Samsung

850 EVO M.2 250GB

850 EVO M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed -429%Effective Speed -429%Average Score -593%Read -797%, Write -996%, 4K Read -120%, 4K Write -114%, Mixed -787%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite -1,229%Peak Score -760%Read -1,058%, Write -1,194%, 4K Read -299%, 4K Write -203%, Mixed -1,033%, 4K Mixed -240%, SusWrite -1,296%Value & Sentiment -647%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,258%Nice To Haves -450%DQ Read -501%, DQ Write -436%, DQ Mixed -475%, ADQ Read -390%, ADQ Write -316%, ADQ Mixed -376%, Age -609%, AS-SSD Total -500%

Average Bench: 102% (253^rd of 1080)

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 253102%

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.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 294 307 312 314 312 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 483

Mixed 398

SusWrite 325

96% 427 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 51.4

170% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 329

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 319

240% 320 MB/s

SAU-User, 3 days ago.

48GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 291 292 295 296 294 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 454

Mixed 392

SusWrite 306

91% 406 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 78.8

4K Mixed 49.6

165% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 345

263% 354 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

180GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 291 289 288 289 289 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 396

Mixed 354

SusWrite 302

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 78.3

4K Mixed 50.1

164% 55.7 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 331

248% 333 MB/s

SWE-User, 3 days ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 73 71 73 70 68 MB/s

92% Outstanding

Write 445

Mixed 375

SusWrite 109

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 73.8

4K Mixed 48.8

160% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 359

270% 361 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 97 69 66 65 70 MB/s

89.2% Excellent

Write 427

Mixed 385

SusWrite 116

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 81.7

4K Mixed 51.5

171% 57.9 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 212

159% 213 MB/s

PRT-User, 2 days ago.

95GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 272 243 208 186 163 MB/s

85.7% Excellent

Write 412

Mixed 345

SusWrite 238

80% 354 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 61.5

4K Mixed 38.8

126% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 337

252% 336 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,226x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	742x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,866x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,100x
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	343x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	257x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	156x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342

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Average Bench: 102% (253^rd of 1080)