Samsung

860 PRO 512GB

860 PRO 512GB
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Effective Speed +13% Effective Speed 13%Average Score +13% Read 6%, Write 11%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 35%Peak Score +10% Read 2%, Write 2%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +12% DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 10%, ADQ Write 9%, ADQ Mixed 22%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 111% (211^th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 PRO 512GB

Poor: 70%Average: 111% Great: 132%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 PRO 512GB averaged 11.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 PRO 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 318MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 49.3MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 PRO 512GB is 62.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 860 PRO 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 401MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 410MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 211111%

Min	Avg	Max
410	Read 486	517
251	Write 450	494
247	Mixed 410	468
110	SusWrite 401	491
98.3% 437 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.2	4K Read 35.7	46.6
46.8	4K Write 95.1	128
27.4	4K Mixed 49.3	65.4
168% 60 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.7	DQ Read 359	390
126	DQ Write 315	348
62.7	DQ Mixed 318	364
244% 331 MB/s

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Gaming 1%

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Desktop 24%

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Workstation 1%

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System: Acer Veriton M490G

CPU
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	33x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	22x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	15x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	27x
GeForce GT 430NvidiaBench 3%, 22,369 samples	8x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x

SSD
860 PRO 512GBSamsungBench 111%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 124 samples	10x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBUnknownBench 29%, 785 samples	4x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $110

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung

860 PRO 512GB

Average Bench: 111% (211^th of 1072)

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860 PRO 512GB

Average Bench: 111% (211th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 111% (211^th of 1072)