Samsung

860 PRO 512GB

860 PRO 512GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -60%Read -27%, Write -30%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -197%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score -68%Read -24%, Write -22%, 4K Read -91%, 4K Write -217%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -110%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -133%DQ Read -146%, DQ Write -165%, DQ Mixed -130%, ADQ Read -199%, ADQ Write -189%, ADQ Mixed -137%, Age 35%, AS-SSD Total -129%

Average Bench: 61.1% (791^st of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 PRO

Poor: 41%Average: 61.1% Great: 73%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung 860 PRO 512GB averaged 38.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 26.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 PRO 512GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 860 PRO 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 109MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 100MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 79161.1%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 360	409
182	Write 311	397
65.7	Mixed 282	368
83.1	SusWrite 284	412
69.4% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.6	4K Read 21.1	22.5
0.1	4K Write 29.5	38.6
23.1	4K Mixed 26.1	27.7
81% 25.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
69.5	DQ Read 109	149
67.7	DQ Write 100	135
74.8	DQ Mixed 110	144
81.1% 107 MB/s

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

AUS-User, 2 years ago.

347GB free

Firmware: RVM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 124 132 65 91 76 MB/s

40.8% Average

Write 182

Mixed 65.7

SusWrite 83.1

37% 167 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 0.1

4K Mixed 26.5

68% 16.4 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	19x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	12x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce 8800 GTXNvidiaBench 6%, 1,377 samples	7x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	6x
GeForce 8800 GTNvidiaBench 6%, 5,568 samples	4x

SSD
860 PRO 512GBSamsungBench 61%, 6 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	32x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	14x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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860 PRO 512GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (791^st of 1072)

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860 PRO 512GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (791st of 1072)

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