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Samsung MZ-V7S250B(W|/AM)

970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2...
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Effective Speed -133%Effective Speed -133%Average Score -160%Read -91%, Write -154%, 4K Read -52%, 4K Write -52%, Mixed -139%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite -582%Peak Score -219%Read -125%, Write -184%, 4K Read -167%, 4K Write -64%, Mixed -189%, 4K Mixed -116%, SusWrite -687%Value & Sentiment -156%User Rating -27%, Market Share -286%, Price 165%, Value -477%Nice To Haves -96%DQ Read -130%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -87%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -61%, Age -255%, AS-SSD Total -89%

Average Bench: 234% (77^th of 1080)

Based on 87,206 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB

Poor: 152%Average: 234% Great: 302%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 134.0% 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 921MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,197MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 149%. 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 464MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 136MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 87,206 samples)

Rank 77234%

Min	Avg	Max
1,198	Read 2,197	2,638
715	Write 1,841	2,264
728	Mixed 1,356	1,621
308	SusWrite 464	582
326% 1,464 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.4	4K Read 57.6	70.7
68.9	4K Write 136	231
39.8	4K Mixed 73.5	101
253% 89 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
507	DQ Read 915	1,010
283	DQ Write 873	1,582
370	DQ Mixed 921	1,166
684% 903 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 10 hrs ago.

233GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1448 389 391 391 390 388 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 2,055

Mixed 1,354

SusWrite 566

343% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 49.3

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 64.4

211% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 954

DQ Write 597

DQ Mixed 824

601% 792 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 413 402 394 398 398 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 930

Mixed 886

SusWrite 413

185% 826 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 74

4K Mixed 52.3

161% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 483

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 347

262% 357 MB/s

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $229

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,680x
Core i5-9600KIntel $130Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	8,423x
Core i9-9900KIntel $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,101x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,619x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,494x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,300x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $70Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,561x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,028x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $966

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Good

3 years ago.

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

mahamadi

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Excellent

5 years ago.

very very well Guys

zakisp

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Excellent

4 years ago.

So powerful mine always bench way above average

Babblestock

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Excellent

4 years ago.

Best SSD I've ever had.

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	MZ-V7S250B/AM	$7010 mins
	MZ-V7S250B/AM	$7210 days
	MZ-V7S250B/AM	$754 years

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330

Samsung MZ-V7S250B(W|/AM)

970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 234% (77^th of 1080)

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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

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Average Bench: 234% (77^th of 1080)