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970 EVO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 300% (31st of 1072)

Based on 613 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB
Poor: 183%Average: 300% Great: 382%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO 250GB averaged 199.8% 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 Write Speed 2,026MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB is 199%. 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 132MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 60.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 613 samples)
Rank 31300%
Min Avg Max
1,208 Read 2,258 2,630
917 Write 2,026 2,464
850 Mixed 1,647 2,296
716 SusWrite 1,354 2,070
408% 1,821 MB/s
Min Avg Max
39.1 4K Read 60.6 75.5
48.9 4K Write 132 196
39.6 4K Mixed 78.5 101
262% 90.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
568 DQ Read 1,172 1,697
224 DQ Write 874 1365
304 DQ Mixed 991 1461
749% 1,012 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
344GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1727 1269 1270 1266 1270 1275 MB/s
302% Outstanding
Read 2,487
Write 2,086
Mixed 1,558
SusWrite 1,346
418% 1,869 MB/s
4K Read 56.3
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 74.7
242% 82.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,119
DQ Write 915
DQ Mixed 1,003
755% 1,013 MB/s
701GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2070 2151 1544 1526 1546 1541 MB/s
300% Outstanding
Read 2,437
Write 2,209
Mixed 1,788
SusWrite 1,730
458% 2,041 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 90
4K Mixed 67.3
216% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 807
DQ Write 491
DQ Mixed 704
510% 667 MB/s
239GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1198 1184 1031 1045 1028 MB/s
275% Outstanding
Read 2,375
Write 2,095
Mixed 1,569
SusWrite 1,167
403% 1,802 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 70.6
231% 78 MB/s
DQ Read 1,018
DQ Write 634
DQ Mixed 897
649% 850 MB/s
396GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 1117 1124 1118 1118 1113 MB/s
254% Outstanding
Read 1,315
Write 1,130
Mixed 1,103
SusWrite 1,122
263% 1,168 MB/s
4K Read 60.8
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 81.8
269% 92.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,256
DQ Write 955
DQ Mixed 1078
814% 1,096 MB/s
195GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 525 511 492 479 465 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 2,406
Write 1,842
Mixed 1,712
SusWrite 580
364% 1,635 MB/s
4K Read 53.5
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 68.5
222% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 525
DQ Mixed 754
548% 721 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 595 586 581 560 539 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,380
Write 771
Mixed 918
SusWrite 610
205% 920 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 63.1
4K Mixed 43.4
135% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 622
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 490
367% 496 MB/s
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Typical 970 EVO 250GB Builds (Compare 10,637 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples7,171x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,262x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples567x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,676x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,218x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples655x
SSD
970 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 300%, 613 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples512x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples473x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $942

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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