Samsun

860 EVO 500G 500GB

860 EVO 500G 500GB
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Effective Speed +8% Effective Speed 8%Average Score +7% Read 2%, Write -4%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 10%Peak Score +10% Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +5% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 3%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total 5%

Average Bench: 106% (226^th of 1072)

Based on 176 user benchmarks. Model: Samsun SSD 860 EVO 500G

Poor: 69%Average: 106% Great: 132%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB averaged 6.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 235MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.4MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB is 63.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 327MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 373MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 176 samples)

Rank 226106%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 467	519
189	Write 388	479
215	Mixed 373	454
156	SusWrite 327	433
87.2% 389 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.3	4K Read 35.4	47.6
48.5	4K Write 109	153
24.4	4K Mixed 48.4	67.8
173% 64.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
143	DQ Read 342	386
89.8	DQ Write 297	347
42.4	DQ Mixed 235	361
199% 291 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 15 months ago.

314GB free

Firmware: RVT04B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 443 454 449 364 365 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 447

SusWrite 418

102% 453 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 84.2

4K Mixed 54.2

178% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 358

269% 360 MB/s

USA-User, 15 months ago.

248GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 314 313 314 313 314 MB/s

89.2% Excellent

Write 300

Mixed 294

SusWrite 314

77% 346 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 71.9

4K Mixed 32

118% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 352

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 236

203% 298 MB/s

GRC-User, 15 months ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT04B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 190 177 168 154 146 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 253

Mixed 259

SusWrite 176

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 80.6

4K Mixed 33.8

130% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 232

198% 293 MB/s

CHE-User, 8 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 249 249 242 235 223 MB/s

69.1% Good

Write 303

Mixed 230

SusWrite 244

67% 298 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 50.8

4K Mixed 19.4

81% 29.9 MB/s

DQ Read 290

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 234

192% 273 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	339x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	278x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	126x

SSD
860 EVO 500G 500GBSamsunBench 106%, 176 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	57x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $234

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsun

860 EVO 500G 500GB

Average Bench: 106% (226^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

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860 EVO 500G 500GB

Average Bench: 106% (226th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 106% (226^th of 1072)