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850 EVO M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 100% (252nd of 1072)

Based on 284 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2
Poor: 66%Average: 100% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB averaged 0.4% 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 192MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 305MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 373MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 284 samples)
Rank 252100%
Min Avg Max
352 Read 470 515
233 Write 395 485
254 Mixed 373 420
126 SusWrite 305 467
86.6% 386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.5 4K Read 37.8 48.1
27.5 4K Write 84.1 133
20 4K Mixed 44.7 65.6
159% 55.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.5 DQ Read 287 382
85.2 DQ Write 244 347
24.8 DQ Mixed 192 362
164% 241 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: EMT2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 491 491 493 493 492 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 490
Mixed 375
SusWrite 492
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 64.6
217% 76.8 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 290
218% 291 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: EMT2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 467 467 469 469 469 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 465
Mixed 418
SusWrite 468
104% 464 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 96.8
4K Mixed 58.7
190% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 221
167% 224 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 226 156 154 149 144 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 442
Write 402
Mixed 348
SusWrite 206
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 54.1
4K Mixed 40.8
131% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 314
237% 319 MB/s
315GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 344 221 181 185 170 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 407
Write 406
Mixed 356
SusWrite 252
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 32.5
104% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 145
108% 143 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 401 388 89 52 44 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 387
Write 213
Mixed 337
SusWrite 228
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 30.2
98% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 167
121% 157 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,715,126 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 EVO M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 7,635 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 40%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples816x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples783x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples743x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples772x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples447x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples413x
SSD
850 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 100%, 284 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples258x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples194x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples144x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $400

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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