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Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

Price and performance details for the Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-12-03

Drive Rating/$Price: 174.98

Overall Rank:  3350

Last Price Change:  $93.89 USD (2023-10-04)

Average Drive Rating
16429
Samples: 2780

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB

Sequential Read2,604 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,559 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)697 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD151 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 16th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,994
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,666
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
50,237
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,129
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,891
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,800
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,233
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
45,279
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,470
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
16,429
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2756936 - Jul 11 2025
7880
BL2754731 - Jul 10 2025
16057
BL2754728 - Jul 10 2025
16057
BL2749225 - Jul 08 2025
13540
BL2748185 - Jul 08 2025
17414