Samsung

860 EVO M.2 500GB

860 EVO M.2 500GB
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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 7%Peak Score +6% Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment -169%User Rating -13%, Market Share -324%Nice To Haves +6% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 2%, Age 33%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 101% (250^th of 1071)

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

User Benchmarks

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

JPN-User, 3 hrs ago.

128GB free

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 370 367 368 367 364 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 432

Mixed 416

SusWrite 375

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 35.8

4K Write 77.9

4K Mixed 50.4

160% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 201

151% 202 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

308GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 351 348 348 349 343 MB/s

97.8% Outstanding

Write 346

Mixed 290

SusWrite 349

82% 368 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 85.5

4K Mixed 36.9

134% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 264

222% 322 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

134GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT24B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 317 353 351 344 340 MB/s

91.5% Outstanding

Write 231

Mixed 237

SusWrite 331

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 86.3

4K Mixed 34.2

131% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 208

179% 268 MB/s

POL-User, 5 hrs ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 240 289 289 286 284 MB/s

91.1% Outstanding

Write 323

Mixed 253

SusWrite 287

64% 285 MB/s

4K Read 8.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 56.3

143% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 344

259% 348 MB/s

CAN-User, 12 mins ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 229 244 245 244 241 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 226

Mixed 231

SusWrite 229

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 70.9

4K Mixed 24.7

104% 39.5 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 193

175% 270 MB/s

CZE-User, 8 hrs ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT22B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 101 101 129 101 97 MB/s

70.1% Very good

Write 138

Mixed 177

SusWrite 111

49% 222 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 70.9

4K Mixed 30.1

119% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 113

DQ Mixed 137

116% 174 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	1,674x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	559x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,373x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	858x
RX 580AMD $189Bench 52%, 861,249 samples	1x

SSD
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples	60x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	268x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	174x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	130x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $158	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860 EVO M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 101% (250^th of 1071)

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