Samsung

970 EVO 250GB

970 EVO 250GB
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Effective Speed +233% Effective Speed 233%Average Score +252% Read 426%, Write 375%, 4K Read 61%, 4K Write 69%, Mixed 265%, 4K Mixed 61%, SusWrite 504%Peak Score +250% Read 467%, Write 356%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 278%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 468%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +251% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 320%, DQ Mixed 370%, ADQ Read 235%, ADQ Write 209%, ADQ Mixed 262%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 277%

Average Bench: 327% (23^rd of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB

Poor: 225%Average: 327% Great: 401%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 250GB averaged 227.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 941MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,406MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB is 176%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 55.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)

Rank 23327%

Min	Avg	Max
1,448	Read 2,406	2,874
1,139	Write 1,925	2,213
996	Mixed 1,312	1,599
691	SusWrite 1,792	2,197
416% 1,859 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39.3	4K Read 55.2	63.2
50.8	4K Write 148	217
40.8	4K Mixed 72.4	90.8
255% 91.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
79.7	DQ Read 1,094	1,476
172	DQ Write 893	1,503
82.5	DQ Mixed 941	1,556
719% 976 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 13 months ago.

356GB free

Firmware: 1B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2205 2205 2207 2205 2196 2172 MB/s

374% Outstanding

Write 2,216

Mixed 1,514

SusWrite 2,198

485% 2,164 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 77.9

266% 95.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,260

DQ Write 927

DQ Mixed 1065

804% 1,084 MB/s

AUS-User, 5 months ago.

472GB free

Firmware: 1B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2166 2204 2204 2191 2199 2207 MB/s

341% Outstanding

Write 2,006

Mixed 1,336

SusWrite 2,195

447% 1,991 MB/s

4K Read 50

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 66.3

226% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 797

DQ Mixed 857

654% 887 MB/s

HUN-User, 5 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1842 1619 1778 1657 1726 1842 MB/s

335% Outstanding

Write 2,154

Mixed 1,440

SusWrite 1,744

442% 1,974 MB/s

4K Read 54.8

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 76.3

263% 95.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,160

DQ Write 839

DQ Mixed 993

744% 997 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2100 2130 2136 2160 2159 1974 MB/s

333% Outstanding

Write 2152

Mixed 1,512

SusWrite 2,110

462% 2,060 MB/s

4K Read 54.1

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 73

247% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 593

DQ Write 714

DQ Mixed 615

474% 640 MB/s

AUS-User, 9 months ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 1146 977 880 813 776 MB/s

275% Outstanding

Write 2,002

Mixed 1,370

SusWrite 1,005

381% 1,708 MB/s

4K Read 54.5

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 75.3

256% 91.9 MB/s

DQ Read 584

DQ Write 1,011

DQ Mixed 1,058

729% 884 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1043 1374 1570 1664 1663 1592 MB/s

262% Outstanding

Write 1,370

Mixed 1,320

SusWrite 1,484

346% 1,546 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 85.2

4K Mixed 58.3

182% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,058

DQ Write 480

DQ Mixed 744

558% 761 MB/s

MEX-User, 13 months ago.

108GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXP7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1147 1129 1170 1184 1191 1201 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,142

Mixed 933

SusWrite 1,170

258% 1,146 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 66.5

221% 76.7 MB/s

DQ Read 996

DQ Write 802

DQ Mixed 882

665% 893 MB/s

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,881x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	210x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

SSD
970 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 327%, 80 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	186x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,005

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO 250GB

Average Bench: 327% (23^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 327% (23rd of 1072)

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