Samsung

860 EVO M.2 500GB

860 EVO M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (35,237)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average Score +2% Read 5%, Write -7%, 4K Read -0%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score +6% Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment -83%User Rating -14%, Market Share -152%Nice To Haves +5% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 2%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 101% (250^th of 1072)

Based on 35,237 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB

Poor: 74%Average: 101% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB averaged 1.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 265MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.7MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB is 52.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 358MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,237 samples)

Rank 250101%

Min	Avg	Max
395	Read 479	516
186	Write 380	489
214	Mixed 358	463
165	SusWrite 319	439
86.1% 384 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 34.3	45.6
51.5	4K Write 93.9	126
25.5	4K Mixed 44.7	63.2
159% 57.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
224	DQ Read 334	387
130	DQ Write 282	348
137	DQ Mixed 265	363
210% 294 MB/s

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

ESP-User, 22 hrs ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 323 370 370 370 368 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 452

SusWrite 345

100% 446 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 91.2

4K Mixed 55.4

183% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 357

268% 359 MB/s

PRT-User, 3 hrs ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 361 362 367 325 166 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 440

SusWrite 328

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 54.8

178% 60.7 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 291

217% 287 MB/s

MLT-User, 1 hr ago.

435GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 403 391 344 338 337 MB/s

92.9% Outstanding

Write 352

Mixed 334

SusWrite 371

80% 354 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 59.9

4K Mixed 40.2

130% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 340

256% 341 MB/s

EGY-User, 1 day ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT23B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 209 212 212 193 177 MB/s

59.8% Above average

Write 236

Mixed 198

SusWrite 208

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 15.7

4K Write 42.3

4K Mixed 21.5

74% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 290

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 196

165% 240 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,188x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	732x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,829x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,089x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples	86x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	334x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	252x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	155x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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860 EVO M.2 500GB

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