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Samsung SSD 970 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 172% (129th of 1072)

Based on 240 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 970
Poor: 97%Average: 172% Great: 221%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 250GB averaged 72.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 390MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,473MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 250GB is 124%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 241MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 399MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 240 samples)
Rank 129172%
Min Avg Max
582 Read 1,651 2,428
623 Write 1,473 2,257
563 Mixed 1,132 1,502
201 SusWrite 399 575
260% 1,164 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 47.5 63
29.7 4K Write 101 151
16.3 4K Mixed 57.9 78.7
200% 68.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
54.1 DQ Read 241 272
94.3 DQ Write 678 1,123
58.5 DQ Mixed 390 459
318% 436 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 396 389 385 384 380 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,946
Write 2,128
Mixed 1,424
SusWrite 403
330% 1,475 MB/s
4K Read 61.3
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 65.6
256% 92.4 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 972
DQ Mixed 438
389% 560 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 313 311 297 283 259 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 1,616
Write 1,434
Mixed 1,134
SusWrite 341
252% 1,131 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 71.5
262% 94.3 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 1,287
DQ Mixed 427
430% 659 MB/s
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 335 330 327 331 303 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,496
Write 1,474
Mixed 1,172
SusWrite 361
252% 1,125 MB/s
4K Read 59.3
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 71.4
262% 94.6 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 1,254
DQ Mixed 420
422% 645 MB/s
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 420 426 428 430 418 MB/s
189% Outstanding
Read 1,296
Write 2,226
Mixed 1,420
SusWrite 451
305% 1,348 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 76.1
263% 92.3 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 1,000
DQ Mixed 448
398% 573 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 249 239 181 195 163 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,406
Write 1,214
Mixed 1,058
SusWrite 243
219% 980 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 56.6
204% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 484
DQ Mixed 230
198% 279 MB/s
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Gaming 113%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,148x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples7,882x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,823x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,428x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,344x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,155x
SSD
Samsung SSD 970 250GBAmd-raidBench 172%, 240 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,987x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,460x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples967x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 116% - Outstanding Total price: $761

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