Average Bench: 105% (231st of 1072)

Based on 762,998 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 Evo 500GB averaged 5.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 Evo 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.9MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 Evo 500GB is 55%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 334MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 375MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 762,998 samples)
Min Avg Max
376 Read 480 516
195 Write 401 493
218 Mixed 375 467
158 SusWrite 334 446
89.2% 398 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 4K Read 36.1 46.8
50.7 4K Write 94.9 126
27.6 4K Mixed 47.9 63.7
166% 59.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
219 DQ Read 346 389
115 DQ Write 291 363
144 DQ Mixed 284 371
222% 307 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
156GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 482 482 483 418 279 MB/s
Read 512
Write 487
Mixed 455
SusWrite 437
106% 473 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 54.6
180% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 359
271% 363 MB/s
384GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 469 477 478 429 302 MB/s
Read 503
Write 478
Mixed 457
SusWrite 438
106% 469 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 92.4
4K Mixed 53.8
179% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 362
272% 365 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 328 324 325 319 323 MB/s
Read 515
Write 356
Mixed 321
SusWrite 329
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 47.1
177% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 252
222% 331 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 467 475 467 435 273 MB/s
Read 470
Write 475
Mixed 444
SusWrite 429
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 46.8
158% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 340 309 304 303 293 MB/s
Read 439
Write 418
Mixed 256
SusWrite 322
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 87.9
4K Mixed 42.9
148% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 287
216% 288 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 198 196 199 194 195 MB/s
Read 475
Write 270
Mixed 251
SusWrite 202
66% 299 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 36.3
138% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 216
187% 280 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 196 180 173 165 157 MB/s
Read 481
Write 186
Mixed 205
SusWrite 183
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 34.8
129% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 207
176% 263 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 119 94 89 84 MB/s
Read 411
Write 139
Mixed 147
SusWrite 97.8
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 27.5
104% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 156
138% 214 MB/s
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Typical 860 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 32,077 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 113%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $828

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 Comments

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer TLC V-NAND

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Good

3 months ago.

Ensure that the PC is being run in AHCI mode and not IDE/RAID. This drive will be blazing fast.


Poor

2 months ago.

My country it is triple the price then the normal 870


Terrible

17 months ago.

c'est celui que j'ai il est PARFAIT


Poor

17 months ago.

Super super faster! I think it's the best sata 3 ssd in the world!!


Disliked

1 month ago.

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Liked

3 years ago.

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Poor

15 months ago.

An excellent SSD for most users, which don't require high speed sustained workloads that fully saturate the SATA III bus or the 22 GB SLC cache. Great value too, if you can get it for $70 or lower. If the price is close to a similarly sized 970 Evo (Plus) (not more than 40% difference), definitely get the NVMe instead.


Good

3 years ago.

Very good experience, nice program for migration


Excellent

5 years ago.

Insane value for money.


Excellent

5 years ago.

Good :)


Good

5 years ago.

I bought this last Christmas (2018) for $105 brand new. Only a few months later and the price dropped over $30. I've never had any problems with the SSD, but if you have an M.2 slot on your motherboard, well the SATA SSD becomes primitive. M.2 SSD's are relatively the same price as SATA SSD's now and days.


Excellent

4 years ago.

SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs like this are still fantastically priced for the near unnecessary performance you can get out of this for almost all use cases.


Excellent

3 years ago.

With the extremely small price tag this thing is absolutely astounding. I got this for Christmas and it made my boot times so much faster


Excellent

3 years ago.

Best non-M.2 SSD I've ever used.


Average

4 years ago.

average, it works better than my brain


Excellent

2 years ago.

Real Fast


Excellent

5 years ago.

Excellent


Excellent

4 years ago.

This was way better than the SSD that ASUS originally put in my laptop. Also, a great buy when I got it.


Average

4 years ago.

Its from Samsung.Booooooo!


Excellent

5 years ago.

I buy one and its a very good option for hight performances... windows starts so fast


Excellent

3 years ago.

Perfect x Perfect


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