Samsung

860 EVO M.2 250GB

860 EVO M.2 250GB
BENCHMARKS (8,792)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +4% Effective Speed 4%Average User Bench +2% Read 4%, Write -7%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite -1%Peak Lab Bench +6% Read 3%, Write 1%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 0%, Mixed 12%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment -260%User Rating -41%, Market Share -480%Nice To Haves +19% DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 14%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed 3%, Age 126%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 103% (198^th of 1011)

Based on 8,792 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB

Poor: 76%Average: 103% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB averaged 2.5% 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 263MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB is 49.3%. 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 294MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,792 samples)

Rank 198103%

Min	Avg	Max
384	Read 476	516
218	Write 387	489
225	Mixed 368	464
171	SusWrite 294	370
85.5% 381 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 37.7	49.7
59.5	4K Write 95	125
25.5	4K Mixed 47.2	65.6
168% 60 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
204	DQ Read 327	388
162	DQ Write 284	348
142	DQ Mixed 263	363
209% 291 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ESP-User, 4 hrs ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 285 290 296 296 292 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 421

Mixed 407

SusWrite 310

89% 394 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 63.9

218% 76.9 MB/s

DQ Read 353

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 317

241% 326 MB/s

DEU-User, 18 mins ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 310 308 308 303 302 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 462

SusWrite 312

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 62

206% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 314

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 303

228% 304 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 273 240 174 136 122 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 467

Mixed 449

SusWrite 198

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 43.1

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 54

180% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 294

221% 293 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 hrs ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 189 217 213 212 208 MB/s

98.4% Outstanding

Write 220

Mixed 250

SusWrite 212

65% 294 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 39.2

174% 67.7 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 209

180% 270 MB/s

POL-User, 2 hrs ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 261 260 264 264 261 MB/s

96.6% Outstanding

Write 271

Mixed 273

SusWrite 264

73% 329 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 98.6

4K Mixed 40

158% 58.1 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 214

177% 253 MB/s

ROU-User, 7 hrs ago.

213GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 385 391 251 173 265 MB/s

67.2% Good

Write 322

Mixed 247

SusWrite 301

64% 285 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 27.6

83% 28.4 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 261

196% 262 MB/s

SGP-User, 8 hrs ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT23B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 328 331 302 348 287 MB/s

64.7% Good

Write 335

Mixed 254

SusWrite 320

74% 328 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 14

4K Mixed 22.2

61% 17.6 MB/s

DQ Read 248

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 193

150% 208 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 33%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 57%, 195,484 samples	8,138x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 53%, 30,620 samples	2,818x
Bench 51%, 12,089 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 123,202 samples	6,692x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 17%, 51,382 samples	4,248x
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 32%, 28,527 samples	14x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 8,792 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 40,208 samples	2,004x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,036 samples	789x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6P1 1x8GBUnknownBench 29%, 981 samples	677x

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

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860 EVO M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 103% (198^th of 1011)

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860 EVO M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 103% (198th of 1011)

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