Samsung

860 EVO 250GB

860 EVO 250GB
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Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average Score -12%Read 5%, Write -27%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 38%Peak Score -37%Read -4%, Write -37%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -48%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -23%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 14%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed -2%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 97.5% (266^th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB

Poor: 97%Average: 97.5% Great: 98%

Popular builds with this SSD

Alienware Aurora R6 (2)

Excellent average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 250GB averaged just 2.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 254MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 372MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 286MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 319MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 26697.5%

Min	Avg	Max
476	Read 482	488
284	Write 319	354
267	Mixed 286	304
404	SusWrite 408	413
83.7% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.5	4K Read 27.5	27.6
81.5	4K Write 81.9	82.4
32.1	4K Mixed 32.3	32.5
126% 47.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
362	DQ Read 372	380
287	DQ Write 289	291
253	DQ Mixed 254	255
211% 305 MB/s

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

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,335x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	454x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	461x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
860 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 97%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

Popular 860 EVO 250GB systems:

Alienware Aurora R6 (2)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung

860 EVO 250GB

Average Bench: 97.5% (266^th of 1072)

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860 EVO 250GB

Average Bench: 97.5% (266th of 1072)

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

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Average Bench: 97.5% (266^th of 1072)