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Samsung SSD 970 Pro 512GB

The Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512 GB (MZ-V7P512BW) 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).

TypeSSD
SizeM.2
Capacity512 GB
Interface
ControllerPhoenix
Announced24.04.2018

Benchmarks

AS SSD - Copy Game MB/s
min: 1128.3     avg: 1489     median: 1582.6 (26%)     max: 1755.68 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program MB/s
min: 400.84     avg: 599     median: 665.8 (25%)     max: 731.4 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO MB/s
min: 1957.27     avg: 2556     median: 2704.8 (78%)     max: 3006.73 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 4269     avg: 4704     median: 4812 (65%)     max: 4924 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1925     avg: 2335     median: 2453 (68%)     max: 2510 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1551     avg: 1569     median: 1566.5 (62%)     max: 1590 MB/s
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.029     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.098 MB/s
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.03     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.101 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1593.09     avg: 2009     median: 2139.8 (70%)     max: 2162.27 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1276.31     avg: 1302     median: 1304.9 (57%)     max: 1320.36 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 61.3     avg: 111     median: 127 (1%)     max: 128.49 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 28.65     avg: 41.6     median: 42.2 (16%)     max: 53.2 MB/s
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AS SSD - Seq Write
min: 2051     avg: 2157     median: 2189.1 (53%)     max: 2198.09 MB/s
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AS SSD - Seq Read
min: 2168.13     avg: 2254     median: 2247.9 (46%)     max: 2352.01 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 4k QD32
208 MB/s (27%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 4k QD32
296 MB/s (31%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 4k
113 MB/s (44%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 4k
52.2 MB/s (1%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write 512
1979 MB/s (47%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read 512
1639 MB/s (69%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Write Seq
1840 MB/s (43%)
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Read Seq
1859 MB/s (53%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write 4K
min: 110     avg: 151     median: 153.5 (35%)     max: 188.8 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read 4K
min: 51.48     avg: 58.4     median: 59.3 (2%)     max: 63.46 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write Seq
min: 1828.73     avg: 1978     median: 1887 (44%)     max: 2308 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read Seq
min: 1837.2     avg: 2037     median: 1911.5 (36%)     max: 2489 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write 4K Q32T1
min: 209.85     avg: 405     median: 460.8 (27%)     max: 490.5 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read 4K Q32T1
min: 299.43     avg: 506     median: 565.5 (36%)     max: 593.9 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2302.5     avg: 2322     median: 2326.5 (53%)     max: 2334 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3539     avg: 3554     median: 3559 (40%)     max: 3561 MB/s
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2019-10- 9)