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850 EVO M.2 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 102% (245th of 1072)

Based on 28,058 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB
Poor: 73%Average: 102% Great: 122%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB averaged 2.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 313MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 51.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB is 49.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 359MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,058 samples)
Rank 245102%
Min Avg Max
373 Read 462 509
259 Write 421 490
238 Mixed 359 408
113 SusWrite 239 327
83% 370 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24 4K Read 39.1 47.9
51.7 4K Write 95.7 125
30 4K Mixed 51.7 64.4
176% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
241 DQ Read 349 386
172 DQ Write 303 354
171 DQ Mixed 313 364
238% 322 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 256 212 191 164 141 MB/s
97.5% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 461
Mixed 390
SusWrite 222
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 77.3
4K Mixed 48.1
159% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 344
259% 347 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 145 143 140 141 134 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 469
Mixed 395
SusWrite 174
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 49.8
166% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 295
222% 296 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 114 110 113 112 112 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 450
Mixed 392
SusWrite 147
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 54.2
180% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 218
164% 220 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 122 117 107 123 113 MB/s
94.2% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 445
Mixed 402
SusWrite 152
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 82.6
4K Mixed 51
166% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 295
222% 296 MB/s
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Typical 850 EVO M.2 250GB Builds (Compare 2,920 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples2,188x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples732x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples1,829x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples1,089x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1x
SSD
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples334x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples252x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples155x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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