Samsung

860 DCT 3.84TB

860 DCT 3.84TB
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Effective Speed +5% Effective Speed 5%Average Score +5% Read 7%, Write 16%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 33%Peak Score -4%Read 0%, Write 1%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 26%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +11% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed -10%, ADQ Read 14%, ADQ Write 6%, ADQ Mixed 8%, Age 66%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 103% (244^th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 860 DCT 3.84TB

Poor: 86%Average: 103% Great: 115%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (1)

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 860 DCT 3.84TB averaged 3.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 DCT 3.84TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 280MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.6MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 860 DCT 3.84TB is 29.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 860 DCT 3.84TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 364MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 395MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 244103%

Min	Avg	Max
433	Read 490	509
440	Write 470	489
325	Mixed 364	389
106	SusWrite 395	489
96.6% 430 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.9	4K Read 31.3	35.7
51.7	4K Write 88.7	130
23.3	4K Mixed 38.6	44.8
144% 52.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
287	DQ Read 373	387
124	DQ Write 307	358
221	DQ Mixed 280	301
226% 320 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

613GB free

Firmware: HXT70B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 480 479 481 481 481 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 377

SusWrite 479

103% 457 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 84.8

4K Mixed 38.7

141% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 287

235% 334 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

194GB free

Firmware: HXT70B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 477 477 472 405 368 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 366

SusWrite 446

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 82.3

4K Mixed 39

137% 49.9 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 289

235% 335 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

270GB free

Firmware: HXT70B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 466 458 455 454 454 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 468

Mixed 374

SusWrite 456

101% 447 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 75

4K Mixed 37.6

133% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 290

236% 335 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: HXT70B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 368 306 301 298 299 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 483

Mixed 380

SusWrite 341

96% 426 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 41.4

142% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 301

242% 341 MB/s

USA-User, 16 months ago.

3TB free

Firmware: HXT72B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 417 454 474 472 478 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 453

Mixed 350

SusWrite 445

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 96.5

4K Mixed 23.3

128% 50.4 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 283

232% 332 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

631GB free

Firmware: HXT70B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 106 106 107 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 478

Mixed 363

SusWrite 106

80% 360 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 38.6

138% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 280

228% 324 MB/s

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	336x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
860 DCT 3.84TBSamsungBench 103%, 17 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	42x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $1,248

Popular 860 DCT 3.84TB compatible motherboards:

Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	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 DCT 3.84TB

Average Bench: 103% (244^th of 1072)

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860 DCT 3.84TB

Average Bench: 103% (244th of 1072)

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Good consistency

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Average Bench: 103% (244^th of 1072)