Samsung

970 EVO Plus 250GB

970 EVO Plus 250GB
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Effective Speed +220% Effective Speed 220%Average Score +258% Read 406%, Write 417%, 4K Read 78%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 360%, 4K Mixed 81%, SusWrite 399%Peak Score +272% Read 427%, Write 429%, 4K Read 68%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 430%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 423%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +272% DQ Read 359%, DQ Write 298%, DQ Mixed 362%, ADQ Read 273%, ADQ Write 232%, ADQ Mixed 304%, Age 54%, AS-SSD Total 298%

Average Bench: 315% (27^th of 1072)

Based on 371 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB

Poor: 227%Average: 315% Great: 380%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB averaged 215.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,051MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,096MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB is 153%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 371 samples)

Rank 27315%

Min	Avg	Max
1,208	Read 2,316	2,669
1,080	Write 2,096	2,566
962	Mixed 1,651	2,242
906	SusWrite 1,479	2,026
423% 1,885 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
45.5	4K Read 61	72.3
73.6	4K Write 142	192
49.7	4K Mixed 81.3	100
272% 94.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
570	DQ Read 1,216	1,684
374	DQ Write 958	1,424
347	DQ Mixed 1,051	1,529
796% 1,075 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

702GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 807 1848 2105 2143 2141 2147 MB/s

338% Outstanding

Write 2,153

Mixed 2,099

SusWrite 1,865

481% 2,137 MB/s

4K Read 70.3

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 87.9

285% 94.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,034

DQ Write 684

DQ Mixed 798

612% 839 MB/s

GRC-User, 11 days ago.

928GB free

Firmware: 1B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2088 2275 1555 1507 1508 1499 MB/s

323% Outstanding

Write 2,391

Mixed 1,772

SusWrite 1,739

468% 2,084 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 78.2

236% 81.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,312

DQ Write 704

DQ Mixed 1,152

818% 1,056 MB/s

AUT-User, 16 days ago.

162GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1570 1358 1346 1259 1200 1131 MB/s

316% Outstanding

Write 2,393

Mixed 1,759

SusWrite 1,311

449% 2,002 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 85.7

282% 98.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,206

DQ Write 857

DQ Mixed 1,039

774% 1,034 MB/s

AUS-User, 25 days ago.

769GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1831 1865 1629 1529 1545 1529 MB/s

300% Outstanding

Write 2,062

Mixed 1,542

SusWrite 1,655

425% 1,896 MB/s

4K Read 53.9

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 71.7

228% 76.3 MB/s

DQ Read 867

DQ Write 688

DQ Mixed 747

567% 767 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

282GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1121 1045 1033 1024 1011 993 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 2137

Mixed 1,726

SusWrite 1,038

407% 1,819 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 68.5

230% 78.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,000

DQ Write 652

DQ Mixed 848

627% 834 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

696GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 895 892 891 894 907 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,619

Mixed 1,691

SusWrite 919

360% 1,612 MB/s

4K Read 56.8

4K Write 86.9

4K Mixed 60.2

209% 68 MB/s

DQ Read 711

DQ Write 362

DQ Mixed 552

406% 542 MB/s

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI - $299

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,749x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,662x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,794x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,317x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,137x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,085x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 250GBSamsungBench 315%, 371 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	510x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	508x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	466x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $821

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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970 EVO Plus 250GB

Average Bench: 315% (27^th of 1072)

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970 EVO Plus 250GB

Average Bench: 315% (27th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 315% (27^th of 1072)