
Samsung SSD 970 Pro 1TB
The Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1024 GB / 1 TB (MZ-V7P1T0BW) is a 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 3500 MB/s read and 2300 MB/s write performance and uses 64 Layer 3DNAND MLC 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 8.5 W (max.), 5.2W (usage), 0.03W (idle), and 0.005W (sleep).
| Type | SSD |
| Size | M.2 |
| Capacity | 1024 GB |
| Interface | NVMe |
| Controller | Phoenix |
| Announced | 24.04.2018 |
Benchmarks
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 3726 avg: 4989 median: 5224 (32%) max: 6017 Points
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1590 avg: 2276 median: 2423 (34%) max: 2816 Points
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1411 avg: 1791 median: 1837 (29%) max: 2125 Points
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.02 avg: 0 median: 0 (0%) max: 0.034 ms
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.033 avg: 0 median: 0 (0%) max: 0.038 ms
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1227 avg: 1899 median: 2085 (35%) max: 2385 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1121 avg: 1501 median: 1598 (31%) max: 1784 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 106 avg: 142.4 median: 138.6 (27%) max: 182.5 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 48.03 avg: 53 median: 52.5 (17%) max: 58.4 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 2243 avg: 2353 median: 2324 (21%) max: 2492 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 1915 avg: 2371 median: 2374 (19%) max: 2823 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write
253 MB/s (24%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read
352.1 MB/s (27%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write
131.8 MB/s (4%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read
54.2 MB/s (1%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write
1640 MB/s (18%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read
1230 MB/s (26%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write
1621 MB/s (15%)
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read
1615 MB/s (18%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 100.5 avg: 130.5 median: 129.6 (12%) max: 161.3 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 48.64 avg: 53.5 median: 53.3 (1%) max: 58.5 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1456 avg: 1637 median: 1593 (9%) max: 1863 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 1278 avg: 1503 median: 1561 (18%) max: 1670 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 298.1 avg: 306.3 median: 310 (6%) max: 310.7 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 348.7 avg: 383.5 median: 397 (6%) max: 404.7 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2739 avg: 2741 median: 2741 (18%) max: 2742 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3389 avg: 3478 median: 3495 (19%) max: 3550 MB/s
- Range of benchmark values
- Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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