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860 EVO 250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 86.2% (387th of 1072)

Based on 3,453 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250G
Poor: 41%Average: 86.2% Great: 122%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB averaged just 13.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 191MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 33.2MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB is 81.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 261MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 336MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,453 samples)
Rank 38786.2%
Min Avg Max
328 Read 445 520
130 Write 351 481
128 Mixed 336 455
70.8 SusWrite 261 371
78.1% 348 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 33.2 48
13.5 4K Write 70.1 126
4 4K Mixed 38.5 64.2
137% 47.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
56.1 DQ Read 251 390
51.6 DQ Write 220 352
17.8 DQ Mixed 191 365
155% 221 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 299 277 250 218 182 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 464
Write 304
Mixed 294
SusWrite 255
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 36.7
142% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 176
140% 196 MB/s
176GB free
Firmware: 3202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 398 400 300 294 294 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 340
Write 368
Mixed 328
SusWrite 348
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 32.7
107% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 172
128% 168 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 370 370 296 275 275 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 362
Write 367
Mixed 345
SusWrite 326
79% 350 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 29.6
96% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 186
137% 180 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 211 233 246 247 247 MB/s
69.9% Good
Read 341
Write 242
Mixed 236
SusWrite 228
59% 262 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 33.7
116% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 131
102% 139 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 386 375 302 292 291 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 369
Write 368
Mixed 352
SusWrite 340
81% 358 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 28.4
93% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 97.3
DQ Mixed 164
106% 122 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 247 247 244 242 244 MB/s
67.3% Good
Read 382
Write 230
Mixed 228
SusWrite 245
61% 271 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 19.8
95% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 170
135% 188 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 347 344 319 286 285 MB/s
63% Good
Read 319
Write 314
Mixed 305
SusWrite 321
71% 315 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 33.3
4K Mixed 25
79% 25.9 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 141
102% 132 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 0117
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 252 194 212 222 192 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 361
Write 384
Mixed 357
SusWrite 240
76% 335 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 40.3
4K Mixed 27.4
90% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 63.6
DQ Write 46.8
DQ Mixed 56.1
42% 55.5 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R - $210

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples627x
Core i7 930Intel  $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples405x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples217x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples148x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples102x
SSD
860 EVO 250G 250GBSamsungBench 86%, 3,453 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples342x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples331x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples224x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $369

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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