Samsung MZ-V8P250BW

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed +217% Effective Speed 217%Average Score +264% Read 444%, Write 418%, 4K Read 120%, 4K Write 105%, Mixed 443%, 4K Mixed 123%, SusWrite 193%Peak Score +276% Read 501%, Write 426%, 4K Read 108%, 4K Write 106%, Mixed 479%, 4K Mixed 123%, SusWrite 188%Value & Sentiment -77%User Rating -11%, Market Share -142%Nice To Haves +354% DQ Read 451%, DQ Write 353%, DQ Mixed 457%, ADQ Read 323%, ADQ Write 254%, ADQ Mixed 358%, Age 273%, AS-SSD Total 366%

Average Bench: 306% (20^th of 1058)

Based on 7,974 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB

Poor: 200%Average: 306% Great: 390%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 206.1% 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 1,134MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,482MB/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 190%. 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 836MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 179MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,974 samples)

Rank 20306%

Min	Avg	Max
1,357	Read 2,482	3,046
531	Write 2,078	2,555
679	Mixed 1,881	2,397
441	SusWrite 836	1,077
407% 1,819 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.4	4K Read 74	88.1
89.9	4K Write 179	250
55.6	4K Mixed 97.7	127
332% 117 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
758	DQ Read 1,376	2,025
426	DQ Write 1,005	1,600
519	DQ Mixed 1,134	1,772
863% 1,172 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

178GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1993 2012 971 391 391 436 MB/s

329% Outstanding

Write 2,041

Mixed 1,960

SusWrite 1,032

423% 1,893 MB/s

4K Read 81.7

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 109

361% 125 MB/s

DQ Read 1328

DQ Write 1,020

DQ Mixed 1,158

871% 1,169 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

186GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1896 1942 667 391 391 395 MB/s

321% Outstanding

Write 2,042

Mixed 1,963

SusWrite 947

419% 1,873 MB/s

4K Read 78.9

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 106

352% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,317

DQ Write 1,003

DQ Mixed 1,148

862% 1,156 MB/s

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $320Bench 85%, 755,235 samples	25,429x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $170Bench 82%, 1,121,156 samples	13,133x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $519Bench 86%, 293,369 samples	11,412x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples	10,455x
RX 5700-XTAMD $410Bench 105%, 378,316 samples	9,232x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 369,988 samples	6,296x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsungBench 306%, 7,974 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	3,813x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $83Bench 86%, 343,296 samples	3,673x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $286Bench 87%, 134,660 samples	3,408x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,038

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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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