Samsung

870 EVO 250GB

870 EVO 250GB
BENCHMARKS (79)
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -30%Read -18%, Write -4%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -128%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -51%, SusWrite 25%Peak Score -57%Read -24%, Write -19%, 4K Read -50%, 4K Write -214%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -80%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -76%DQ Read -121%, DQ Write -133%, DQ Mixed -106%, ADQ Read -118%, ADQ Write -102%, ADQ Mixed -78%, Age 154%, AS-SSD Total -106%

Average Bench: 74.7% (583^rd of 1072)

Based on 79 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO

Poor: 72%Average: 74.7% Great: 77%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 870 EVO 250GB averaged 25.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.9MB/s

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 870 EVO 250GB is just 4.67%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 870 EVO 250GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)

Rank 58374.7%

Min	Avg	Max
345	Read 386	407
345	Write 388	406
328	Mixed 366	383
359	SusWrite 370	377
85.2% 378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.5	4K Read 24.8	28.7
37	4K Write 38.4	39
28.4	4K Mixed 29.9	32.3
96.1% 31 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
140	DQ Read 150	166
130	DQ Write 143	154
139	DQ Mixed 146	161
110% 146 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free

Firmware: SVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 376 375 376 374 375 MB/s

76.1% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 381

SusWrite 377

89% 393 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 39.1

4K Mixed 30

97% 31.3 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 146

109% 145 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free

Firmware: SVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 376 376 377 372 366 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 407

Mixed 380

SusWrite 376

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 29.8

96% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 150

112% 149 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free

Firmware: SVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 372 376 375 374 376 MB/s

75.3% Very good

Write 404

Mixed 378

SusWrite 375

88% 389 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 29.6

96% 30.9 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 146

110% 145 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free

Firmware: SVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 375 363 353 351 346 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 379

SusWrite 364

88% 388 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 29.9

96% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 146

109% 146 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

211GB free

Firmware: SVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 349 378 348 329 346 MB/s

67.2% Good

Write 294

Mixed 292

SusWrite 355

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 26.2

86% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 150

112% 150 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 5%

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System: Asus K50ID

CPU
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	32x
Pentium T4500IntelBench 34%, 8,800 samples	9x
Core2 Duo T6670IntelBench 35%, 2,094 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 320MNvidiaBench 1%, 1,680 samples	79x

SSD
870 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 75%, 79 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	25x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $170

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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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870 EVO 250GB

Average Bench: 74.7% (583^rd of 1072)

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870 EVO 250GB

Average Bench: 74.7% (583rd of 1072)

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