081.933 | 1.694.105 | 1.863.499 | 2.456.886 | 2.717.494 | 2.578.567 | 2.677.660 | 2.770.095 | 2.756.549 | 2.754.468 | 2.751.463 | 2.740.832 | 2.744.601 | 2.731.937 | 2.730.981 |
28 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 23.296 | 46.475 | 92.196 | 178.826 | 331.923 | 523.010 | 886.582 | 1.474.822 | 1.858.886 | 2.623.747 | 2.657.776 | 2.916.335 | 3.623.878 | 3.806.174 | 3.768.675 | 3.768.644 | 3.758.096 | 3.709.305 | 3.720.887 | 3.680.971 | 3.663.511 |
29 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 8.131 | 35.916 | 73.764 | 158.397 | 288.194 | 523.010 | 882.182 | 1.029.109 | 1.460.219 | 1.717.495 | 1.644.825 | 2.019.781 | 2.302.755 | 2.476.835 | 2.476.835 | 2.466.749 | 2.476.835 | 2.466.749 | 2.470.674 | 2.436.593 | 2.428.389 |
30 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 24.514 | 49.029 | 97.074 | 188.019 | 355.136 | 576.389 | 1.023.016 | 1.635.204 | 2.213.019 | 2.966.413 | 3.438.089 | 3.347.075 | 4.217.315 | 4.862.478 | 5.154.496 | 5.233.489 | 5.262.134 | 5.259.657 | 5.234.491 | 5.145.012 | 5.262.134 |
31 | goodram PX500 512GB | 23.365 | 49.540 | 95.268 | 174.306 | 320.881 | 523.010 | 886.582 | 1.241.591 | 1.676.148 | 1.818.378 | 1.846.730 | 1.865.060 | 1.865.060 | 1.860.443 | 1.842.204 | 1.831.923 | 1.819.901 | 1.818.552 | 1.811.939 | 1.811.939 | 1.811.939 |
33 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 24.131 | 47.872 | 95.031 | 184.955 | 347.832 | 547.789 | 967.454 | 1.681.494 | 2.196.545 | 2.907.603 | 3.221.225 | 3.181.457 | 4.073.274 | 4.862.478 | 5.169.868 | 5.508.936 | 5.288.379 | 5.344.623 | 5.368.709 | 5.284.823 | 5.208.449 |
34 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 25.600 | 74.020 | 145.629 | 272.629 | 476.762 | 860.499 | 1.433.862 | 2.158.471 | 2.796.029 | 3.090.729 | 3.189.332 | 3.197.246 | 3.197.246 | 3.064.027 | 3.122.887 | 3.114.270 | 3.115.176 | 3.121.055 | 3.115.176 | 3.131.746 | 3.122.887 |
35 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 6.368 | 13.466 | 113.700 | 233.510 | 548.850 | 864.584 | 1.480.884 | 2.308.697 | 3.288.220 | 3.890.741 | 4.340.374 | 4.429.185 | 4.063.166 | 4.119.554 | 4.129.776 | 4.190.140 | 4.231.494 | 4.221.566 | 4.217.315 | 4.229.342 | 4.217.315 |
36 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 35.072 | 72.048 | 142.409 | 272.873 | 424.120 | 779.157 | 1.307.836 | 2.091.529 | 2.985.558 | 3.938.159 | 4.618.964 | 4.898.947 | 4.083.432 | 4.729.259 | 4.618.964 | 4.921.316 | 4.995.697 | 5.083.121 | 5.008.124 | 4.970.407 | 4.995.697 |
37 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 30.208 | 65.280 | 129.249 | 244.334 | 364.216 | 712.048 | 1.229.461 | 2.024.588 | 2.951.217 | 3.785.774 | 4.618.964 | 4.618.964 | 3.672.624 | 4.006.499 | 4.196.385 | 4.306.152 | 4.529.432 | 4.522.373 | 4.697.620 | 4.634.498 | 4.729.259 |
38 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 32.384 | 64.351 | 127.012 | 242.703 | 439.517 | 819.641 | 1.358.561 | 2.169.404 | 3.054.886 | 3.814.097 | 4.385.331 | 4.563.402 | 4.507.064 | 4.518.220 | 4.540.699 | 4.579.558 | 4.563.402 | 4.476.010 | 4.429.185 | 4.443.242 | 4.407.149 |
39 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 29.749 | 59.136 | 115.748 | 222.274 | 393.951 | 703.856 | 1.154.348 | 1.796.224 | 2.236.179 | 2.656.219 | 2.938.099 | 3.087.007 | 3.189.332 | 3.247.737 | 3.280.134 | 3.288.998 | 3.297.732 | 3.305.361 | 3.314.017 | 3.313.604 | 3.322.220 |
40 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 30.336 | 60.420 | 119.035 | 223.878 | 423.133 | 797.643 | 1.383.137 | 2.230.976 | 3.018.326 | 4.294.967 | 5.037.307 | 5.514.886 | 5.676.874 | 5.809.424 | 5.928.227 | 5.951.717 | 5.979.997 | 5.990.968 | 6.009.749 | 6.009.749 | 6.009.749 |
41 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 30.336 | 60.416 | 120.356 | 221.253 | 399.032 | 666.184 | 1.098.272 | 1.588.684 | 2.058.219 | 2.372.821 | 2.618.882 | 2.783.775 | 2.797.590 | 2.811.543 | 2.804.549 | 2.788.645 | 2.811.543 | 2.781.810 | 2.797.590 | 2.798.930 | 2.783.775 |
42 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 27.392 | 55.923 | 111.140 | 216.146 | 415.949 | 787.349 | 1.253.976 | 2.001.684 | 2.903.929 | 3.795.168 | 4.563.402 | 5.301.600 | 5.704.253 | 6.009.749 | 6.143.298 | 6.213.008 | 6.225.560 | 6.250.865 | 6.009.749 | 6.278.997 | 6.276.848 |
44 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 12.160 | 23.296 | 54.511 | 98.852 | 204.910 | 387.822 | 695.664 | 1.240.727 | 2.318.259 | 3.288.334 | 4.063.166 | 4.694.314 | 5.062.306 | 5.288.379 | 5.381.998 | 5.344.623 | 5.275.224 | 5.190.451 | 5.154.496 | 5.121.025 | 5.087.554 |
45 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 6.606 | 13.586 | 30.491 | 257.004 | 480.847 | 919.269 | 1.714.395 | 3.010.799 | 4.763.156 | 6.357.874 | 8.099.920 | 9.328.132 | 10.175.000 | 10.643.000 | 10.911.000 | 11.017.000 | 11.072.000 | 11.045.000 | 11.140.000 | 11.118.000 | 11.112.000 |
46 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 28.672 | 47.752 | 66.048 | 253.550 | 421.085 | 760.871 | 1.342.177 | 2.214.592 | 3.278.565 | 4.226.285 | 5.167.382 | 5.847.108 | 6.174.015 | 6.442.450 | 6.560.268 | 6.594.320 | 6.627.209 | 6.643.777 | 6.644.441 | 6.685.845 | 6.677.498 |
47 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 25.216 | 51.072 | 102.436 | 200.777 | 368.312 | 573.734 | 1.053.152 | 1.768.754 | 2.643.405 | 3.453.552 | 4.385.331 | 5.116.220 | 5.542.324 | 5.861.617 | 6.076.442 | 6.128.691 | 6.128.055 | 6.197.553 | 6.225.560 | 6.250.663 | 6.245.775 |
48 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 35.239 | 70.436 | 137.289 | 267.218 | 455.901 | 829.882 | 1.458.438 | 2.325.040 | 3.229.770 | 3.861.777 | 3.949.549 | 3.986.665 | 3.949.549 | 3.986.665 | 3.986.665 | 3.974.206 | 3.959.422 | 3.934.905 | 3.929.948 | 3.916.078 | 3.920.220 |
49 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 23.493 | 47.360 | 87.881 | 198.234 | 381.694 | 691.568 | 1.157.234 | 1.752.452 | 2.357.998 | 2.848.502 | 3.271.974 | 3.539.074 | 3.693.460 | 3.768.675 | 3.768.675 | 3.700.123 | 3.711.700 | 3.787.393 | 3.739.399 | 3.793.469 | 3.796.729 |
SSD | 512 B | 1 KB | 2 KB | 4 KB | 8 KB | 16 KB | 32 KB | 64 KB | 128 KB | 256 KB | 512 KB | 1 MB | 2 MB | 4 MB | 8 MB | 12 MB | 16 MB | 24 MB | 32 MB | 48 MB | 64 MB |
The values in the ATTO benchmark also do not leave a good impression with a maximum file size of 64 MB and the read speed is similar to the AS benchmark around the 2500 mark, while the write speed is just under 2100 MB/s.
wdt_ID | SSD | Minimum (in MB/s) | Maximum (in MB/s) | Average (in MB/s) |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 1.331,3 | 1.861,7 | 1.771,5 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 1.365,9 | 1.914,5 | 1.736,2 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 1.125,6 | 1.280,7 | 1.245,0 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 209,4 | 1.285,0 | 1.254,3 |
6 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 1.460,6 | 1.982,2 | 1.797,2 |
8 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 1.507,6 | 1.600,1 | 1.575,0 |
9 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 1.225,6 | 1.600,2 | 1.556,7 |
10 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 315,0 | 1.489,1 | 1.426,4 |
12 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 1.372,3 | 1.512,9 | 1.480,7 |
13 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 863,9 | 1.561,9 | 1.492,6 |
14 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 1.370,8 | 1.472,3 | 1.444,7 |
15 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 1.066,5 | 1.552,9 | 1.481,7 |
16 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 1.224,0 | 1.384,9 | 1.355,4 |
17 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 836,2 | 1.496,4 | 1.438,3 |
18 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 1.406,4 | 1.461,2 | 1.451,0 |
19 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 616,8 | 894,9 | 889,6 |
20 | goodram IRDM M.2 500GB | 1.179,0 | 1.960,8 | 1.894,0 |
22 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 1.211,7 | 1.944,6 | 1.889,3 |
23 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 1.439,0 | 1.995,0 | 1.957,3 |
24 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 1.758,4 | 2.730,4 | 2.612,1 |
25 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 1.138,5 | 1.829,8 | 1.741,2 |
27 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 799,4 | 1.695,3 | 1.685,5 |
28 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 916,6 | 1.733,5 | 1.719,6 |
29 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 1.975,2 | 2.071,3 | 2.049,4 |
30 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 682,3 | 2.141,9 | 2.109,0 |
31 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 1.303,4 | 1.418,1 | 1.333,0 |
32 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 977,8 | 2.094,2 | 1.945,7 |
33 | goodram PX500 512GB | 1.702,7 | 1.771,7 | 1.750,2 |
34 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 1.063,9 | 2.261,1 | 2.240,3 |
35 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 429,2 | 2.313,9 | 2.260,9 |
36 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 2.502,6 | 2.795,9 | 2.730,8 |
37 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 1.255,4 | 2.308,7 | 2.256,1 |
38 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 1.313,6 | 2.144,4 | 2.105,6 |
39 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 583,0 | 2.642,4 | 2.588,3 |
40 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 1.891,0 | 1.961,8 | 1.949,2 |
41 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 2.503,2 | 2.832,1 | 2.764,6 |
42 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 1.705,1 | 1.986,7 | 1.898,7 |
43 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 1.297,0 | 2.230,9 | 2.150,6 |
45 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 2.000,3 | 2.138,2 | 2.098,0 |
46 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 2.681,6 | 2.743,5 | 2.706,7 |
47 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 2.087,8 | 2.406,9 | 2.389,1 |
48 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 1.224,5 | 2.440,8 | 2.365,7 |
49 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 1.441,2 | 2.912,8 | 2.846,6 |
50 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 377,6 | 2.914,5 | 2.774,8 |
SSD | Minimum (in MB/s) | Maximum (in MB/s) | Average (in MB/s) |
wdt_ID | SSD | AS SSD (lesen) | AS SSD (schreiben) | HD Tune Pro |
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1 | Samsung SSD 960 PRO 2 TB | 0,220 | 0,373 | 0,018 |
2 | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1 TB | 0,000 | 0,402 | 0,023 |
3 | Plextor M8SeGN 256 GB | 0,024 | 0,832 | 0,021 |
4 | Plextor M9PeG 512 GB | 0,020 | 0,592 | 0,018 |
5 | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB | 0,032 | 0,349 | 0,018 |
6 | Crucial P1 500 GB | 0,020 | 0,448 | 0,017 |
7 | Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 250 GB | 0,049 | 0,027 | 0,049 |
8 | WD Black SN750 1TB | 0,030 | 0,024 | 0,034 |
9 | WD Blue SN550 500 GB | 0,028 | 0,585 | 0,021 |
10 | Corsair MP510 480 GB | 0,051 | 0,250 | 0,034 |
11 | LC-Power Phenom Pro 1 TB | 0,265 | 0,023 | |
12 | Pioneer APS-SE20Q 1 TB | 0,032 | 0,271 | 0,033 |
13 | XPG Spectrix S40G 1 TB | 0,038 | 0,062 | |
14 | Team Group Cardea IOPS 1 TB | 0,028 | 0,036 | |
15 | Samsung SSD 980 1 TB | 0,299 | 0,028 | |
16 | Crucial P5 2 TB | 0,106 | 0,050 | |
17 | goodram IRDM M.2 512 GB | 0,024 | 0,018 | 0,027 |
18 | TEAMGROUP MP34 1 TB | 0,024 | 0,018 | 0,026 |
19 | Silicon Power XD80 512 GB | 0,024 | 0,016 | 0,024 |
20 | Silicon Power US70 1TB | 0,017 | 0,016 | 0,018 |
21 | Kioxia Exceria 1 TB | 0,025 | 0,022 | 0,025 |
22 | Kioxia Exceria Plus 2 TB | 0,022 | 0,028 | |
23 | Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB | 0,027 | 0,028 | 0,026 |
24 | WD_BLACK SN750 SE 1 TB | 0,019 | 0,105 | 0,015 |
25 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 2 TB | 0,022 | 0,023 | |
26 | WD Blue SN570 500 GB | 0,027 | 0,024 | |
27 | Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro LPX 1 TB | 0,019 | 0,021 | 0,018 |
28 | goodram PX500 512GB | 0,021 | 0,101 | 0,019 |
29 | Kingston KC3000 1 TB | 0,020 | 0,018 | |
30 | TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Z44L 1 TB | 0,318 | 0,019 | |
31 | Adata Legend 840 1 TB | 0,020 | 0,047 | |
32 | Silicon Power XPOWER XS70 1 TB | 0,015 | 0,018 | |
33 | Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB | 0,016 | 0,018 | |
34 | Corsair Force Series MP600 GS 2 TB | 0,014 | 0,020 | 0,019 |
35 | Crucial P3 2 TB | 0,015 | 0,016 | 0,017 |
36 | Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB | 0,014 | 0,015 | 0,015 |
37 | Kingston NV2 2 TB | 0,132 | 0,023 | |
38 | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE | 0,026 | 0,031 | 0,038 |
39 | TeamGroup MP44 1 TB | 0,021 | 0,047 | 0,025 |
40 | Crucial T700 2 TB | 0,015 | 0,039 | 0,017 |
41 | Crucial T500 2 TB | 0,022 | 0,017 | 0,028 |
42 | Nextorage G Series 4 TB | 0,023 | 0,020 | 0,035 |
43 | Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2 TB | 0,014 | 0,014 | 0,019 |
44 | TeamGroup T-Create Classic 1 TB | 0,016 | 0,016 | 0,019 |
SSD | AS SSD (lesen) | AS SSD (schreiben) | HD Tune Pro |
In our benchmarks, the SSD 980 didn’t live up to expectations and was almost 20 percent below the manufacturer’s stated values with an average read speed of 2873 MB/s and an average write speed of 2560 MB/s. However, this is usual since the manufacturer’s specifications are maximum achievable values.
Host Memory Buffer (HMB) – Acceptable performance without own DRAM
In a common SSD, a powerful DRAM is immensely important to manage communication within the hardware and ensure smooth data transfers. With the HMB feature built into the SSD 980, this is the first time a Samsung SSD has done away with DRAM. Up to now, a large number of manufacturers have failed in the task of bringing a high-performance SSD without DRAM onto the market – this is now to be put to an end.
The HMB cleverly solves this by leveraging the PCI’s Direct Memory Access (DMA) and thus partially accessing the CPU’s DRAM instead of its own DRAM. This ensures that the manufacturing costs of the SSD could be reduced by a good bit, which also has a positive effect on the sales price without sacrificing any speed.
Depending on the size of the SSD, up to 160 GB of memory is available for Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 – even without its own DRAM. The SSD’s speed does not drop during this time, but it drops to about SATA level afterwards. But what normal home user writes that much data at full speed to the SSD in one go?
Improved temperature management
A large number of small M2 NVMe SSDs share a common weakness – overheating. Under extreme load, the temperature quickly rises to areas that negatively impact both performance and lifespan. The 980 circumvents this problem with a heat spreader, a nickel alloy on the controller, and state-of-the-art firmware – Dynamic Thermal Guard (DMG for short).
The effectiveness of these innovations can also be seen in the temperatures under high load compared to the 970 Evo. During long-lasting write processes, the latter was at an operating temperature of around 83 degrees, while the 980 only had an operating temperature of 55 degrees under the same load. This is an improvement of over 50% in some cases. During our benchmarks, we were thus unable to detect any throttling due to overheating.
Conclusion
The Samsung SSD 980 is once again a strong, serious contender. A number of previously existing weaknesses have been eliminated through hardware and software renewals. Apart from that, the innovative, DRAM-free solution of the SSD can be rated as positive and progressive. The improved temperature management solution also makes the 980 look good as a stable, long-lasting SSD.
In summary: The price-performance of the Samsung SSD 980 is right. It will be interesting especially when the market price has pushed the MSRP down a bit more.
Samsung SSD 980
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Value for money
95/100
The 980 is an M.2 SSD that makes clever use of technological advances, but left something to be desired in terms of performance. However, improved software, hardware, and temperature management upgrades allowed the 980 to score.