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▲ 53126 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Memory: SanDisk 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

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▲ 53213 ▼

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer MLC V-NAND. Release date: Q1 2018.

Effective Speed 
+13%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 56,007 user samples
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Best Bench: 117% 442GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 145GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 117%
SPEED RANK: 272nd / 1074
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Best Bench: 131% 228GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 69GB free (System drive)
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
SPEED RANK: 222nd / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		96.7 % 109 % Faster effective speed.
+13%
Average Score 
+17%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		455 MB/s 474 MB/s +4%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		395 MB/s 419 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+6%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		31.8 MB/s 37.7 MB/s Faster random read.
+19%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		80.1 MB/s 93.3 MB/s Faster random write.
+16%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		284 MB/s 398 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+40%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		39.9 MB/s 48.3 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+21%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		342 MB/s 388 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+13%
Peak Score 
+9%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		511 MB/s 515 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		484 MB/s 488 MB/s +1%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		40.5 MB/s 45.9 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+13%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		119 MB/s 128 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+8%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		395 MB/s 448 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+13%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		53.7 MB/s 61 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+14%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		418 MB/s 487 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+17%
Value & Sentiment 
+27%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.04 % 0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		28.4 % Hugely better value.
+83% 		15.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$67 Cheaper.
+26% 		$90
Nice To Haves 
+11%
Age
Newest 		81+ Months 76 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		380 MB/s 389 MB/s +2%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		339 MB/s 361 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,233 Pts 1289 Pts +5%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		288 MB/s 367 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+27%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		339 MB/s 343 MB/s +1%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		280 MB/s 296 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+6%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		235 MB/s 309 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+31%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 256GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 96.7%
Average Bench 109%
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A good budget SSD. Fast enough read/write speeds, and 500GB is just about enough for a few games. In 2023 though, with how much prices have dropped (These used to retail for about $50, and now they're down to like $30), a 1TB WD Blue SSD isn't too much more (about $50 now), and doubles your storage.  [Sep '23 Building_It]

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The 860 Pro is Samsung’s latest consumer-grade SATA SSD flagship, superseding the popular, but now three years old, 850 Pro. Like the 850 Pro, the 860 Pro is based on Samsung’s proprietary and revolutionary (at the time), MLC V-NAND (3D). A 10% price premium over the 256 GB 850 Pro will purchase the 256 GB 860 Pro which has an impressive 16% faster effective speed. This is achieved via an updated controller (MJX) and 64 layers of V-NAND (versus 32 layers per the 850 Pro). The 860 Pro has sequential speeds of up to 540 MB/s which almost completely saturate its SATA 3.0 interface. These peak levels of performance are slightly higher, but still comparable to the peak performance of the 860 Evo before its SLC write cache (12 GB on the 250 GB Evo) is saturated, making the 860 Evo (at around 30% cheaper) a more economical choice for users who rarely write more than 12 GB at a time. There are also reliability improvements compared to the 850 generation with Samsung now offering a warranty of 300 TBW (terabytes written) for the 256 GB 860 Pro, compared to 150 TBW for the 256 GB 850 Pro. Thanks to higher density NAND, the 860 Pro is also available in a 4 TB variant, whereas previously 2 TB was the largest capacity for a Samsung SATA MLC SSD.  [Feb '18 SSDrivePro]

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