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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 951,591 user samples
951,591 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 124% 140GB free
Worst Bench: 72% 233GB free
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
SPEED RANK: 251st / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
103 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8%
95.5 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
466 MB/s +3% 452 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
434 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+10%
396 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
39.4 MB/s Faster random read.
+24%
31.8 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
94.6 MB/s Faster random write.
+11%
85.2 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
370 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+10%
337 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
52.2 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+26%
41.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
247 MB/s 307 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+24%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
507 MB/s +1% 502 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
492 MB/s +2% 482 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
47.6 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+21%
39.3 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
129 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+8%
119 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
416 MB/s +4% 402 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
64.6 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+22%
52.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
328 MB/s 415 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+27%
Market Share
Based on 77,602,843 SSDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % +1% 55.6 %
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.69 % Hugely higher market share.
+337%
0.16 %
Price
Price (score)
$100 87.4 USD Cheaper.
+14%
Value
Value For Money
13.4 % 16.4 % Better value.
+22%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
386 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+6%
365 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
362 MB/s +2% 354 MB/s
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
370 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+34%
275 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
354 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+9%
324 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
308 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+8%
284 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
320 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+47%
217 MB/s
Age
Newest
119 Months 104 Months More recent.
+15%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,290 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+6%
1,221 Pts
Capacity
Capacity
250GB   —

The 250GB Samsung 850 Evo has a similar architecture to its hugely successful predecessor, the 840 Evo. Both drives are TLC based but the 850 uses 3D V-NAND as opposed to regular NAND. Both drives also feature a Turbowrite cache (TWC) which buffers up to 3GB of writes. The TWC enables high burst write speeds but when the cache exhausts write speeds drop to 300 MB/s. Comparing the 850 and 840 Evos shows that effective speed, has improved by 11% and the warranty has been extended from three to five years but prices are also up by 11%. The 850 Evo does put in superb benchmarks (second only to the 850 Pro) but these are only valid within the TWC. At current price levels the 850 Evo struggles to compete with the value leaders[Dec '14 SSDrivePro]

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Solid State Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) November 2024 SSD Rankings

Welcome to our SSD comparison. We calculate effective speed for both SATA and NVMe drives based on real world performance then adjust by current prices per GB to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top SSDs. [SSDrivePro]

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