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850 PRO 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 109% (219th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
Poor: 89%Average: 109% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 PRO 256GB averaged 9.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 PRO 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 251MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 PRO 256GB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 PRO 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 296MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 420MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 219109%
Min Avg Max
405 Read 486 521
404 Write 470 505
323 Mixed 420 515
183 SusWrite 296 333
93.9% 418 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 4K Read 40 49.2
47.9 4K Write 97.9 131
25.4 4K Mixed 50.3 66.5
177% 62.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.1 DQ Read 305 385
79.6 DQ Write 293 351
15.3 DQ Mixed 251 361
202% 283 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
40GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 308 299 301 304 279 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 424
Mixed 380
SusWrite 298
88% 389 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 85.6
4K Mixed 49.7
165% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 352
265% 354 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 298 300 300 300 300 MB/s
93% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 410
Mixed 370
SusWrite 314
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 63.7
4K Mixed 41.2
128% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 349
264% 354 MB/s
214GB free
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 290 293 288 296 297 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 417
Write 379
Mixed 378
SusWrite 292
82% 367 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 33
113% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 183
144% 206 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,563 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 PRO 256GB Builds (Compare 7,247 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370P D3 - $190

CPU
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,303x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples1,301x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,266x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples754x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples520x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples507x
SSD
850 PRO 256GBSamsungBench 109%, 50 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples341x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples142x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $522

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 Best User Rated
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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