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860 EVO 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 111% (211th of 1072)

Based on 244 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
Poor: 86%Average: 111% Great: 132%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 1TB averaged 11.0% 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 328MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 1TB is 45.9%. 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 365MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 415MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 244 samples)
Rank 211111%
Min Avg Max
414 Read 490 515
294 Write 440 490
274 Mixed 415 463
221 SusWrite 365 453
96.1% 427 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.6 4K Read 38.4 48.1
53.6 4K Write 93.3 126
30.5 4K Mixed 50.8 66
173% 60.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
338 DQ Read 373 386
261 DQ Write 321 346
224 DQ Mixed 328 361
251% 341 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 322 346 343 347 331 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 360
Mixed 288
SusWrite 330
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 81.6
4K Mixed 41.3
145% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 254
218% 321 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 344 341 342 335 334 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 350
Mixed 286
SusWrite 340
81% 363 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 38.5
139% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 249
215% 317 MB/s
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 311 311 312 312 312 MB/s
94.4% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 318
Mixed 300
SusWrite 311
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 35.6
136% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 114
140% 247 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,717,518 SSDs tested

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Typical 860 EVO 1TB Builds (Compare 20,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,706x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $139Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,284x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,464x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,560x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,628x
SSD
860 EVO 1TBSamsungBench 111%, 244 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples564x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $840

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 Best User Rated
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial 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 $45SanDisk 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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