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860 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 88.5% (360th of 1079)

Based on 2,934 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860
Poor: 60%Average: 88.5% Great: 118%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 500GB averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 189MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 500GB is 58%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 321MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 209MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,934 samples)
Rank 36088.5%
Min Avg Max
371 Read 451 506
194 Write 389 482
221 Mixed 369 451
166 SusWrite 321 434
86% 383 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 30 43.4
32.7 4K Write 71.2 109
19.9 4K Mixed 37.3 58
131% 46.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
71.9 DQ Read 209 386
95.4 DQ Write 259 362
67.5 DQ Mixed 189 361
155% 219 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 318 317 307 303 193 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 424
Mixed 462
SusWrite 296
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 51.9
172% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 225
194% 287 MB/s
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 339 341 339 342 344 MB/s
97.6% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 320
Mixed 295
SusWrite 342
81% 363 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 36.9
132% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 261
223% 329 MB/s
360GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 419 422 420 426 349 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 461
Write 450
Mixed 438
SusWrite 403
99% 438 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 39.2
4K Mixed 25.8
83% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 153
139% 204 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 165 201 196 183 170 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 448
Write 400
Mixed 406
SusWrite 219
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 34.4
4K Mixed 28.2
90% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 230
173% 232 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples148x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples116x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples90x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples148x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
SSD
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples56x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples21x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples19x
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