Samsung

860 EVO M.2 250GB

860 EVO M.2 250GB
BENCHMARKS (10,153)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(1)

Effective Speed +6% Effective Speed 6%Average User Bench +5% Read 5%, Write -4%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 0%Peak Lab Bench +8% Read 3%, Write 1%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 12%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment -230%User Rating -41%, Market Share -419%Nice To Haves +20% DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed 15%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed 8%, Age 121%, AS-SSD Total 5%

Average Bench: 105% (194^th of 1016)

Based on 10,153 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB

Poor: 77%Average: 105% Great: 127%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB averaged 4.6% 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 273MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB is 50%. 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 302MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 377MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,153 samples)

Rank 194105%

Min	Avg	Max
395	Read 481	517
246	Write 398	491
228	Mixed 377	465
166	SusWrite 302	374
87.4% 390 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 38.5	49.9
57.2	4K Write 95.6	129
24.6	4K Mixed 48.9	66.7
172% 61 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
206	DQ Read 331	388
162	DQ Write 290	356
148	DQ Mixed 273	367
215% 298 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 9 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT23B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 350 353 353 351 353 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 413

SusWrite 360

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 66.4

217% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 362

273% 365 MB/s

RUS-User, 7 hrs ago.

138GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 311 311 312 312 314 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 463

Mixed 437

SusWrite 317

96% 429 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 63.7

215% 75.4 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 355

268% 358 MB/s

ITA-User, 48 mins ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

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

103% Outstanding

Write 318

Mixed 311

SusWrite 307

80% 361 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 40.6

159% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 249

214% 316 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 297 298 297 296 292 MB/s

96.2% Outstanding

Write 312

Mixed 288

SusWrite 297

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 40.8

138% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 244

210% 310 MB/s

RUS-User, 9 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 262 275 296 292 292 MB/s

53.8% Above average

Write 292

Mixed 206

SusWrite 282

64% 283 MB/s

4K Read 10.8

4K Write 35

4K Mixed 19.4

60% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 80.3

DQ Write 82.3

DQ Mixed 74.5

58% 79 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 33%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 57%, 203,353 samples	8,516x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 53%, 33,374 samples	2,955x
Bench 52%, 13,016 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 134,150 samples	6,994x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 18%, 50,842 samples	4,461x
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 32%, 32,659 samples	14x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 105%, 10,153 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 48,428 samples	2,089x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,060 samples	815x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 21,592 samples	709x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860 EVO M.2 250GB

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Average Bench: 105% (194th of 1016)

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