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980 PRO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 338% (21st of 1072)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB
Poor: 253%Average: 338% Great: 430%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 250GB averaged 237.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,122MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,475MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 250GB is 177%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 163MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 71.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 21338%
Min Avg Max
636 Read 2,442 3,149
1052 Write 2,475 3,542
743 Mixed 2,287 3,148
720 SusWrite 1,462 2,174
487% 2,166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.5 4K Read 71.1 93.7
62.1 4K Write 163 289
58 4K Mixed 95.7 139
317% 110 MB/s
Min Avg Max
814 DQ Read 1,358 2,192
133 DQ Write 985 1,786
280 DQ Mixed 1,122 2,003
852% 1,155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
359GB free
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3199 3207 3212 2045 643 641 MB/s
386% Outstanding
Read 2,959
Write 3,235
Mixed 2,878
SusWrite 2,158
633% 2,807 MB/s
4K Read 74.3
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 95.9
313% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,401
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 611
515% 781 MB/s
291GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2621 819 802 825 824 888 MB/s
339% Outstanding
Read 2,748
Write 2639
Mixed 2759
SusWrite 1,130
521% 2319 MB/s
4K Read 76.4
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 104
339% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,358
DQ Write 1,065
DQ Mixed 1,198
900% 1,207 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2205 1205 817 945 869 900 MB/s
294% Outstanding
Read 2,689
Write 2,756
Mixed 2,653
SusWrite 1,157
520% 2,314 MB/s
4K Read 59.6
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 74.6
236% 76.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,231
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 1,055
756% 985 MB/s
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Typical 980 PRO 250GB Builds (Compare 16,401 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $174

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,294x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,198x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples1,314x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,126x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,471x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,356x
SSD
980 PRO 250GBSamsungBench 338%, 39 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples700x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples355x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $928

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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