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970 EVO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 277% (39th of 1072)

Based on 612 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB
Poor: 208%Average: 277% Great: 332%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 250GB averaged 177.4% 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 991MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,350MB/s

Terrible consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 837MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 143MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 612 samples)
Rank 39277%
Min Avg Max
1,336 Read 2,350 2,689
957 Write 2,066 2,469
836 Mixed 1,540 1,924
518 SusWrite 837 1,058
379% 1,699 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.7 4K Read 63.2 72.4
83 4K Write 143 192
59.1 4K Mixed 82.9 100
278% 96.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
550 DQ Read 1,174 1,763
345 DQ Write 897 1,476
392 DQ Mixed 991 1,561
753% 1,021 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
332GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2119 889 805 811 798 798 MB/s
294% Outstanding
Read 2,122
Write 2,261
Mixed 1,391
SusWrite 1,037
382% 1,703 MB/s
4K Read 55.7
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 72
243% 84.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,780
DQ Write 1,396
DQ Mixed 1,571
1,180% 1,583 MB/s
201GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 888 884 878 859 876 MB/s
288% Outstanding
Read 2,511
Write 2,314
Mixed 1,827
SusWrite 919
424% 1,893 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 79.7
258% 87.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,320
DQ Write 996
DQ Mixed 1,141
858% 1,152 MB/s
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 839 835 839 837 834 MB/s
285% Outstanding
Read 2,574
Write 2,283
Mixed 1,879
SusWrite 876
425% 1,903 MB/s
4K Read 63
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 85
276% 94.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,049
DQ Write 847
DQ Mixed 912
692% 936 MB/s
318GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 806 806 805 802 795 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 2,269
Write 1,941
Mixed 1,549
SusWrite 842
369% 1,650 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 64.1
201% 65.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,043
DQ Write 718
DQ Mixed 886
660% 882 MB/s
226GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 683 667 678 669 654 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 2,324
Write 1,969
Mixed 1,391
SusWrite 674
354% 1,590 MB/s
4K Read 49.5
4K Write 74.1
4K Mixed 55.4
185% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 792
DQ Write 624
DQ Mixed 700
526% 705 MB/s
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Typical 970 EVO 250GB Builds (Compare 11,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,935x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples2,108x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples924x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,056x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples737x
SSD
970 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 277%, 612 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples305x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $846

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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