Measuring device for distance measurement, in particular handheld measuring device for optical distance measurement, comprising: a transmitting device for transmitting periodically modulated optical measurement radiation toward a target object; a receiving device for detecting optical measurement radiation returning from the target object wherein the receiving device comprises at least one SPAD; and an evaluation device for receiving and evaluating detection signals of the receiving device; wherein the evaluation device comprises a plurality of accumulation devices (107, 207) for accumulating detection signals; wherein the evaluation device conducts detection signals during a sampling time window (115, 125, 135) from a plurality of sampling time windows temporally schematically changeably, in particular cyclically, in a temporally permuting manner or in a manner distributed temporally in accordance with an arbitrary predefined scheme, to an assigned accumulation device (117, 127, 137) from the plurality of accumulation devices, such that the accumulation device accumulates the detection signals during the sampling time window; wherein the evaluation device determines a total signal, acquired over a total measurement duration extending over many repetitions of a sequence of sampling time windows, from the detection signals accumulated in the accumulation devices, characterized in that a homogenizing device is present by means of which the digital or analog detection signals provided by the receiving device can be evaluated in a homogenized manner, wherein said homogenizing device, is designed to vary the temporally schematically changeable assignment of accumulation devices (117, 127, 137) from the plurality of accumulation devices to sampling time windows (115, 125, 135) during the total measurement duration, wherein a period duration (tpa) of a cyclically repeating sequence of the number of sampling time windows differs from the period duration (tps) of the modulated measurement radiation. a transmitting device for transmitting periodically modulated optical measurement radiation toward a target object; a receiving device for detecting optical measurement radiation returning from the target object wherein the receiving device comprises at least one SPAD; and an evaluation device for receiving and evaluating detection signals of the receiving device; wherein the evaluation device comprises a plurality of accumulation devices (107, 207) for accumulating detection signals; wherein the evaluation device conducts detection signals during a sampling time window (115, 125, 135) from a plurality of sampling time windows temporally schematically changeably, in particular cyclically, in a temporally permuting manner or in a manner distributed temporally in accordance with an arbitrary predefined scheme, to an assigned accumulation device (117, 127, 137) from the plurality of accumulation devices, such that the accumulation device accumulates the detection signals during the sampling time window; wherein the evaluation device determines a total signal, acquired over a total measurement duration extending over many repetitions of a sequence of sampling time windows, from the detection signals accumulated in the accumulation devices, characterized in that a homogenizing device is present by means of which the digital or analog detection signals provided by the receiving device can be evaluated in a homogenized manner, wherein said homogenizing device, is designed to vary the temporally schematically changeable assignment of accumulation devices (117, 127, 137) from the plurality of accumulation devices to sampling time windows (115, 125, 135) during the total measurement duration, wherein a period duration (tpa) of a cyclically repeating sequence of the number of sampling time windows differs from the period duration (tps) of the modulated measurement radiation.