Samsung MZ-V8P250BW

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
BENCHMARKS (4,990)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(1)

Effective Speed +204% Effective Speed 204%Average Score +252% Read 441%, Write 413%, 4K Read 108%, 4K Write 94%, Mixed 417%, 4K Mixed 110%, SusWrite 180%Peak Score +265% Read 491%, Write 429%, 4K Read 100%, 4K Write 87%, Mixed 460%, 4K Mixed 106%, SusWrite 179%Value & Sentiment -97%User Rating -11%, Market Share -183%Nice To Haves +321% DQ Read 353%, DQ Write 281%, DQ Mixed 347%, ADQ Read 296%, ADQ Write 221%, ADQ Mixed 304%, Age 472%, AS-SSD Total 299%

Average Bench: 299% (22^nd of 1058)

Based on 4,990 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB

Poor: 199%Average: 299% Great: 370%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 198.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,042MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,501MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 171%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 832MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 168MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,990 samples)

Rank 22299%

Min	Avg	Max
1,227	Read 2,501	2,996
535	Write 2,075	2,564
682	Mixed 1,863	2,372
434	SusWrite 832	1,077
406% 1,818 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.5	4K Read 71.6	86.2
92	4K Write 168	223
54.2	4K Mixed 94.7	120
319% 112 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
802	DQ Read 1,274	1,663
443	DQ Write 917	1,364
591	DQ Mixed 1,042	1,477
793% 1,078 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2416 2264 379 386 388 380 MB/s

368% Outstanding

Write 2,314

Mixed 2,116

SusWrite 1,036

469% 2,102 MB/s

4K Read 84

4K Write 213

4K Mixed 117

389% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,581

DQ Write 1,393

DQ Mixed 1,494

1,118% 1,489 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 hrs ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2188 1586 395 397 398 396 MB/s

295% Outstanding

Write 2,290

Mixed 2,045

SusWrite 893

435% 1,942 MB/s

4K Read 76.3

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 98.5

323% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 982

DQ Write 747

DQ Mixed 848

638% 859 MB/s

NOR-User, 4 hrs ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 477 476 470 478 470 MB/s

268% Outstanding

Write 2,155

Mixed 1,873

SusWrite 578

392% 1,754 MB/s

4K Read 69.3

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 82.2

277% 92.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,539

DQ Write 746

DQ Mixed 1,216

883% 1,167 MB/s

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Gaming 104%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $169

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples	21,342x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	11,117x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $460Bench 87%, 242,633 samples	9,628x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	9,175x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples	8,028x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 252,008 samples	4,846x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsungBench 299%, 4,990 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	3,149x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples	2,973x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $330Bench 87%, 120,905 samples	2,836x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,062

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $72	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V8P250BW

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 299% (22^nd of 1058)

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980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

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