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840 EVO 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 83.6% (431st of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Poor: 49%Average: 83.6% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 840 EVO 250GB averaged just 16.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB is 56.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 43183.6%
Min Avg Max
349 Read 474 506
36.6 Write 310 488
84.2 Mixed 270 397
58.7 SusWrite 146 190
66.6% 300 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.8 4K Read 36 47
29.7 4K Write 81.9 114
3.68 4K Mixed 33.4 55
141% 50.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.7 DQ Read 317 380
84.1 DQ Write 246 347
5.26 DQ Mixed 110 181
129% 225 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
101GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 143 142 142 142 141 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 383
Mixed 397
SusWrite 169
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 49.8
177% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 167
178% 294 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 142 141 142 142 141 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 454
Mixed 393
SusWrite 176
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 90.7
4K Mixed 48.3
168% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 177
181% 296 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 133 140 143 145 142 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 482
Mixed 344
SusWrite 162
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 47.2
167% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 173
180% 297 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 143 142 142 142 142 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 376
Mixed 358
SusWrite 176
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 84
4K Mixed 48
166% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 176
181% 295 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,741,981 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 EVO 250GB Builds (Compare 935 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples366x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples223x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples111x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples99x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples69x
SSD
840 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 84%, 20 samples1x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples28x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $135

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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