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860 EVO 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 103% (244th of 1072)

Based on 60 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
Poor: 74%Average: 103% Great: 127%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 1TB averaged 3.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 285MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 46.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 1TB is 53.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 297MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 373MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 60 samples)
Rank 244103%
Min Avg Max
331 Read 478 518
226 Write 397 493
231 Mixed 373 463
180 SusWrite 297 375
86.6% 386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 36.9 50.3
47.3 4K Write 91.7 128
24.1 4K Mixed 46.8 67.5
164% 58.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
254 DQ Read 364 387
112 DQ Write 297 347
110 DQ Mixed 285 360
226% 315 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
215GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 444 416 294 295 295 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 468
Mixed 453
SusWrite 363
100% 447 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 60.1
201% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 335
253% 339 MB/s
224GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 429 401 293 293 292 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 459
Mixed 444
SusWrite 356
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 51.9
167% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 354
266% 356 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 307 297 295 286 281 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 320
Mixed 278
SusWrite 287
76% 342 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 38.8
140% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 256
215% 312 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,754,703 SSDs tested

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Typical 860 EVO 1TB Builds (Compare 2,367 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,157x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples410x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples298x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples187x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples185x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples176x
SSD
860 EVO 1TBSamsungBench 103%, 60 samples1x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples88x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples63x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $510

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 Best User Rated
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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