Samsung

850 EVO 500GB

850 EVO 500GB
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Effective Speed +8% Effective Speed 8%Average Score +7% Read 4%, Write 9%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -13%Peak Score +2% Read 0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +7% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read 11%, ADQ Write 8%, ADQ Mixed 25%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 106% (229^th of 1072)

Based on 269 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB

Poor: 75%Average: 106% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO 500GB averaged 6.0% 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 325MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 52.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB is 48.2%. 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 262MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 370MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 269 samples)

Rank 229106%

Min	Avg	Max
419	Read 477	507
308	Write 440	491
276	Mixed 370	417
122	SusWrite 262	331
86.9% 387 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.2	4K Read 41.1	48
39	4K Write 95.9	128
32	4K Mixed 52.8	65
181% 63.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
270	DQ Read 363	386
105	DQ Write 313	352
149	DQ Mixed 325	362
247% 333 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SVK-User, 5 days ago.

195GB free

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 311 310 310 311 310 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 383

SusWrite 326

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 56.6

189% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 339

255% 342 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

181GB free

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 297 290 295 296 295 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 378

SusWrite 306

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 53.4

172% 58.6 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 358

269% 359 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

158GB free

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 308 306 305 303 302 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 421

Mixed 355

SusWrite 320

87% 389 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 50.5

167% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 346

261% 349 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 286 292 293 294 294 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 363

SusWrite 308

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 48.7

154% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 352

265% 354 MB/s

AUT-User, 1 month ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 156 133 145 142 137 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 452

Mixed 368

SusWrite 174

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 94.1

4K Mixed 55.3

183% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 359

270% 361 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

168GB free

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 321 323 321 321 319 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 348

SusWrite 326

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 47

150% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 355

268% 359 MB/s

USA-User, 24 days ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 49 57 54 55 57 MB/s

80.4% Excellent

Write 425

Mixed 362

SusWrite 94

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 53.2

4K Mixed 41.2

140% 44.4 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 332

233% 297 MB/s

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 106%, 269 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $355

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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 $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 500GB

Average Bench: 106% (229^th of 1072)

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