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860 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 88.5% (352nd of 1072)

Based on 2,934 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860
Poor: 60%Average: 88.5% Great: 118%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 500GB averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 189MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 500GB is 58%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 321MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 209MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,934 samples)
Rank 35288.5%
Min Avg Max
371 Read 451 506
194 Write 389 482
221 Mixed 369 451
166 SusWrite 321 434
86% 383 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 30 43.4
32.7 4K Write 71.2 109
19.9 4K Mixed 37.3 58
131% 46.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
71.9 DQ Read 209 386
95.4 DQ Write 259 362
67.5 DQ Mixed 189 361
155% 219 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 249 254 253 250 253 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 478
Mixed 463
SusWrite 254
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 44.9
148% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 316
254% 356 MB/s
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 361 360 355 358 355 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 424
Write 355
Mixed 315
SusWrite 358
82% 363 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 32.8
147% 59.5 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 248
209% 305 MB/s
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 320 315 318 309 307 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 324
Mixed 287
SusWrite 314
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 35.8
133% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 251
214% 315 MB/s
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 302 302 294 298 300 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 494
Write 303
Mixed 299
SusWrite 295
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 35.3
114% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 252
212% 310 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 177 173 171 177 178 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 334
Write 305
Mixed 332
SusWrite 192
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 43.3
137% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 291
219% 293 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples65x
SSD
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples56x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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