Samsung

850 EVO 120GB

850 EVO 120GB
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Effective Speed +14% Effective Speed 14%Average Score +15% Read 8%, Write 8%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 28%Peak Score +9% Read 3%, Write 1%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -4%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read -17%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -15%, Age -7%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 112% (205^th of 1072)

Based on 56 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB

Poor: 95%Average: 112% Great: 133%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO 120GB averaged 12.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 226MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 43MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO 120GB is 38.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 379MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 399MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)

Rank 205112%

Min	Avg	Max
438	Read 495	520
393	Write 438	490
354	Mixed 399	424
184	SusWrite 379	493
96.1% 428 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.5	4K Read 43	49.2
58.3	4K Write 101	125
26.4	4K Mixed 50.2	66.1
183% 64.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
43.2	DQ Read 280	384
99.6	DQ Write 274	345
26.1	DQ Mixed 226	361
184% 260 MB/s

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USA-User, 9 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 455 455 455 453 459 MB/s

95.8% Outstanding

Write 445

Mixed 396

SusWrite 455

100% 445 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 64.9

4K Mixed 28.7

108% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 350

263% 352 MB/s

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asrock B150M Pro4/Hyper

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	10x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	8x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	5x

GPU
RX 470AMD $126Bench 40%, 94,030 samples	8x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
850 EVO 120GBSamsungBench 112%, 56 samples	1x

RAM
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 3,609 samples	4x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	3x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	2x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $193

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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 120GB

Average Bench: 112% (205^th of 1072)

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850 EVO 120GB

Average Bench: 112% (205th of 1072)

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