Samsung MZ-75E120B

850 Evo 120GB

▲ 850 Evo 120GB
BENCHMARKS (69,224)
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Effective Speed +17% Effective Speed 17%Average Score +20% Read 14%, Write 37%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite -27%Peak Score +15% Read 8%, Write 33%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 36%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -53%Value & Sentiment +14% User Rating 7%, Market Share 7%, Price 20%, Value 21%Nice To Haves +33% DQ Read 23%, DQ Write 23%, DQ Mixed 69%, ADQ Read 26%, ADQ Write 23%, ADQ Mixed 66%, Age 11%, AS-SSD Total 22%

850 Evo 120GB

Average Bench: 96% (273^rd of 1072)

Based on 69,224 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB, Samsung SSD 850 EVO, Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120G, Samsung SSD 850, Samsun SSD 850 EVO 120G

Poor: 64%Average: 96% Great: 115%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 120GB averaged just 4.0% lower 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 302MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 120GB is 50.4%. 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 168MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 358MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 69,224 samples)

Rank 27396%

Min	Avg	Max
335	Read 459	508
269	Write 431	489
261	Mixed 358	416
116	SusWrite 168	190
79.3% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.6	4K Read 38.9	47.3
43.5	4K Write 91.2	127
31.2	4K Mixed 50.2	62.6
171% 60.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
128	DQ Read 338	386
75.7	DQ Write 294	361
90.3	DQ Mixed 302	364
230% 311 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 2 hrs ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 149 148 149 151 150 MB/s

84.1% Excellent

Write 459

Mixed 375

SusWrite 181

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 58.5

4K Mixed 40.7

135% 44.4 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 252

192% 262 MB/s

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Typical 850 Evo 120GB Builds (Compare 6,259 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,119x
Core i5-4690KIntel $81Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,562x
Core i7-4790Intel $145Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	514x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	379x

SSD
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	344x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	231x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	191x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $768

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SSDrivePro

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1,859

Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND

A higher caliber SSD with enhanced performance and endurance...

Added 8 years ago.

USA-User

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9,618

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

19 months ago.

GBR-User

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5,660

Good

3 years ago.

Use this SSD for C# development with 8GB (2x4gb) 800Mhz RAM. It blows away many other desktops.

IND-User

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4,602

Excellent

3 years ago.

Good Configuration will give best performance and can be used for 5-6 old pc/lap

ARG-User

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3,170

Excellent

3 years ago.

Excellent performance!! Samsung has no rival in SSD!!

GRC-User

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3,081

Excellent

4 years ago.

2 years of total reliability and counting. Awesome drive.

ISR-User

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2,278

Good

6 years ago.

This SSD Is Very Very Good For The Price!!! Awessssssome!!!

CYP-User

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1,310

Good

7 years ago.

very very fast and good price for 120 gb

lincoln_2nd

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10

Excellent

5 years ago.

Best bang for buck & cheap (120Gb) SSD. I love the Samsung Magician software.

pphu15

level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

Samsung - no rivalers - in SSDs. But in SATA SSDs - Samsung versus HDD-ish WDs, then high prices make Samsung a near-loser, Koreans still wins. If you have an crappy laptop, I recommends this.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $189	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-75E120B

850 Evo 120GB

Average Bench: 96% (273^rd of 1072)

Popular builds with this SSD

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Below average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

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Samsung MZ-75E120B

850 Evo 120GB

Average Bench: 96% (273rd of 1072)

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Below average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

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