Samsung

860 EVO 500GB

860 EVO 500GB
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Effective Speed -576%Effective Speed -576%Average Score -653%Read -819%, Write -1,225%, 4K Read -213%, 4K Write -195%, Mixed -892%, 4K Mixed -284%, SusWrite -942%Peak Score -669%Read -852%, Write -1,192%, 4K Read -323%, 4K Write -212%, Mixed -944%, 4K Mixed -255%, SusWrite -906%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -572%DQ Read -499%, DQ Write -454%, DQ Mixed -498%, ADQ Read -828%, ADQ Write -466%, ADQ Mixed -923%, Age -405%, AS-SSD Total -503%

Average Bench: 79.6% (498^th of 1079)

Based on 48 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB

Poor: 32%Average: 79.6% Great: 115%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 500GB averaged 20.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 145MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB is 83.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 184MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 305MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 48 samples)

Rank 49879.6%

Min	Avg	Max
122	Read 446	609
1.2	Write 344	484
4.7	Mixed 316	435
14.9	SusWrite 305	455
79% 353 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.9	4K Read 27	45.4
0	4K Write 68.9	122
0	4K Mixed 27.4	61.6
112% 41.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.5	DQ Read 184	386
17.3	DQ Write 222	344
0.4	DQ Mixed 145	351
126% 184 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 5 months ago.

367GB free

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 388 389 395 375 389 MB/s

78.2% Very good

Write 391

Mixed 334

SusWrite 389

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 10.8

95% 34.8 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 15.1

67% 146 MB/s

PHL-User, 10 days ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818E3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 408 376 57 74 153 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 418

Mixed 352

SusWrite 246

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 71.9

4K Mixed 11.5

108% 39.9 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 13.8

75% 169 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 months ago.

48GB free

Firmware: U0115A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 364 219 21 28 68 MB/s

71% Very good

Write 419

Mixed 407

SusWrite 189

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 40.5

4K Mixed 20.4

89% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 30.3

98% 210 MB/s

TUR-User, 5 months ago.

372GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2103XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 328 314 322 350 349 MB/s

68.2% Good

Write 321

Mixed 298

SusWrite 329

75% 332 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 45.7

4K Mixed 23

80% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 172

132% 176 MB/s

PHL-User, 6 days ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818E3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 86 15 45 107 250 MB/s

66.1% Good

Write 437

Mixed 306

SusWrite 150

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 73.2

4K Mixed 10.6

106% 39.7 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 13.7

74% 167 MB/s

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VD (MS-7B33)

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Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	370x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	254x
Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	128x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	65x

SSD
860 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 80%, 48 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	43x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	24x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	20x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $248

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860 EVO 500GB

Average Bench: 79.6% (498^th of 1079)

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