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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: 251% (48th of 1059)

Based on 89,509 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Poor: 165%Average: 251% Great: 308%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 151.3% 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 1,005MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 1,028MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 143%. 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 476MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 165MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 89,509 samples)
Rank 48251%
Min Avg Max
1,089 Read 2,221 2,654
672 Write 1,912 2,263
687 Mixed 1,367 1,629
333 SusWrite 476 585
333% 1,494 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41 4K Read 61.7 74.7
88.6 4K Write 165 249
49.7 4K Mixed 84.1 107
288% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
572 DQ Read 947 1,011
300 DQ Write 1,028 1,673
416 DQ Mixed 1,005 1,167
752% 994 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 410 408 419 412 415 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1,372
Write 1,165
Mixed 937
SusWrite 440
218% 978 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 24.4
4K Mixed 23.1
75% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 147
110% 147 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 59,024,878 SSDs tested.

 Prices

EbayUS MZ-V7S250B/AM $5415 mins
AmazonUS MZ-V7S250B/AM $659 mins
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Typical 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB Builds (Compare 16,580 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 117%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 109%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $220

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $414Bench 98%, 518,969 samples4,137x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $235Bench 95%, 307,434 samples4,054x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $550Bench 98%, 348,201 samples2,049x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 569,107 samples1,253x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $262Bench 89%, 653,453 samples1,188x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 460,951 samples1,132x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $54Bench 251%, 89,509 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $53Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 82%, 606,405 samples772x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 85%, 346,786 samples554x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $1,241

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3 months ago.

AUS-User
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Good

18 months ago.

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

Viper207
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Excellent

2 years ago.

best budget ssd for games

mahamadi
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Excellent

3 years ago.

very very well Guys

zakisp
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Excellent

2 years ago.

So powerful mine always bench way above average

Babblestock
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Best SSD I've ever had.

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Intel Core i5-12600K $278Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $415Crucial MX500 250GB $38
Intel Core i5-12400F $170Nvidia RTX 3070 $550Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $397Nvidia RTX 3050 $280Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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