Samsung

860 1TB

860 1TB
BENCHMARKS (2,531)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -10%Read -3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 14%Peak Score -1%Read 0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -11%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read -71%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -40%, Age 29%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 86.5% (378^th of 1072)

Based on 2,531 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860

Poor: 51%Average: 86.5% Great: 116%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 1TB averaged just 13.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 186MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 1TB is 65.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 191MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 338MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,531 samples)

Rank 37886.5%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 444	508
84.8	Write 390	479
122	Mixed 364	449
76	SusWrite 338	466
86.4% 384 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.6	4K Read 28.3	40.7
29.2	4K Write 67.3	105
17	4K Mixed 35.6	54.1
124% 43.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
71.7	DQ Read 191	386
75.3	DQ Write 241	361
71.7	DQ Mixed 186	362
149% 206 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 9 days ago.

397GB free

Firmware: 3B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 356 415 416 414 412 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 413

Mixed 395

SusWrite 390

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 50.4

162% 54.8 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 357

269% 361 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

638GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 398 401 399 416 399 MB/s

86.3% Excellent

Write 419

Mixed 420

SusWrite 402

96% 427 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 34.7

116% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 126

103% 143 MB/s

PRT-User, 5 days ago.

333GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 323 328 337 325 307 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 292

Mixed 374

SusWrite 317

69% 304 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 59.4

4K Mixed 45.9

121% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 198

148% 198 MB/s

SWE-User, 12 days ago.

71GB free

Firmware: RVQ0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 291 81 80 81 81 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 175

Mixed 383

SusWrite 152

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 56.7

4K Mixed 29.5

109% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 80

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 70.1

71% 111 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

129GB free

Firmware: RVQ0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 290 54 46 48 47 MB/s

59.2% Above average

Write 418

Mixed 374

SusWrite 132

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 44.5

4K Mixed 26.2

94% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 76.4

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 97.8

84% 120 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples	38x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860 1TB

Average Bench: 86.5% (378^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 86.5% (378th of 1072)

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