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860 EVO 512 GB SATA M.2 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 88.8% (348th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 860 EVO 512 GB SATA M.2
Poor: 75%Average: 88.8% Great: 103%

Very good average bench

The Samsung 860 EVO 512 GB SATA M.2 512GB averaged just 11.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 860 EVO 512 GB SATA M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 117MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 273MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 31.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 151MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 34888.8%
Min Avg Max
453 Read 479 505
390 Write 407 423
374 Mixed 376 377
234 SusWrite 343 452
90.1% 401 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 4K Read 25.1 29.3
111 4K Write 117 124
22.9 4K Mixed 25.3 27.8
132% 55.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
100 DQ Read 151 202
214 DQ Write 273 332
29.2 DQ Mixed 31.5 33.7
75% 152 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
449GB free
Firmware: R0817B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 450 451 456 456 453 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 423
Mixed 374
SusWrite 452
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 27.8
145% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 33.7
91% 189 MB/s
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 140 150 188 337 362 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 453
Write 390
Mixed 377
SusWrite 234
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 22.9
120% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 100
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 29.2
59% 115 MB/s

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3 years ago.

It's a pretty good SSD. You're not getting the speeds of a NVME drive but at least it's easier to install it than a SATA SSD. Have a 1TB of this drive.

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