Samsung

860 EVO 250GB

860 EVO 250GB
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Effective Speed +18% Effective Speed 18%Average Score +16% Read 6%, Write 10%, 4K Read 9%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 51%Peak Score +8% Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 25%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +13% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read 15%, ADQ Write 11%, ADQ Mixed 30%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 116% (195^th of 1072)

Based on 29 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB

Poor: 84%Average: 116% Great: 132%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 250GB averaged 16.2% higher 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 339MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 51.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 250GB is 48%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 417MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 483MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)

Rank 195116%

Min	Avg	Max
382	Read 483	516
130	Write 445	489
333	Mixed 417	467
327	SusWrite 447	485
101% 448 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.7	4K Read 37.3	47.6
51.6	4K Write 95.8	121
20.5	4K Mixed 51.8	64
174% 61.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
322	DQ Read 375	385
121	DQ Write 320	344
158	DQ Mixed 339	361
257% 345 MB/s

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 9%

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System: HP EliteBook 8770w

CPU
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	99x
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	92x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	81x

GPU
Quadro K3000MNvidiaBench 8%, 2,310 samples	294x
Quadro K4000MNvidiaBench 12%, 631 samples	95x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 7%, 733 samples	25x

SSD
860 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 116%, 29 samples	1x

RAM
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 48%, 14,177 samples	20x
EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x8GBElpidaBench 51%, 682 samples	11x
HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 53%, 361 samples	11x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $100

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860 EVO 250GB

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Average Bench: 116% (195th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 116% (195^th of 1072)