Samsung 980 Pro with Heatsink 1TB Review

The 3DMark Storage Benchmark uses traces recorded from popular games and gaming-related activities to measure real-world gaming performance.

Traces used –

Battlefield V
Loading Battlefield™ V from launch to the main menu.

Call of Duty Black Ops 4
Loading Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 from launch to the main menu.

Overwatch
Loading Overwatch® from launch to the main menu.

Game Move
Copying the Steam folder for Counter-Strike®: Global Offensive from an external SSD to the system drive.

Game Recording
Recording a 1080p gameplay video at 60 FPS with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) while playing Overwatch®.

Installing Game
Installing The Outer Worlds® from the Epic Games Launcher.

Game Saving
Saving Progress in The Outer Worlds game.

In 3DMark’s Storage Test, the drive had an average bandwidth figure of 656.29MB/s for the three game load tests (Battlefield V, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Overwatch) with an average access time of 70.01µs for the same three games.

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