Average Bench: 73.3% (605th of 1072)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO
Poor: 59%Average: 73.3% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 2TB averaged 26.7% 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 119MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 EVO 2TB is 31.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 860 EVO 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 130MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Min Avg Max
318 Read 416 497
289 Write 391 475
287 Mixed 377 454
210 SusWrite 368 472
87.4% 388 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 23.4 32.6
18.1 4K Write 36.9 55.9
18.5 4K Mixed 28.2 40.4
91.1% 29.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
96.7 DQ Read 130 173
37.8 DQ Write 123 191
21.1 DQ Mixed 119 176
91.2% 124 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
193GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 422 327 324 318 314 MB/s
Read 491
Write 466
Mixed 431
SusWrite 359
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 33.1
107% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 119
89% 119 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 453 456 439 416 312 MB/s
Read 487
Write 460
Mixed 429
SusWrite 420
101% 449 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 31
4K Mixed 28.1
92% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 117
87% 116 MB/s
267GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 385 386 386 389 390 MB/s
Read 391
Write 385
Mixed 333
SusWrite 386
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 27.6
88% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 133
100% 133 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,869,891 SSDs tested

Typical 860 EVO 2TB Builds (Compare 6,422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

System: Dell XPS 8930

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $259

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 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) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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