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860 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 86.2% (387th of 1072)

Based on 1,011 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860
Poor: 53%Average: 86.2% Great: 116%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 250GB averaged just 13.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 191MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 250GB is 62.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 279MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 345MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,011 samples)
Rank 38786.2%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 447 501
141 Write 358 476
186 Mixed 345 448
132 SusWrite 279 372
80.1% 357 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 30.8 45.2
28.2 4K Write 71.5 123
16.7 4K Mixed 36.8 58.7
132% 46.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.7 DQ Read 231 389
107 DQ Write 251 361
61.9 DQ Mixed 191 360
158% 224 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
164GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 398 287 291 297 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 486
Mixed 459
SusWrite 370
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 53.6
176% 59.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 359
DQ Mixed 368
277% 371 MB/s
189GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 474 389 282 283 282 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 478
Mixed 456
SusWrite 365
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 47.7
156% 52 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 364
276% 372 MB/s
185GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 469 404 285 287 286 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 478
Mixed 451
SusWrite 366
101% 449 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 46
151% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 370
279% 373 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 421 414 290 290 291 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 439
Write 422
Mixed 406
SusWrite 354
91% 406 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 48.1
157% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 350
264% 354 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 210 202 200 197 194 MB/s
90.2% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 298
Mixed 317
SusWrite 213
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 37
137% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 246
211% 311 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 161 151 144 139 132 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 507
Write 193
Mixed 236
SusWrite 152
60% 272 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 37.4
143% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 165
134% 190 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,835,532 SSDs tested

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System: HP Z800 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples318x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples189x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples180x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples161x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples88x
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples68x
SSD
860 250GBSamsungBench 86%, 1,011 samples1x
RAM
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples23x
ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 JE... 82GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples19x
ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD H... 130GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples16x
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