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850 Evo 500GB

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Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND. Release date: Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 112% (209th of 1072)

Based on 695,664 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G, Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB, Samsun SSD 850 EVO 500G, Samsung SSD 850 EVO, Samsung SSD 850
Poor: 80%Average: 112% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 11.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 317MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 54.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 365MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 376MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 695,664 samples)
Rank 209112%
Min Avg Max
374 Read 471 507
307 Write 441 492
294 Mixed 376 414
151 SusWrite 365 488
92.9% 413 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.2 4K Read 40.3 47.5
43.1 4K Write 95.6 128
32.3 4K Mixed 53.8 65.9
181% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
218 DQ Read 348 386
137 DQ Write 302 362
164 DQ Mixed 317 371
240% 322 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
464GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 489 490 490 490 491 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 470
Mixed 396
SusWrite 489
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 54.4
199% 75.6 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 343
258% 345 MB/s
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 450 466 479 475 475 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 482
Mixed 389
SusWrite 469
103% 459 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 55.2
181% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 353
266% 355 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 426 422 454 476 475 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 454
Write 464
Mixed 389
SusWrite 420
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 56.8
183% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 359
270% 362 MB/s
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 394 414 421 422 406 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 447
Mixed 394
SusWrite 388
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 49.1
159% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 258
193% 258 MB/s
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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 13,934 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,637x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,679x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,045x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,251x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples789x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples560x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $740

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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Official site www.samsung.com/...

Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND

A higher caliber SSD with enhanced performance and endurance...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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9,840

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

14 months ago.

around 5 seconds faster boot time than my intel 320 series 300gb ssd. i like it

IND-User
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4,780

Average

2 years ago.

I've been using it for more than a year now. excellent performance and thanks to a very handy software kit bundled with it

FRA-User
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4,573

Poor

19 months ago.

The first time I experience fast boot of windows 10 in my pc!

CHE-User
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2,614

Good

4 years ago.

Perfect SSD, fast and realible

mazinga
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56

Excellent

5 years ago.

wopr

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

3 years ago.

Still a great SSD, even in 2020. Fast load times for both OS and applications/games.

BurntTech
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42

Good

5 years ago.

Works good enough if the price was right

xDEFCONx
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28

Excellent

4 years ago.

SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs like this are still fantastically priced for the near unnecessary performance you can get out of this for almost all use cases.

Doncalypso
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18

Poor

5 years ago.

too old

MMarioMX
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14

Excellent

7 years ago.

O boy This Thing is the bomb!!! expensive (for my country) but TOTALLY WORTH IT!

zorz
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14

Outstanding

7 years ago.

Best of the best

usbserial
Avatar level
12

Excellent

6 years ago.

Besides gaming and a GPU upgrade, this is the biggest upgrade you can make for your computer. It'll feel faster and more responsive in every way except framerate. I enjoy the 500GB size as it is large enough to use as a boot drive and to store almost all of my games and applications without having to worry about space constantly.

3dmark
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10

Excellent

5 years ago.

Outstanding SATA SSD, a market standard.

SirNatty
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8

Good

8 years ago.

Bloody quick. Seems more reliable with RAPID mode OFF though

metzzy
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8

Excellent

7 years ago.

Excellent SSD with its amazing value. Worth it.

hitekk
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8

Excellent

6 years ago.

SSD's been the most life changing part in years. I am loyal to Samsung for fiability and top performances.

MrWiggles
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6

Outstanding

7 years ago.

Amazing quality, easy to install and optimize, plenty of space and great warranty.

kamkelsey
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6

Excellent

7 years ago.

I like it and it works well.

steveng
Avatar level
6

Excellent

5 years ago.

The Samsung SSD EVO 500GB is an unbelievably fast SSD, it improved my laptop speed and boot time by at least 1000%, its the best investment I've ever made and its brought my Aspire 5750/2414 that initially had an i5-2410M 4GB 1333MHz RAM (upgraded now to 8GB) and changed the processor to an i7-2720QM into the 21st century. I've never had any problems with Windows 10 Pro and even with the new v1809 that runs perfectly on this system. I highly recommend this SSD!

4790k
Avatar level
4

Excellent

7 years ago.

Cold boot went from 30 or 35 seconds to 6 seconds.

westharpe
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2

Good

7 years ago.

Gave my machine new life...however, it is running pretty slowly percentile-wise.

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