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SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 151% (1st of 639)

Based on 78 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0621 Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G
Poor: 72%Average: 151% Great: 204%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB averaged 50.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 32.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.8MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB is 133%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 203MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)
Rank 1151%
Min Avg Max
38.8 Read 203 254
37.1 Write 182 243
37 Mixed 189 241
36.5 SusWrite 185 241
257% 190 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 20.9 25.8
10.8 4K Write 24.7 38.4
9.94 4K Mixed 22 30.3
1,667% 22.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.3 DQ Read 24.5 29.6
19.7 DQ Write 32.4 54
17.1 DQ Mixed 26.8 35.1
2,106% 27.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
36GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 212 220 222 232 232 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 229
Mixed 203
SusWrite 221
296% 213 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 26.1
4K Mixed 23.4
1,763% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 28.7
DQ Write 43.5
DQ Mixed 34
2,742% 35.4 MB/s
247GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 228 222 208 223 227 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 240
Write 205
Mixed 197
SusWrite 222
291% 216 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 23.1
4K Mixed 20.6
1,555% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 23.4
DQ Write 27
DQ Mixed 24.6
1,842% 25 MB/s
251GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 226 232 234 234 234 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 226
Mixed 195
SusWrite 223
297% 219 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 21.4
4K Mixed 18.2
1,410% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 20.2
DQ Write 25.2
DQ Mixed 20.2
1,619% 21.9 MB/s
252GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 223 219 211 212 214 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 199
Mixed 190
SusWrite 214
279% 206 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 22.3
4K Mixed 17.7
1,424% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.4
DQ Write 27.3
DQ Mixed 21.2
1,725% 23 MB/s
382GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 199 201 206 225 224 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 204
Mixed 204
SusWrite 210
286% 211 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 20.4
4K Mixed 20.5
1,459% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 26.7
DQ Write 34.9
DQ Mixed 29.7
2,296% 30.4 MB/s
445GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 223 225 227 230 230 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 230
Write 226
Mixed 221
SusWrite 217
305% 223 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 18.3
4K Mixed 18.8
1,316% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 26.7
DQ Write 37.5
DQ Mixed 30.8
2,422% 31.7 MB/s
465GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 54.4
Write 30.7
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 19
43% 34.5 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 7.6
4K Mixed 14.9
845% 14.7 MB/s
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