Amd-raid

Samsung SSD 860 500GB

Samsung SSD 860 500GB
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Effective Speed -26%Effective Speed -26%Average Score -21%Read 4%, Write 5%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -90%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score -21%Read -2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -74%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -57%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -68%DQ Read -158%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -74%, ADQ Read -202%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -83%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -49%

Average Bench: 77.9% (523^rd of 1072)

Based on 227 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 860

Poor: 46%Average: 77.9% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 500GB averaged 22.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 142MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 274MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 500GB is 52%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 108MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 46.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 227 samples)

Rank 52377.9%

Min	Avg	Max
341	Read 474	498
283	Write 425	470
276	Mixed 408	450
99.6	SusWrite 321	437
91.5% 407 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.64	4K Read 26.2	32.8
13.4	4K Write 46.2	70.2
10	4K Mixed 28.1	37.2
100% 33.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
57.3	DQ Read 108	142
88.1	DQ Write 274	362
74	DQ Mixed 142	190
123% 175 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 12 months ago.

180GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 270 271 266 263 265 MB/s

84% Excellent

Write 470

Mixed 443

SusWrite 266

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 34.9

119% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 191

163% 231 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

153GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 269 262 269 266 267 MB/s

79.3% Very good

Write 468

Mixed 439

SusWrite 267

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 48.2

4K Mixed 28.7

107% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 141

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 190

158% 221 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 months ago.

266GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 356 349 299 63 58 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 460

Mixed 435

SusWrite 247

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 60.3

4K Mixed 33.7

113% 39.8 MB/s

DQ Read 104

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 162

144% 209 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

442GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 336 339 375 304 331 MB/s

75.4% Very good

Write 432

Mixed 403

SusWrite 333

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 35.7

4K Mixed 26.5

88% 28.4 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 177

150% 211 MB/s

USA-User, 23 days ago.

464GB free

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 352 368 372 375 391 MB/s

72.2% Very good

Write 348

Mixed 379

SusWrite 372

85% 376 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 42.7

4K Mixed 25.4

88% 29.9 MB/s

DQ Read 93.5

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 106

89% 125 MB/s

BRA-User, 14 months ago.

335GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RVT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 197 242 249 280 248 MB/s

45.8% Average

Write 271

Mixed 211

SusWrite 236

56% 251 MB/s

4K Read 9.6

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 14.6

47% 16.5 MB/s

DQ Read 55.8

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 64.5

65% 101 MB/s

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System: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	180x
Ryzen 7 5800AMDBench 96%, 1,982 samples	167x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

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RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	149x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	81x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	69x

SSD
Samsung SSD 860 500GBAmd-raidBench 78%, 227 samples	1x

RAM
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 46%, 1,144 samples	51x
XJ69DF-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 2,320 samples	48x
XW21KG-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 84%, 2,787 samples	44x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,014

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 77.9% (523^rd of 1072)