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860 PRO 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 107% (226th of 1074)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860 PRO 256GB
Poor: 85%Average: 107% Great: 121%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 PRO 256GB averaged 7.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 PRO 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 309MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 PRO 256GB is 35.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 PRO 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 358MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 399MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 226107%
Min Avg Max
442 Read 492 518
156 Write 412 488
226 Mixed 399 458
245 SusWrite 358 448
93.3% 415 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.3 4K Read 37 42.7
40 4K Write 85.1 120
32.1 4K Mixed 48.2 59.6
163% 56.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
351 DQ Read 376 384
105 DQ Write 298 344
173 DQ Mixed 309 359
239% 328 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 383 383 384 384 378 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 513
Write 485
Mixed 437
SusWrite 397
103% 458 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 56.9
186% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 354
266% 356 MB/s
183GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 381 383 383 382 383 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 487
Mixed 451
SusWrite 397
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 56.7
186% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 352
265% 354 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 281 252 251 247 239 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 478
Mixed 458
SusWrite 286
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 74.4
4K Mixed 47.9
156% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 355
268% 358 MB/s
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 274 192 181 221 304 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 479
Write 156
Mixed 226
SusWrite 245
61% 277 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 74.8
4K Mixed 32.4
126% 45.5 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 223
183% 265 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,919,159 SSDs tested

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Typical 860 PRO 256GB Builds (Compare 313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 101%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7-OP

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples178x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples45x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples44x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $383Bench 124%, 316,424 samples26x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples25x
SSD
860 PRO 256GBSamsungBench 107%, 10 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples24x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples23x
AR32C16S8K2SU416R 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 3,827 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $782

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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