SamsungMZ-7TE120BW
SamsungMZ-76E250B

Controller: Samsung 3 Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 19nm Toggle Mode TLC. Release date: Q3 2013.

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer TLC V-NAND. Release date: Q1 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 401,258 user samples
104,444 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% 112GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 42GB free
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 312th / 1072
296,814 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 128% 34GB free
Worst Bench: 75% 64GB free (System drive)
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
SPEED RANK: 242nd / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
91.4 % 104 % Faster effective speed.
+13%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
461 MB/s 480 MB/s +4%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
404 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+6%
381 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
38.9 MB/s +2% 38.1 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
87 MB/s 95.7 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+10%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
317 MB/s 363 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+15%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
45.8 MB/s 47.9 MB/s +5%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
136 MB/s 285 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+110%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
506 MB/s 517 MB/s +2%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
489 MB/s 492 MB/s +1%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
46.3 MB/s 50 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+8%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
118 MB/s 126 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+7%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
392 MB/s 466 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+19%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
55.6 MB/s 66.5 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+20%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
179 MB/s 379 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+112%
Market Share
Based on 75,648,733 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.09 % 0.6 % Hugely higher market share.
+567%
Value
Value For Money
7.7 % 21.9 % Hugely better value.
+184%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 57 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score)
$85 $52 Much cheaper.
+39%
Age
Newest
129 Months 74 Months Much more recent.
+43%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
381 MB/s 389 MB/s +2%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
362 MB/s 362 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,268 Pts 1297 Pts +2%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
179 MB/s 371 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+107%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
339 MB/s 357 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+5%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
297 MB/s +2% 291 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
160 MB/s 278 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+74%
Capacity
Capacity
120GB 250GB
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The 860 Evo is the latest mainstream SATA SSD from Samsung. The 2.5-inch version of the 860 Evo will be available in several capacities ranging from 250 GB to a staggering 4TB. It’s also available in the slimmer M.2 and mSATA form factors. The 860 Evo demonstrates marginally reduced performance compared to its popular, but now three year old predecessor, the 850 Evo. In a head to head comparison the 860 looses by a very modest 6% in terms of effective speed. The 860 Evo is based on a refinement of Samsung’s consumer grade TLC V-NAND, this time featuring 256Gb and 512 Gb 64 layer V-NAND and it also features a new "MJX" controller. The 250 GB version can reach sequential write speeds of up to 520 MB/s, dropping to 300 MB/s once the SLC cache is exhausted (the 250 GB version has a 12 GB SLC write cache). Peak sequential read speeds of 560 MB/s are achievable across the different capacities. The 250GB version has a 512 MB LPDDR4 DRAM cache. All capacities have a five year warranty, but as a testament to the enhanced reliability of this new technology, the warrantied terabytes written (TBW) has doubled from 75 TBW to 150 TBW for the 250 GB 860 Evo. [Jan '18 SSDrivePro]

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