Samsung

860-120GB 120GB

860-120GB 120GB
BENCHMARKS (4)
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -52%Read -10%, Write -54%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -175%, SusWrite -43%Peak Score -49%Read -15%, Write -44%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -122%, SusWrite -41%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -289%DQ Read -300%, DQ Write -23%, DQ Mixed -734%, ADQ Read -376%, ADQ Write -40%, ADQ Mixed -916%, Age 163%, AS-SSD Total -84%

Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG 860-120GB

Poor: 44%Average: 65.8% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung 860-120GB 120GB averaged 34.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 82.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.5MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 68.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 25.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 73365.8%

Min	Avg	Max
361	Read 414	440
88.4	Write 264	337
97.1	Mixed 243	308
45.4	SusWrite 207	275
62.8% 282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.5	4K Read 26.5	29.4
75.6	4K Write 82.4	90.5
0.4	4K Mixed 16.4	26.3
105% 41.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.2	DQ Read 68.6	91.8
174	DQ Write 206	291
13.1	DQ Mixed 25.6	39.7
51.9% 100 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0511A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 270 262 263 273 273 MB/s

78.8% Very good

Write 296

Mixed 308

SusWrite 269

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 84

4K Mixed 26.3

123% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 73.9

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 39.7

72% 135 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 years ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1125A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 287 360 248 75 118 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 337

Mixed 295

SusWrite 237

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 90.5

4K Mixed 20.3

113% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 91.8

DQ Write 175

DQ Mixed 25.3

50% 97.5 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 years ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1125A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 351 361 362 178 85 MB/s

70% Very good

Write 334

Mixed 271

SusWrite 275

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 18.8

102% 40.6 MB/s

DQ Read 75.6

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 24.4

49% 95.2 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0511A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 10 62 52 16 63 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 88.4

Mixed 97.1

SusWrite 45.4

32% 148 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 75.6

4K Mixed 0.4

82% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 33.2

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 13.1

37% 73.3 MB/s

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Typical 860-120GB 120GB Builds (Compare 3,658 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

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System: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 TWR

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	842x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	762x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	750x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1,199x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	368x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	247x

SSD
860-120GB 120GBSamsungBench 66%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	53x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	46x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 55%, 9,947 samples	44x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $203

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860-120GB 120GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1072)

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860-120GB 120GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (733rd of 1072)

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