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Samsung MZ-V7S250B(W|/AM)

970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 242% (52nd of 1058)

Based on 83,993 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Poor: 156%Average: 242% Great: 284%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 142.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 953MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,206MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 128%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 475MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 83,993 samples)
Rank 52242%
Min Avg Max
759 Read 2,206 2,622
553 Write 1,907 2,262
589 Mixed 1,367 1,618
349 SusWrite 475 584
332% 1,489 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.2 4K Read 60.4 69.1
78.6 4K Write 147 193
60.5 4K Mixed 81.2 95.7
273% 96.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
597 DQ Read 947 1,012
356 DQ Write 860 1,281
432 DQ Mixed 953 1,166
701% 920 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 410 409 409 409 408 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 2,472
Write 2,239
Mixed 1,407
SusWrite 453
366% 1,643 MB/s
4K Read 58.9
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 79.3
269% 95 MB/s
DQ Read 1,003
DQ Write 771
DQ Mixed 966
701% 913 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 229 222 224 222 224 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 1,760
Write 1,750
Mixed 1,223
SusWrite 296
281% 1,257 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 83
282% 99.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 1,293
DQ Mixed 1,167
876% 1,155 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 47,300,380 SSDs tested.

 Prices

EbayUS MZ-V7S250B/AM $5515 mins
AmazonUS MZ-V7S250B/AM $6510 mins
BHPhotoUS MZ-V7S250B/AM $7513 months
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Typical 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB Builds (Compare 94,188 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples23,019x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $363Bench 81%, 541,373 samples14,268x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples12,419x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 486,234 samples7,223x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples6,688x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 88%, 501,350 samples6,686x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 242%, 83,993 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 84%, 269,954 samples7,768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples7,316x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples5,023x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $1,050

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

28 days ago.

IND-User
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3,870

Good

1 month ago.

Newer generation with slight improvement.

AUS-User
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Good

5 months ago.

I have it as my boot drive. So lightening fast!

Viper207
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Excellent

14 months ago.

best budget ssd for games

mahamadi
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Excellent

2 years ago.

very very well Guys

zakisp
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Excellent

17 months ago.

So powerful mine always bench way above average

Babblestock
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Excellent

15 months ago.

Best SSD I've ever had.

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