Samsung

850 EVO M.2 250GB

850 EVO M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed +4% Effective Speed 4%Average Score +4% Read 6%, Write 1%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score +6% Read 2%, Write -3%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read -18%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -36%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 102% (245^th of 1071)

Based on 69 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB

Poor: 78%Average: 102% Great: 124%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB averaged 2.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 192MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB is 45.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 69 samples)

Rank 245102%

Min	Avg	Max
384	Read 484	519
354	Write 411	473
318	Mixed 385	420
177	SusWrite 332	453
90.5% 403 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.4	4K Read 38.7	48.7
38.1	4K Write 83	124
21.9	4K Mixed 43.8	63.8
159% 55.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39.5	DQ Read 277	384
68.5	DQ Write 254	345
21.8	DQ Mixed 192	360
164% 241 MB/s

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USA-User, 9 months ago.

359GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 468 411 460 464 484 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 424

Mixed 400

SusWrite 443

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 97.2

4K Mixed 57.1

189% 65.5 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 345

DQ Mixed 361

271% 363 MB/s

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-1795

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	831x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	96x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	69x

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HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	582x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	335x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	58x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 69 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	167x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	156x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	80x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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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850 EVO M.2 250GB

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850 EVO M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 102% (245th of 1071)

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