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970 EVO Plus 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 284% (34th of 1072)

Based on 335 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Poor: 206%Average: 284% Great: 341%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB averaged 183.8% 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 1,033MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,340MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB is 135%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 901MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 335 samples)
Rank 34284%
Min Avg Max
1,099 Read 2,340 2,710
821 Write 2,065 2,509
855 Mixed 1,578 1,919
605 SusWrite 901 1,068
385% 1,721 MB/s
Min Avg Max
50.9 4K Read 63.5 75.2
70.2 4K Write 147 226
59.3 4K Mixed 84.1 106
282% 98.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
569 DQ Read 1,218 1,790
230 DQ Write 937 1,463
323 DQ Mixed 1,033 1,561
785% 1,063 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 18 19 19 19 MB/s
430% Outstanding
Read 4,707
Write 43.2
Mixed 87
SusWrite 18.3
252% 1,214 MB/s
4K Read 596
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 4.5
911% 201 MB/s
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2216 823 799 805 807 807 MB/s
333% Outstanding
Read 2,547
Write 2,298
Mixed 1,796
SusWrite 1,043
430% 1,921 MB/s
4K Read 67.9
4K Write 194
4K Mixed 98.2
331% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 1,666
DQ Write 1,236
DQ Mixed 1,450
1,084% 1,450 MB/s
182GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1712 872 872 873 873 872 MB/s
312% Outstanding
Read 2,649
Write 2,547
Mixed 2,023
SusWrite 1,012
461% 2,058 MB/s
4K Read 64.9
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 91
300% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,254
DQ Write 1,002
DQ Mixed 1,100
831% 1,119 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1006 711 707 712 695 688 MB/s
294% Outstanding
Read 2,537
Write 2,354
Mixed 1,758
SusWrite 753
414% 1,850 MB/s
4K Read 63.8
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 88.6
302% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,331
DQ Write 1043
DQ Mixed 1,156
873% 1,177 MB/s
245GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 879 879 881 876 857 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,893
Write 1,591
Mixed 1,366
SusWrite 902
322% 1,438 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 83.2
4K Mixed 57.7
190% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 863
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 692
479% 612 MB/s
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Typical 970 EVO Plus 250GB Builds (Compare 6,379 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel  $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples326x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples915x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples642x
SSD
970 EVO Plus 250GBSamsungBench 284%, 335 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples359x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $259

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