Samsung

860 EVO 500GB

860 EVO 500GB
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Effective Speed +9% Effective Speed 9%Average Score +7% Read 6%, Write -1%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 8%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 5%Peak Score +7% Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +8% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read 11%, ADQ Write 5%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 107% (225^th of 1072)

Based on 92 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB

Poor: 83%Average: 107% Great: 129%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 500GB averaged 7.0% higher 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 276MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB is 45.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 310MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 92 samples)

Rank 225107%

Min	Avg	Max
427	Read 487	517
237	Write 403	492
240	Mixed 385	461
189	SusWrite 310	395
88.9% 396 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.5	4K Read 39.9	50.6
54.5	4K Write 94.5	126
29	4K Mixed 48.5	67
173% 61 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
266	DQ Read 362	387
139	DQ Write 303	346
25.3	DQ Mixed 276	361
222% 314 MB/s

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IDN-User, 3 months ago.

33GB free

Firmware: RVT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 381 370 377 378 374 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 433

SusWrite 368

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 39.8

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 61.4

199% 71.3 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 361

272% 365 MB/s

AUS-User, 24 days ago.

233GB free

Firmware: RVT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 417 404 277 281 273 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 418

Mixed 400

SusWrite 345

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 77.5

4K Mixed 49.9

163% 55.3 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 350

266% 359 MB/s

AUS-User, 24 days ago.

233GB free

Firmware: RVT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 431 404 288 289 288 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 411

SusWrite 353

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 81.3

4K Mixed 45.8

156% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 359

270% 362 MB/s

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Workstation 46%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	276x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	46x
Core i5-8500Intel $174Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	68x
GeForce GTX 1060 6GBNvidiaBench 56%, 56,417 samples	45x

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860 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 107%, 92 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C17 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 43%, 1,265 samples	68x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,727 samples	49x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	26x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	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 EVO 500GB

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