Samsung

850 EVO M.2 500GB

850 EVO M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed +12% Effective Speed 12%Average Score +11% Read 3%, Write 8%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 17%Peak Score +7% Read -0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment -257%User Rating -14%, Market Share -500%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed 22%, Age -15%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 110% (211^th of 1072)

Based on 25,072 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB

Poor: 79%Average: 110% Great: 131%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB averaged 10.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

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

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.4MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB is 52.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25,072 samples)

Rank 211110%

Min	Avg	Max
387	Read 470	506
319	Write 438	489
295	Mixed 366	408
140	SusWrite 347	480
91.1% 405 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26	4K Read 40.1	47.7
46.3	4K Write 95.6	127
33.3	4K Mixed 53.4	65.2
180% 63 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
229	DQ Read 351	385
114	DQ Write 301	353
173	DQ Mixed 317	364
240% 323 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

HUN-User, 6 hrs ago.

466GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 463 466 466 471 474 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 483

Mixed 418

SusWrite 467

106% 469 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 63.4

213% 75.4 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 362

DQ Mixed 370

279% 373 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

87GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 458 371 348 315 290 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 382

SusWrite 346

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 43.2

4K Write 96.5

4K Mixed 57.5

190% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 361

272% 364 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 days ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 404 380 330 312 289 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 477

Mixed 403

SusWrite 360

97% 433 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 86.8

4K Mixed 51.9

170% 59 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 341

257% 344 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 312 192 177 171 170 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 428

Mixed 351

SusWrite 218

83% 369 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 82.9

4K Mixed 49.7

163% 56.3 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 356

268% 359 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 days ago.

35GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 176 73 74 72 72 MB/s

93.2% Outstanding

Write 398

Mixed 393

SusWrite 154

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 85

4K Mixed 39.8

157% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 357

268% 358 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

258GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 262 251 255 240 219 MB/s

92.1% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 373

SusWrite 273

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 38

133% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 358

269% 360 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 days ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 99 74 71 76 68 MB/s

91.7% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 373

SusWrite 135

80% 358 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 74

4K Mixed 47.4

154% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 275

231% 336 MB/s

AUS-User, 14 hrs ago.

84GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 256 201 276 265 310 MB/s

82.4% Excellent

Write 421

Mixed 372

SusWrite 283

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 38.7

125% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 181

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 175

129% 169 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,188x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	732x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,829x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,089x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 110%, 25,072 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	334x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	252x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	155x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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850 EVO M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 110% (211th of 1072)

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