Samsung

870EVO 500G 500GB

870EVO 500G 500GB
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Effective Speed -66%Effective Speed -66%Average Score -65%Read -15%, Write -30%, 4K Read -50%, 4K Write -75%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed -222%, SusWrite -33%Peak Score -35%Read -5%, Write -25%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -128%, SusWrite -14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -89%DQ Read -138%, DQ Write -54%, DQ Mixed -188%, ADQ Read -197%, ADQ Write -58%, ADQ Mixed -426%, Age 422%, AS-SSD Total -70%

Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 870EVO 500G

Poor: 53%Average: 59.1% Great: 67%

Popular builds with this SSD

Average average bench

The Samsung 870EVO 500G 500GB averaged 40.8% 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 Read Speed 22.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 183MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 870EVO 500G 500GB is just 13.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 870EVO 500G 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 110MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 223MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 81259.1%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 396	481
70.5	Write 312	387
28.1	Mixed 269	360
13.4	SusWrite 223	340
67.2% 300 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.7	4K Read 22.9	36.9
23.7	4K Write 50	87.7
4.7	4K Mixed 14	25.6
79.1% 29 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
63	DQ Read 110	154
17.7	DQ Write 183	232
9.3	DQ Mixed 49.5	115
64.8% 114 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 6 months ago.

372GB free

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 375 360 398 163 112 MB/s

77.2% Very good

Write 364

Mixed 360

SusWrite 299

84% 376 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 87.7

4K Mixed 10.4

116% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 11.3

52% 114 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

431GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 344 351 345 346 343 MB/s

66.8% Good

Write 362

Mixed 321

SusWrite 340

82% 364 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 56.1

4K Mixed 8.4

74% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 152

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 13.4

54% 119 MB/s

PHL-User, 4 months ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 350 351 379 17 252 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 336

Mixed 255

SusWrite 280

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 38.6

4K Mixed 6.9

74% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 168

DQ Mixed 9.3

48% 109 MB/s

PHL-User, 5 months ago.

303GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 350 320 319 326 43 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 387

Mixed 342

SusWrite 274

82% 364 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 9.4

67% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 10.4

46% 102 MB/s

PHL-User, 6 months ago.

175GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 219 284 358 340 365 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 308

Mixed 230

SusWrite 295

71% 320 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 35.3

4K Mixed 6.4

60% 21.3 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 10.7

52% 116 MB/s

PHL-User, 6 months ago.

166GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2705B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 288 342 386 348 248 MB/s

57.4% Above average

Write 348

Mixed 271

SusWrite 292

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 37.6

4K Mixed 4.7

62% 22 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 10.6

44% 96.7 MB/s

PHL-User, 6 months ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8301c70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 322 170 15 9.1 8.3 MB/s

56.9% Above average

Write 329

Mixed 294

SusWrite 142

63% 282 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 48.4

4K Mixed 25

86% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 78.2

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 114

99% 142 MB/s

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Typical 870EVO 500G 500GB Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 10GRA01CPC

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	32x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	18x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x

SSD
870EVO 500G 500GBSamsungBench 59%, 11 samples	4x

RAM
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,085 samples	23x
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,881 samples	4x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	1x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $67

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung

870EVO 500G 500GB

Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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870EVO 500G 500GB

Average Bench: 59.1% (812th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)