Samsung

850 EVO M.2 250GB

850 EVO M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed +4% Effective Speed 4%Average Score +3% Read 1%, Write 4%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score +1% Read 0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite -18%Value & Sentiment -172%User Rating -14%, Market Share -331%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write 5%, ADQ Mixed 20%, Age -15%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 102% (245^th of 1072)

Based on 28,058 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB

Poor: 73%Average: 102% Great: 122%

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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 313MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 51.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB is 49.7%. 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 239MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 359MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28,058 samples)

Rank 245102%

Min	Avg	Max
373	Read 462	509
259	Write 421	490
238	Mixed 359	408
113	SusWrite 239	327
83% 370 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24	4K Read 39.1	47.9
51.7	4K Write 95.7	125
30	4K Mixed 51.7	64.4
176% 62.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
241	DQ Read 349	386
172	DQ Write 303	354
171	DQ Mixed 313	364
238% 322 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 282 286 286 286 285 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 356

SusWrite 303

91% 408 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 97.8

4K Mixed 56

185% 64.8 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 353

266% 356 MB/s

BEL-User, 2 days ago.

138GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 314 315 317 317 318 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 454

Mixed 389

SusWrite 331

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 91

4K Mixed 55.9

186% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 204

154% 206 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 days ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 84 84 81 84 82 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 397

SusWrite 120

84% 376 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 55.3

186% 65.1 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 359

271% 364 MB/s

DNK-User, 5 days ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 133 127 127 126 125 MB/s

90.4% Outstanding

Write 411

Mixed 367

SusWrite 158

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 69.7

4K Mixed 45.1

147% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 340

261% 355 MB/s

AUS-User, 21 hrs ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 166 165 153 157 152 MB/s

85% Excellent

Write 421

Mixed 324

SusWrite 182

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 62.4

4K Mixed 40.7

132% 44.8 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 351

264% 353 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,188x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	732x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,829x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,089x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	334x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	252x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	155x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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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