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Samsung SSD 980 Pro 500GB MZ-V8P500BW

980 Pro MZ-V8P500BW

The Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB MZ-V8P500BW is a fast high end PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 2280 SSD. It uses the Samsung Elpis controller with 8 channels, 1 GB LPDDR4 cache, SLC-Cache and 3D-NAND TLC memory modules from Samsung (V-NAND v6). Samsung specifies the drive with 6900 MB/s read and 5000 MB/s write (SLC cached, 1100 MB/s TLC). The power consumption is between 0.035W (idle) 7.4 W.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity500 GB
InterfaceNVMe
ControllerSamsung Elpis S4LV003
Announced30.08.2020

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
39.2 pt (45%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.709 -98%
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Kingston OM8PGP41024Q-A0
37.5 -4%
Crucial P3 Plus CT1000P3PSSD8
37.8 -4%
Samsung SSD 980 Pro 250GB MZ-V8P250BW
37.9 -3%
SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N
38 -3%
Kioxia KXG70ZNV512G
38.1 -3%
Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5
38.1 -3%
Lenovo UMIS RPETJ1T24MHP2QDQ
38.2 -3%
2x Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR (RAID 0)
38.5 -2%
Micron 2550 MTFDKBA512TGE
39.1 0%
Samsung SSD 980 Pro 500GB MZ-V8P500BW
39.2
ADATA XPG Gammix S70 1TB
39.2 0%
Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB
39.2 0%
Phison E31 2 TB
39.2 0%
Micron 3400 1TB MTFDKBA1T0TFH
39.6 1%
SK hynix PCB01 HFS001TFM9X179N GL
40.1 2%
Fikwot FN955
40.1 2%
Kingston OM3PGP41024P-A0
40.5 3%
Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKBK1T0TFK
40.6 4%
Kioxia XG7 KXG7AZNV1T02
41.4 6%
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Kingston Fury Renegade G5
87.4 123%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 1494     avg: 1707     median: 1810 (30%)     max: 1817 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 649     avg: 854     median: 883 (33%)     max: 1030 MB/s
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 1675     avg: 1936     median: 2030 (18%)     max: 2104 MB/s
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 4036     avg: 5890     median: 6364.5 (39%)     max: 6793 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1923     avg: 2468     median: 2558 (35%)     max: 2832 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1439     avg: 2313     median: 2569.5 (41%)     max: 2673 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.021     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.193 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.039     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.075 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 1733     avg: 2071     median: 2153.5 (36%)     max: 2243 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1143     avg: 1841     median: 1968.5 (39%)     max: 2283 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 63.5     avg: 137.6     median: 140.3 (27%)     max: 206.1 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 39.24     avg: 59     median: 61.8 (20%)     max: 73.2 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1265     avg: 2592     median: 2583.5 (23%)     max: 3937 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2562     avg: 4129     median: 4212 (33%)     max: 5529 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 67.3     avg: 190.6     median: 225.3 (20%)     max: 244.6 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 38.32     avg: 69.1     median: 78.9 (2%)     max: 80.4 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1985     avg: 3528     median: 4016 (22%)     max: 4094 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 2049     avg: 3543     median: 4012.5 (48%)     max: 4099 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 432.3     avg: 583     median: 592.5 (19%)     max: 715 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 452.4     avg: 636     median: 653.5 (10%)     max: 783 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 3423     avg: 4666     median: 5071 (34%)     max: 5100 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 3123     avg: 5902     median: 6801 (36%)     max: 6884 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 60.6     avg: 148     median: 151.6 (35%)     max: 228 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 41.8     avg: 64     median: 67.3 (20%)     max: 79.6 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 502     avg: 1804     median: 2038 (32%)     max: 2636 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 1146     avg: 2409     median: 2687 (33%)     max: 3117 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 1887     avg: 3369     median: 3770.5 (37%)     max: 4048 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 2068     avg: 3457     median: 3836 (50%)     max: 4089 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 3400     avg: 4498     median: 4856.5 (33%)     max: 4877 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 3415     avg: 5936     median: 6767.5 (42%)     max: 6794 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 3362     avg: 5366     median: 5661.5 (35%)     max: 6778 MB/s
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