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870 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 83.2% (445th of 1080)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 870
Poor: 47%Average: 83.2% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 870 250GB averaged just 16.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 870 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 195MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 870 250GB is 61.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 870 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 300MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 44583.2%
Min Avg Max
256 Read 430 494
71.3 Write 363 473
108 Mixed 348 446
87 SusWrite 300 402
80.9% 360 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8 4K Read 30.3 46.2
2.1 4K Write 59.6 124
3.8 4K Mixed 34.9 59.8
122% 41.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.7 DQ Read 218 391
38.4 DQ Write 233 362
24.9 DQ Mixed 195 364
155% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
105GB free
Firmware: SVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 374 374 370 372 350 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 484
Mixed 457
SusWrite 378
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 45.9
149% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 375
282% 376 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 371 372 369 357 361 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 452
Mixed 422
SusWrite 368
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 48.7
160% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 256
194% 262 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 367 369 368 367 368 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 445
Mixed 417
SusWrite 368
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 49.4
4K Mixed 39
126% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 246
186% 252 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 353 340 350 348 347 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 466
Write 438
Mixed 423
SusWrite 362
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 37.5
122% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 259
196% 264 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: SVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 439 407 276 328 350 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 453
Write 410
Mixed 372
SusWrite 371
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 37.3
120% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 203
152% 203 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 426 418 320 350 325 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 471
Write 435
Mixed 419
SusWrite 373
96% 424 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 31.4
103% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 207
157% 211 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 393 330 341 349 340 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 432
Write 393
Mixed 383
SusWrite 358
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 28.2
4K Mixed 25.8
85% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 250
184% 244 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 189 190 185 193 177 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 461
Write 334
Mixed 336
SusWrite 189
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 38.3
4K Mixed 34.6
109% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 189
158% 231 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,466,450 SSDs tested

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Gaming 58%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T5600

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples101x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples82x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples66x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples55x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples51x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
SSD
870 250GBSamsungBench 83%, 50 samples1x
RAM
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples45x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples40x
M393B1G70BH0-YK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 67%, 378 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $200

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