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Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB vs SSSTC CL1-8D512-HP

Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

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The Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500 GB (MZ-V7E500BW) is a lower high end M.2 2280 NVMe SSD for Desktops and Laptops. It uses the Samsung Phoenix (S4LR020) Controller with 512 MB LPDDR4 Cache. Samsung specifies 3400 MB/s read and 1500 MB/s write performance and uses 64 Layer 3DNAND TLC from Samsung as memory chips. At the time of announcement in 2018 it was one of the fastest consumer SSDs on the market. The power consumption of the SSD is rated at 9 W (max.), 5.4W (usage), 0.03W (idle), and 0.005W (sleep).

Compared to the SSD 970 Pro, the Evo uses slower TLC memory and is specified with a slightly higher power consumption.

SSSTC CL1-8D512-HP

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The SSTC (Solid State Storage Technology Corporation, former Lite-On) CL1-8D512-HP is a mid. range PCIe SSD for M.2 2280 slots. The CL1 series is available at 128 - 1024GB and specified with 50,000 on/of cycles, 2 mio hours MTBF, 3 years warranty, 0.4 /4 W idle / active power consumption and 0 - 70°C operating temperature. The 512 GB version offers 2000 MB / 1300 MB seq. read / write (max.).

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Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GBSSSTC CL1-8D512-HP
TypeSSDSSD
SizeM.2 2280M.2 2280
Capacity500 GB512 GB
InterfaceNVMeNVMe
Announced24.04.2018 15.07.2022

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd - CL1-8D512-HP
12.6 pt (14%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.717 -94%
...
Apple SSD SM0512F
11.3 -10%
Kingston OM8SEP4256Q-A0
11.4 -10%
Apple SSD AP0512
11.6 -8%
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDGTNG
11.6 -8%
Toshiba BG4 KBG40ZNS128G
11.8 -6%
Toshiba BG4 KBG40ZNT256G
12 -5%
EDGE NextGen SSD 1TB
12.2 -3%
SK hynix HFS512GEJ9X108N
12.2 -3%
Intel SSD 600p SSDPEKKW512G7
12.4 -2%
SSSTC CL1-8D512-HP
12.6
256 GB NVMe
13 3%
Toshiba KBG30ZMV256G
13.1 4%
Silicon Power SP128GIMEA3K5EV0
13.2 5%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3512GJ
13.2 5%
Toshiba KBG30ZPZ128G
13.4 6%
Micron 2200S 1TB MTFDHBA1T0TCK
13.4 6%
Lite-On CL1-8D512
13.4 6%
SK Hynix BC711 HFM128GD3HX015N
13.5 7%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3512GJ1
13.8 10%
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Kingston Fury Renegade G5 4TB
87.8 597%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
951 MB/s (16%)
330 MB/s (6%)
AS SSD - Copy Program
363.4 MB/s (13%)
365.5 MB/s (14%)
AS SSD - Copy ISO
2057 MB/s (8%)
1101 MB/s (4%)
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 3780     avg: 4382     median: 4666 (29%)     max: 4701 Points
1851 Points (11%)
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1598     avg: 2012     median: 2200 (31%)     max: 2237 Points
624 Points (9%)
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1442     avg: 1572     median: 1612 (26%)     max: 1661 Points
827 Points (13%)
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.029     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.033 ms
0.1 ms (0%)
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.041     avg: 0.1     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.064 ms
0.1 ms (0%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1236     avg: 1655     median: 1836 (31%)     max: 1893 MB/s
467.3 MB/s (8%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1141     avg: 1258     median: 1294 (25%)     max: 1339 MB/s
657 MB/s (13%)
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 113.4     avg: 123.7     median: 125.8 (25%)     max: 131.9 MB/s
53.3 MB/s (10%)
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 52.5     avg: 53.9     median: 53.6 (17%)     max: 55.5 MB/s
19.1 MB/s (6%)
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 2300     avg: 2328     median: 2325 (21%)     max: 2360 MB/s
1038 MB/s (9%)
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2488     avg: 2601     median: 2630 (21%)     max: 2685 MB/s
1511 MB/s (12%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write
555 MB/s (52%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read
648 MB/s (50%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write
154.1 MB/s (5%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read
67.1 MB/s (1%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write
1201 MB/s (13%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read
862 MB/s (18%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write
1652 MB/s (16%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read
1910 MB/s (22%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 100.4     avg: 114.9     median: 113.5 (10%)     max: 130.9 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 41.6     avg: 43.3     median: 43.5 (1%)     max: 44.66 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1187     avg: 1353     median: 1407 (8%)     max: 1466 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 1190     avg: 1255     median: 1200 (13%)     max: 1376 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 279.3     avg: 297.4     median: 295.4 (6%)     max: 317.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 343.9     avg: 368.9     median: 376.8 (6%)     max: 386.1 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2442     avg: 2483     median: 2498 (17%)     max: 2510 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3524     avg: 3544     median: 3549 (19%)     max: 3560 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
49.8 MB/s (11%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
17.7 MB/s (5%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
839 MB/s (12%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
368 MB/s (5%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
1124 MB/s (11%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
1868 MB/s (20%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
1131 MB/s (8%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
2035 MB/s (13%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
2022 MB/s (12%)
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red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Average Benchmarks

Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB → 100% n=14

SSSTC CL1-8D512-HP → 45% n=14

Average of the median scores above. 1 ... This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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