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Samsung (ExtHD)

SSD 860 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 107% (5th of 639)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 2537 PID 1068 Model: Samsung SSD 860
Poor: 36%Average: 107% Great: 198%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SSD 860 250GB averaged 7.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SSD 860 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 26.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20.8MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SSD 860 250GB is 162%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SSD 860 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 5107%
Min Avg Max
29.3 Read 138 401
20.1 Write 112 396
27.3 Mixed 116 376
24.2 SusWrite 132 332
168% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.9 4K Read 16 23.6
5.2 4K Write 18.8 26
6.8 4K Mixed 16.6 24.5
1,263% 17.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 DQ Read 19.6 25.9
17.3 DQ Write 26.6 39.4
11.3 DQ Mixed 20.8 30.5
1,683% 22.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
31GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 309 307 307 307 307 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 401
Write 396
Mixed 376
SusWrite 319
505% 373 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 26
4K Mixed 24.5
1,805% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 38.5
DQ Mixed 27.9
2,351% 30.4 MB/s
40GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 316 315 314 302 297 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 316
Write 280
Mixed 300
SusWrite 303
408% 300 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 19.9
4K Mixed 16.2
1,295% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 25.5
DQ Write 38
DQ Mixed 30.5
2,424% 31.3 MB/s
79GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 210 212 222 225 226 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 241
Write 180
Mixed 230
SusWrite 217
292% 217 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 25.6
4K Mixed 23.3
1,743% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 24.5
DQ Write 33.7
DQ Mixed 27.8
2,183% 28.7 MB/s
56GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 136 132 127 176 304 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 298
Write 345
Mixed 298
SusWrite 201
389% 286 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 21.7
1,613% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 39.4
DQ Mixed 28.2
2,392% 30.8 MB/s
32GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 41.1
Write 38.2
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 42.1
55% 40.2 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 16.5
4K Mixed 15.1
1,128% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 15.4
DQ Write 17.9
DQ Mixed 16
1,210% 16.4 MB/s
225GB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 6.1 0 27 38 37 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 37.3
Write 20.1
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 24.2
39% 29.7 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 16.4
4K Mixed 14.5
1,103% 15 MB/s
DQ Read 15.2
DQ Write 17.3
DQ Mixed 16.2
1,196% 16.2 MB/s
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