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840 EVO 250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 90.7% (314th of 1072)

Based on 436 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsun SSD 840 EVO 250G
Poor: 74%Average: 90.7% Great: 106%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB averaged just 9.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 96.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 125MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 436 samples)
Rank 31490.7%
Min Avg Max
427 Read 489 512
271 Write 355 468
310 Mixed 344 371
48.2 SusWrite 125 287
73.1% 328 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.5 4K Read 40.8 48
45.5 4K Write 81.1 116
16 4K Mixed 30.1 57.1
143% 50.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41 DQ Read 295 380
76.3 DQ Write 219 345
18.4 DQ Mixed 96.7 236
116% 204 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 104 99 90 87 85 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 436
Mixed 349
SusWrite 130
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 55.8
188% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 228
206% 314 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 48 45 45 41 44 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 418
Write 406
Mixed 320
SusWrite 64.7
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 65.8
4K Mixed 38.9
131% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 238
207% 306 MB/s
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 28 44 34 32 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 331
Write 55.2
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 34
25% 117 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 8.3
4K Mixed 7.7
37% 10.4 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 18.6
DQ Mixed 29.3
42% 83.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,816,922 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 EVO 250G 250GB Builds (Compare 362 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) - $110

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples84x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples76x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples61x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples22x
SSD
840 EVO 250G 250GBSamsunBench 91%, 436 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples12x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $363

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $290Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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