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Samsung SSD 960 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 143% (164th of 1072)

Based on 96 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 960
Poor: 63%Average: 143% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 250GB averaged 43.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 291MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,224MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 250GB is 161%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 268MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 96 samples)
Rank 164143%
Min Avg Max
487 Read 1,227 2,225
487 Write 1,224 1,522
353 Mixed 744 1,526
118 SusWrite 347 489
198% 886 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.81 4K Read 33.9 50.1
14.7 4K Write 85.6 142
10.6 4K Mixed 32.7 47.7
138% 50.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.7 DQ Read 268 392
153 DQ Write 555 967
23.5 DQ Mixed 291 462
256% 371 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
215GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 592 277 285 290 279 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,096
Write 1,439
Mixed 675
SusWrite 431
204% 910 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 47.2
204% 76.2 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 1,203
DQ Mixed 419
416% 635 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 331 327 325 325 328 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,082
Write 1,502
Mixed 563
SusWrite 381
198% 882 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 40.7
172% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 980
DQ Mixed 373
363% 552 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 318 319 318 316 317 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 1,438
Mixed 561
SusWrite 361
190% 844 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 45.4
174% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 948
DQ Mixed 396
370% 550 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 635 298 306 305 300 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 1039
Write 1,018
Mixed 504
SusWrite 452
168% 753 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 32.3
4K Mixed 23.6
73% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 414
DQ Mixed 339
260% 347 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 220 220 217 217 215 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 766
Write 1,001
Mixed 415
SusWrite 261
137% 611 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 9
30% 9.1 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 700
DQ Mixed 428
347% 478 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,722,966 SSDs tested

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Gaming 46%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples818x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples269x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples326x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples265x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples200x
SSD
Samsung SSD 960 250GBAmd-raidBench 143%, 96 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples71x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $360

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