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Samsung SSD 860 250GB

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Effective Speed -647%Effective Speed -647%Average Score -655%Read -871%, Write -1,062%, 4K Read -284%, 4K Write -321%, Mixed -735%, 4K Mixed -292%, SusWrite -1,018%Peak Score -836%Read -1,115%, Write -1,277%, 4K Read -503%, 4K Write -440%, Mixed -928%, 4K Mixed -468%, SusWrite -1,121%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -896%DQ Read -1,580%, DQ Write -426%, DQ Mixed -1,072%, ADQ Read -1,514%, ADQ Write -380%, ADQ Mixed -1,051%, Age -306%, AS-SSD Total -838%

Average Bench: 73% (619^th of 1080)

Based on 70 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 860

Poor: 49%Average: 73% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 250GB averaged 26.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 129MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 262MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 250GB is 40.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 106MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 282MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 70 samples)

Rank 61973%

Min	Avg	Max
348	Read 432	488
239	Write 401	467
240	Mixed 387	454
118	SusWrite 282	375
84.4% 375 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.7	4K Read 23.1	31.8
25.8	4K Write 49.2	70.1
8.05	4K Mixed 28.2	38.5
97.2% 33.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.8	DQ Read 106	138
117	DQ Write 262	361
35.7	DQ Mixed 129	179
114% 165 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 15 months ago.

92GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 457 401 266 266 266 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 461

Mixed 440

SusWrite 353

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 50.2

4K Mixed 31.6

103% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 98.6

DQ Write 358

DQ Mixed 160

142% 206 MB/s

FIN-User, 15 months ago.

92GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 204 199 196 199 204 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 459

Mixed 444

SusWrite 191

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 52.7

4K Mixed 32.9

106% 36.4 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 165

144% 207 MB/s

RUS-User, 15 months ago.

141GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 135 126 122 131 133 MB/s

67.3% Good

Write 459

Mixed 441

SusWrite 129

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 28.8

94% 31.3 MB/s

DQ Read 133

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 173

149% 213 MB/s

FIN-User, 20 months ago.

24GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 188 171 179 184 187 MB/s

64.9% Good

Write 402

Mixed 352

SusWrite 179

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 46.8

4K Mixed 26

87% 30.7 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 160

140% 201 MB/s

POL-User, 19 months ago.

44GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 150 135 87 101 86 MB/s

63.2% Good

Write 454

Mixed 423

SusWrite 124

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 44.5

4K Mixed 27.6

90% 30.9 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 168

142% 201 MB/s

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 200%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER - $276

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $227Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,204x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $358Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	895x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $315Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	890x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	623x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	540x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,350Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	504x

SSD
Samsung SSD 860 250GBAmd-raidBench 73%, 70 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	295x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples	163x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 29,515 samples	95x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,233

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Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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Average Bench: 73% (619^th of 1080)