Samsung

970 Evo 250GB

970 Evo 250GB
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Effective Speed +24% Effective Speed 24%Average Score +29% Read 76%, Write 47%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 21%Peak Score +150% Read 401%, Write 204%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 116%, Mixed 159%, 4K Mixed 75%, SusWrite 26%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +117% DQ Read 166%, DQ Write 254%, DQ Mixed 204%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write 34%, ADQ Mixed 33%, Age 54%, AS-SSD Total 191%

Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 Evo

Poor: 56%Average: 122% Great: 295%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 Evo 250GB averaged 22.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 970 Evo 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 346MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.5MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 Evo 250GB is 239%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 970 Evo 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 360MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 497MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 187122%

Min	Avg	Max
284	Read 805	2,540
262	Write 595	1474
222	Mixed 497	1,097
98.1	SusWrite 360	487
126% 564 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.1	4K Read 40.5	71.5
22.8	4K Write 83.5	264
18.6	4K Mixed 48.5	102
168% 57.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
81.6	DQ Read 331	975
76.1	DQ Write 386	1,267
41.9	DQ Mixed 346	1,007
264% 354 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 4 months ago.

121GB free

Firmware: 3108

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 392 392 336 296 295 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 373

SusWrite 350

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 36.3

4K Write 38.6

4K Mixed 36.8

123% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 221

161% 207 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 months ago.

115GB free

Firmware: 3106

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 316 340 380 382 382 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 159

Mixed 180

SusWrite 335

46% 204 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 31.6

4K Mixed 30.8

97% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 202

146% 189 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Toshiba PORTEGE Z30-B

CPU
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	46x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples	39x
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples	32x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	146x

SSD
970 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 122%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	55x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	49x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	25x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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970 Evo 250GB

Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1072)

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