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Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB

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Effective Speed -166%Effective Speed -166%Average Score -258%Read -120%, Write -256%, 4K Read -99%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -448%, 4K Mixed -112%, SusWrite -725%Peak Score -343%Read -176%, Write -327%, 4K Read -241%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -513%, 4K Mixed -230%, SusWrite -844%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -93%DQ Read -91%, DQ Write -49%, DQ Mixed -125%, ADQ Read -72%, ADQ Write -42%, ADQ Mixed -121%, Age -147%, AS-SSD Total -98%

Average Bench: 205% (101^st of 1080)

Based on 293 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB

Poor: 158%Average: 205% Great: 244%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB averaged 104.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 672MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 885MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB is 86%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 382MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 590MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 293 samples)

Rank 101205%

Min	Avg	Max
1,351	Read 1,906	2,148
934	Write 1,310	1,506
470	Mixed 590	762
228	SusWrite 382	485
231% 1,047 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.9	4K Read 44.6	56.2
74.3	4K Write 143	228
37.1	4K Mixed 52.1	66.2
210% 79.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
552	DQ Read 993	1,216
360	DQ Write 885	1,277
237	DQ Mixed 672	932
577% 850 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

233GB free

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1112 466 311 311 311 312 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 986

Mixed 563

SusWrite 470

226% 1,030 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 204

4K Mixed 60.5

258% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,065

DQ Write 1,110

DQ Mixed 785

674% 987 MB/s

AUS-User, 22 days ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 152 153 159 165 165 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,159

Mixed 476

SusWrite 203

212% 971 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 234

4K Mixed 62.8

274% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,149

DQ Write 1,240

DQ Mixed 669

648% 1,019 MB/s

TUR-User, 26 days ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 287 283 287 281 279 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 1,145

Mixed 455

SusWrite 325

175% 788 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 65

4K Mixed 25.4

94% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 512

DQ Write 462

DQ Mixed 466

355% 480 MB/s

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Gaming 208%

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Desktop 112%

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Workstation 232%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-P WIFI

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $214Bench 114%, 133,111 samples	1,276x
Core i9-12900KIntel $275Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,033x
Core i5-12600KIntel $165Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	708x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $520Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	528x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	502x

SSD
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GBNvmeBench 205%, 293 samples	1x

RAM
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples	357x
AX5U5200C3816G-B 2x16GBAdataBench 154%, 3,151 samples	251x
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $111Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	251x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $914

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $129
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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