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Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB vs YMTC PC005 Active 512GB

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB

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The Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB (MZ-V7S1T0BW) is a fast PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 drive that uses the Samsung Phoenix controller. It uses Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC memory and includes 1GB low power DDR4 SDRAM. The drive is rated with up to 3.500 MB/s sequential read and 3.300 MB/s sequential write performance.

YMTC PC005 Active 512GB

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The YMTC PC005 Active SSD 512 GB is a mid-range NVMe M.2 2280 SSD. 

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TBYMTC PC005 Active 512GB
TypeSSDSSD
SizeM.2 2280M.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB512 GB
InterfaceNVMeNVMe
Announced22.01.2019 20.12.2021
LinkYMTC PC005 Active 512GB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd - 970 EVO Plus 1TB
32.5 pt (37%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.709 -98%
...
31.5 -3%
31.5 -3%
31.6 -3%
32.1 -1%
YMTC PC411-1TB
32.2 -1%
Kingston OM3PGP4512Q
32.2 -1%
32.3 -1%
Lexar SSD NM7A1 1TB
32.3 -1%
32.3 -1%
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
32.5
32.6 0%
32.6 0%
WD PC SN740 SDDPNQE-2T00
32.6 0%
WD PC SN8000S 2TB
33 2%
Kioxia BG6 KBG6AZNV1T02
33.2 2%
SK hynix HFS001TEJ9X110NA
33.2 2%
SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N
33.3 2%
33.5 3%
33.6 3%
...
Kingston Fury Renegade G5
87.4 169%
0%
100%
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Performance Rating - DiskSpd - PC005 Active 512GB
22.4 pt (26%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.709 -97%
...
21.8 -3%
21.8 -3%
21.9 -2%
21.9 -2%
22 -2%
22.2 -1%
22.2 -1%
22.3 0%
22.3 0%
YMTC PC005 Active 512GB
22.4
22.5 0%
Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S
22.6 1%
22.6 1%
Samsung MZ9L4512HBLU-00BMV
22.6 1%
22.7 1%
Netac NS512GSSD530
22.7 1%
Toshiba KBG40ZNV512G
22.7 1%
2x Intel SSD 660p SSDPEKNW512G8 (RAID 0)
22.8 2%
23 3%
...
Kingston Fury Renegade G5
87.4 290%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 791.06     avg: 1521     median: 1064.5 (18%)     max: 5984 MB/s
998 MB/s (17%)
AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 254.85     avg: 698     median: 522.6 (19%)     max: 2694 MB/s
422 MB/s (16%)
AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 1710     avg: 2133     median: 2151 (19%)     max: 2383 MB/s
2296 MB/s (21%)
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 4450     avg: 5812     median: 5919 (36%)     max: 6452 Points
3337 Points (20%)
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1134     avg: 2539     median: 2701 (37%)     max: 2923 Points
1465 Points (20%)
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1846     avg: 2171     median: 2147.5 (34%)     max: 2708 Points
1274 Points (20%)
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.02     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.054 ms
0 ms (0%)
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.031     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.068 ms
0 ms (0%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 708     avg: 2144     median: 2300 (39%)     max: 2512 MB/s
1194 MB/s (20%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1579     avg: 1839     median: 1796 (35%)     max: 2340 MB/s
966 MB/s (19%)
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 86.3     avg: 131.2     median: 130.2 (25%)     max: 188.1 MB/s
132.3 MB/s (26%)
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 27.86     avg: 51.2     median: 52.6 (17%)     max: 71.1 MB/s
44.6 MB/s (14%)
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 2469     avg: 2633     median: 2616.5 (23%)     max: 2858 MB/s
1390 MB/s (12%)
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2173     avg: 2800     median: 2880.5 (23%)     max: 3002 MB/s
2633 MB/s (21%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write
min: 475.4     avg: 501     median: 505 (47%)     max: 522 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read
min: 565     avg: 584     median: 568 (44%)     max: 620 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write
min: 115.7     avg: 136.9     median: 135.1 (4%)     max: 160 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read
min: 58.3     avg: 63.2     median: 63.3 (1%)     max: 68.1 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write
min: 728     avg: 1078     median: 1186 (13%)     max: 1320 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read
min: 609     avg: 953     median: 1095 (23%)     max: 1155 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write
min: 1411     avg: 1643     median: 1744 (17%)     max: 1773 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read
min: 1180     avg: 1775     median: 1895 (23%)     max: 2251 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 86.5     avg: 155.5     median: 159.8 (14%)     max: 238.3 MB/s
159 MB/s (14%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 40.45     avg: 51.6     median: 52.2 (1%)     max: 76.7 MB/s
52.5 MB/s (1%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1197     avg: 2660     median: 2988 (16%)     max: 3241 MB/s
1718 MB/s (9%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 1018     avg: 2390     median: 2586 (31%)     max: 3037 MB/s
2586 MB/s (31%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 288.6     avg: 446.9     median: 504.1 (17%)     max: 569 MB/s
477.6 MB/s (16%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 332     avg: 544     median: 587.5 (9%)     max: 715 MB/s
539 MB/s (9%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 3227     avg: 3296     median: 3295.5 (22%)     max: 3339 MB/s
2483 MB/s (17%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3477     avg: 3551     median: 3561 (19%)     max: 3571 MB/s
3446 MB/s (18%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
1656 MB/s (33%)
490.8 MB/s (10%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
2076 MB/s (31%)
1133 MB/s (17%)
PCMark 8 - PCMark 8 Storage v2
5079 Points (99%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 39.77     avg: 160.1     median: 183 (42%)     max: 232 MB/s
161 MB/s (37%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 13.65     avg: 50.9     median: 53 (15%)     max: 78.2 MB/s
52.3 MB/s (15%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 140.4     avg: 2317     median: 2668 (42%)     max: 2685 MB/s
508 MB/s (8%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 97.3     avg: 1929     median: 1865 (23%)     max: 3256 MB/s
1018 MB/s (12%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 208.9     avg: 2645     median: 2820 (28%)     max: 3244 MB/s
1779 MB/s (18%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 338.3     avg: 2475     median: 2648 (35%)     max: 2999 MB/s
2454 MB/s (32%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 202     avg: 3081     median: 3278 (22%)     max: 3327 MB/s
2468 MB/s (17%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 456.1     avg: 3291     median: 3517 (22%)     max: 3562 MB/s
3191 MB/s (20%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 455.8     avg: 3212     median: 3505 (21%)     max: 3560 MB/s
2319 MB/s (14%)

Average Benchmarks Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks YMTC PC005 Active 512GB → 77% n=33

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)