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850 EVO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 79.4% (492nd of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
Poor: 55%Average: 79.4% Great: 98%

Good average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO 250GB averaged 20.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 122MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB is 43.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 196MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 321MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 49279.4%
Min Avg Max
25.5 Read 446 520
106 Write 351 440
19.2 Mixed 321 410
111 SusWrite 196 258
73.4% 328 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.7 4K Read 31.3 40.9
18.5 4K Write 67.4 102
10.5 4K Mixed 26.9 46.6
118% 41.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 DQ Read 225 321
15.2 DQ Write 213 336
10.9 DQ Mixed 122 231
118% 187 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
214GB free
Firmware: SAFC12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 352 137 170 169 137 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 454
Write 432
Mixed 345
SusWrite 234
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 32.5
121% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 200
185% 285 MB/s
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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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