Samsung

970 EVO Plus 250GB

970 EVO Plus 250GB
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Effective Speed +226% Effective Speed 226%Average Score +262% Read 392%, Write 399%, 4K Read 77%, 4K Write 61%, Mixed 373%, 4K Mixed 76%, SusWrite 457%Peak Score +292% Read 435%, Write 437%, 4K Read 70%, 4K Write 72%, Mixed 444%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite 507%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +262% DQ Read 351%, DQ Write 275%, DQ Mixed 337%, ADQ Read 268%, ADQ Write 216%, ADQ Mixed 290%, Age 66%, AS-SSD Total 291%

Average Bench: 321% (26^th of 1072)

Based on 122 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB

Poor: 185%Average: 321% Great: 405%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB averaged 220.6% 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 1,014MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,022MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB is 220%. 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 141MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 60.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 122 samples)

Rank 26321%

Min	Avg	Max
807	Read 2,251	2,713
680	Write 2,022	2,602
670	Mixed 1,697	2,304
679	SusWrite 1,650	2,349
428% 1,905 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40.5	4K Read 60.8	73.2
67.5	4K Write 141	211
48.8	4K Mixed 79.3	105
268% 93.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
580	DQ Read 1,200	1,656
217	DQ Write 914	1,344
281	DQ Mixed 1,014	1,446
770% 1,043 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

852GB free

Firmware: 4B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2240 2501 2377 2354 2343 2360 MB/s

399% Outstanding

Write 2,577

Mixed 2,410

SusWrite 2,362

560% 2,482 MB/s

4K Read 73.1

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 101

327% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 1,245

DQ Write 990

DQ Mixed 1,090

823% 1,109 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

798GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1515 1268 1286 1240 1257 1259 MB/s

311% Outstanding

Write 2,272

Mixed 1,782

SusWrite 1304

441% 1,970 MB/s

4K Read 59.4

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 68.5

264% 97.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1227

DQ Write 1016

DQ Mixed 1,055

808% 1,099 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

239GB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1501 1473 1469 1420 1249 1053 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 1,868

Mixed 1,639

SusWrite 1,361

396% 1,764 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 62.1

203% 68.5 MB/s

DQ Read 859

DQ Write 567

DQ Mixed 787

567% 738 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1633 1795 1799 1788 1630 1414 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 1,820

Mixed 1,696

SusWrite 1,676

416% 1,852 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 42.2

4K Mixed 44.4

151% 44.7 MB/s

DQ Read 503

DQ Write 84.4

DQ Mixed 166

154% 251 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

147GB free

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1591 1600 1346 1270 984 900 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 2,114

Mixed 1,759

SusWrite 1,282

418% 1,863 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 74.2

4K Mixed 58

177% 58 MB/s

DQ Read 458

DQ Write 367

DQ Mixed 412

308% 412 MB/s

USA-User, 2 month ago.

731GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2QEXM7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 1338 1322 1307 1292 1324 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,719

Mixed 1,198

SusWrite 1,232

292% 1,287 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 74.4

4K Mixed 37.5

146% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,344

DQ Write 989

DQ Mixed 1,091

836% 1,141 MB/s

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Gaming 208%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 230%

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System: Ibuypower INTEL

CPU
Core i7-12700KFIntel $190Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,959x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	983x
Core i9-12900KFIntel $263Bench 117%, 15,291 samples	760x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,578x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	910x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	814x

SSD
970 EVO Plus 250GBSamsungBench 321%, 122 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	1,068x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	458x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GBTeamBench 101%, 5,389 samples	433x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,100

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	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: 321% (26^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 321% (26th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 321% (26^th of 1072)