Samsung

860 EVO M.2 250GB

860 EVO M.2 250GB
BENCHMARKS (7,804)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Effective Speed -0%Effective Speed -0%Average User Bench -1%Read 1%, Write -7%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -5%Peak Lab Bench +3% Read 1%, Write 0%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment -356%User Rating -68%, Market Share -644%Nice To Haves +20% DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 153%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 103% (196^th of 1011)

Based on 7,804 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB

Poor: 75%Average: 103% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB averaged 3.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 274MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB is 51%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 303MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 372MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,804 samples)

Rank 196103%

Min	Avg	Max
381	Read 474	516
238	Write 391	489
238	Mixed 372	461
189	SusWrite 303	370
86.3% 385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.8	4K Read 37.8	49.9
53.3	4K Write 93.6	127
25.8	4K Mixed 48	66.6
168% 59.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
202	DQ Read 330	388
162	DQ Write 289	348
155	DQ Mixed 274	363
215% 298 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 6 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 300 312 313 300 302 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 490

Mixed 463

SusWrite 301

99% 442 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 67.7

231% 81.6 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 354

267% 357 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 307 307 307 306 308 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 453

SusWrite 307

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 62.4

211% 74.5 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 362

273% 366 MB/s

NZL-User, 9 hrs ago.

82GB free

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 315 315 315 315 315 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 456

SusWrite 333

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 93.8

4K Mixed 58.4

194% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 362

DQ Mixed 370

279% 373 MB/s

ESP-User, 10 hrs ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 224 223 219 216 211 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 462

SusWrite 227

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 58.1

200% 70.2 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 360

272% 364 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT23B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 298 300 300 275 299 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 303

Mixed 288

SusWrite 295

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 42.5

175% 66.9 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 240

207% 308 MB/s

IND-User, 4 hrs ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 301 302 300 293 290 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 416

Mixed 402

SusWrite 304

90% 401 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 48.1

161% 55.7 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 337

254% 341 MB/s

AUS-User, 11 hrs ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT23B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 236 233 235 231 229 MB/s

90.2% Outstanding

Write 268

Mixed 277

SusWrite 234

70% 317 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 76.5

4K Mixed 34.9

135% 48.1 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 243

208% 308 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 33%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 54%, 196,750 samples	7,820x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 48%, 31,961 samples	2,720x
Bench 47%, 11,592 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 126,071 samples	6,446x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 48,932 samples	4,078x
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 28%, 29,031 samples	14x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 7,804 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 42,170 samples	1,945x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 1,006 samples	763x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6P1 1x8GBUnknownBench 29%, 953 samples	649x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia RTX 2060 $344	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

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860 EVO M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 103% (196^th of 1011)

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860 EVO M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 103% (196th of 1011)

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