Samsung

860 EVO M.2 500GB

860 EVO M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average Score +2% Read 5%, Write -7%, 4K Read -0%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score +6% Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment -93%User Rating -14%, Market Share -173%Nice To Haves +5% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 2%, Age 26%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 101% (250^th of 1072)

Based on 35,237 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB

Poor: 74%Average: 101% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB averaged 1.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 265MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.7MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB is 52.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 358MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,237 samples)

Rank 250101%

Min	Avg	Max
395	Read 479	516
186	Write 380	489
214	Mixed 358	463
165	SusWrite 319	439
86.1% 384 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 34.3	45.6
51.5	4K Write 93.9	126
25.5	4K Mixed 44.7	63.2
159% 57.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
224	DQ Read 334	387
130	DQ Write 282	348
137	DQ Mixed 265	363
210% 294 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

172GB free

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 475 474 475 416 332 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 476

Mixed 418

SusWrite 439

103% 458 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 91.8

4K Mixed 58.9

194% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 354

267% 357 MB/s

POL-User, 13 hrs ago.

296GB free

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 447 438 453 447 280 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 453

SusWrite 419

103% 459 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 99.3

4K Mixed 56.4

188% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 245

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 218

164% 220 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

134GB free

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 433 440 452 450 265 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 483

Mixed 461

SusWrite 408

105% 464 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 86.4

4K Mixed 50.7

168% 58.3 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 355

268% 358 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

119GB free

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 404 395 359 361 364 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 383

SusWrite 384

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 40.8

133% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 333

251% 337 MB/s

SWE-User, 7 hrs ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 288 285 285 280 278 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 289

Mixed 297

SusWrite 285

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 36

135% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 213

178% 257 MB/s

ITA-User, 1 day ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 167 155 155 151 151 MB/s

83.7% Excellent

Write 446

Mixed 439

SusWrite 164

87% 387 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 51.2

4K Mixed 40.3

134% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 221

175% 250 MB/s

IND-User, 6 hrs ago.

330GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 276 283 232 273 280 MB/s

64.1% Good

Write 297

Mixed 274

SusWrite 270

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 14.3

67% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 209

171% 244 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,191x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	732x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,832x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,089x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples	86x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	335x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	252x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	155x

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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

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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860 EVO M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 101% (250^th of 1072)

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