Samsung MZ-76E250B

860 Evo 250GB

▲ 860 Evo 250GB
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Effective Speed +7% Effective Speed 7%Average Score +6% Read 4%, Write -2%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite -8%Peak Score +10% Read 3%, Write 2%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment +79% User Rating 2%, Market Share 186%, Price 84%, Value 43%Nice To Haves +18% DQ Read 7%, DQ Write 3%, DQ Mixed 35%, ADQ Read 9%, ADQ Write 2%, ADQ Mixed 26%, Age 61%, AS-SSD Total 6%

860 Evo 250GB

Average Bench: 101% (236^th of 1053)

Based on 209,010 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB

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]}

Poor: 69%Average: 101% Great: 128%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 Evo 250GB averaged 1.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 Evo 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 Evo 250GB is 58.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 Evo 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 289MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 370MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 209,010 samples)

Rank 236101%

Min	Avg	Max
370	Read 475	516
172	Write 390	492
211	Mixed 370	465
138	SusWrite 289	385
85.4% 381 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.3	4K Read 37.6	49.4
42.3	4K Write 89	122
24.7	4K Mixed 47.2	65.6
165% 57.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
121	DQ Read 340	389
101	DQ Write 283	362
57.3	DQ Mixed 273	371
215% 298 MB/s

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

ESP-User, 1 min ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 306 304 305 308 306 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 444

SusWrite 309

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 95.6

4K Mixed 43.7

175% 61.4 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 248

213% 313 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 min ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 168 155 155 226 296 MB/s

81.6% Excellent

Write 97.6

Mixed 229

SusWrite 196

55% 250 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 80.4

4K Mixed 31

123% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 203

175% 263 MB/s

ITA-User, 7 mins ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT04B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 286 286 275 303 268 MB/s

78.4% Very good

Write 117

Mixed 164

SusWrite 276

56% 256 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 67.9

4K Mixed 22.3

108% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 185

152% 224 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 762,656 samples	18,000x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $276Bench 82%, 412,984 samples	11,436x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $330Bench 87%, 468,205 samples	9,616x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 385,314 samples	6,010x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 316,461 samples	5,614x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 374,481 samples	5,236x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $50Bench 101%, 209,010 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $110Bench 85%, 200,587 samples	6,108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 84%, 440,338 samples	5,896x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 81%, 479,768 samples	4,113x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,005

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Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer TLC V-NAND

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10400F $149	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $325	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-76E250B

860 Evo 250GB

Average Bench: 101% (236th of 1053)

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