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Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 285% (42nd of 1080)

Based on 108 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB
Poor: 167%Average: 285% Great: 386%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB averaged 184.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,013MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,403MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB is 219%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 811MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 167MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 108 samples)
Rank 42285%
Min Avg Max
1,409 Read 2,403 3,066
553 Write 1,999 2551
706 Mixed 1,778 2,456
407 SusWrite 811 1,090
391% 1,748 MB/s
Min Avg Max
39.8 4K Read 64.7 88.5
85.7 4K Write 167 257
49 4K Mixed 87.4 128
298% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
559 DQ Read 1,212 1,960
294 DQ Write 884 1,518
453 DQ Mixed 1,013 1,761
766% 1,036 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2519 1979 350 348 346 359 MB/s
366% Outstanding
Read 2,944
Write 2,523
Mixed 2,356
SusWrite 984
492% 2,202 MB/s
4K Read 85.3
4K Write 233
4K Mixed 123
410% 147 MB/s
DQ Read 1,500
DQ Write 1,193
DQ Mixed 1,326
998% 1,340 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,293,799 SSDs tested

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Gaming 143%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,072x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $137Bench 92%, 70,951 samples515x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples254x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $497Bench 148%, 619,642 samples508x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples394x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples257x
SSD
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GBNvmeBench 285%, 108 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples102x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 85%, 346,786 samples92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples91x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $1,020

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