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Samsung SSD 980 250GB

Samsung SSD 980 250GB
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Effective Speed +109% Effective Speed 109%Average Score +137% Read 248%, Write 225%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 247%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 95%Peak Score +235% Read 438%, Write 410%, 4K Read 84%, 4K Write 67%, Mixed 396%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite 172%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +207% DQ Read 305%, DQ Write 229%, DQ Mixed 245%, ADQ Read 170%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 182%, Age 123%, AS-SSD Total 256%

Average Bench: 206% (92^nd of 1072)

Based on 344 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 980

Poor: 98%Average: 206% Great: 313%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 980 250GB averaged 105.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 733MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,592MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 250GB is 215%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 577MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 118MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 344 samples)

Rank 92206%

Min	Avg	Max
637	Read 1,592	2,727
474	Write 1,317	2,471
451	Mixed 1,246	2,098
258	SusWrite 577	1,052
264% 1,183 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	4K Read 54.4	79.2
49.7	4K Write 118	204
29.3	4K Mixed 67.6	105
231% 79.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
388	DQ Read 881	1,488
169	DQ Write 705	1,180
229	DQ Mixed 733	1,142
565% 773 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

153GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 563 564 565 562 560 MB/s

329% Outstanding

Write 2,004

Mixed 2,314

SusWrite 612

434% 1,946 MB/s

4K Read 75.2

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 94.3

318% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1931

DQ Write 1,600

DQ Mixed 1,739

1,310% 1,757 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 month ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1808 1802 1040 333 334 329 MB/s

275% Outstanding

Write 1,970

Mixed 1879

SusWrite 941

400% 1,786 MB/s

4K Read 69.8

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 89.4

291% 97.4 MB/s

DQ Read 816

DQ Write 661

DQ Mixed 736

552% 738 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

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GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	563x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
Samsung SSD 980 250GBNvmeBench 206%, 344 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $642

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Samsung SSD 980 250GB

Average Bench: 206% (92^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 206% (92nd of 1072)

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