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Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 249% (57th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB
Poor: 208%Average: 249% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB averaged 149.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 959MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,001MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 121MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 953MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 57249%
Min Avg Max
1,647 Read 2,001 2,358
1,097 Write 1,533 1,711
1098 Mixed 1,415 1,670
810 SusWrite 953 1,057
330% 1,476 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42.4 4K Read 49.2 56.2
90.1 4K Write 121 145
57.9 4K Mixed 66.9 78.8
224% 78.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
704 DQ Read 1,084 1,781
411 DQ Write 784 1,460
659 DQ Mixed 959 1,586
710% 942 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
401GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2306 805 806 808 807 808 MB/s
296% Outstanding
Read 1,960
Write 1,711
Mixed 1,408
SusWrite 1,057
344% 1,534 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 78.8
260% 92.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,781
DQ Write 1,460
DQ Mixed 1,586
1,197% 1,609 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2164 851 797 801 796 801 MB/s
269% Outstanding
Read 2,358
Write 1,637
Mixed 1,670
SusWrite 1,035
374% 1,675 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 69.5
241% 83.8 MB/s
DQ Read 936
DQ Write 749
DQ Mixed 851
634% 845 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 848 841 809 676 558 MB/s
229% Outstanding
Read 2,117
Write 1,693
Mixed 1,552
SusWrite 765
342% 1,532 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 60.6
214% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 954
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 639
489% 678 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1352 1149 797 795 705 663 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,647
Write 1,097
Mixed 1098
SusWrite 910
265% 1,188 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 57.9
189% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 516
DQ Mixed 659
479% 626 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,757,622 SSDs tested

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Typical Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB Builds (Compare 5,650 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 17%
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System: Asus ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX516PM_FX516PM

CPU
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples4,174x
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples1,475x
Gen Intel Core i9-12900HK12thBench 80%, 1 sample1x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples2,938x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples2,707x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples4x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GBNvmeBench 249%, 4 samples1x
RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 16GBMicronBench 68%, 4,476 samples656x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE 16GBMicronBench 67%, 5,644 samples590x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples553x
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