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850 Evo 500GB

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Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND. Release date: Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 112% (166th of 1011)

Based on 412,784 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G, Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB, Samsun SSD 850 EVO 500G, Samsung SSD 850 EVO, Samsung SSD 850
Poor: 81%Average: 112% Great: 135%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 12.2% 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 315MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 54.9MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 54.8%. 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 350MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 375MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 412,784 samples)
Rank 166112%
Min Avg Max
372 Read 470 507
312 Write 440 491
298 Mixed 375 413
148 SusWrite 350 487
91.9% 409 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.4 4K Read 40.3 48.3
53.6 4K Write 101 135
34.2 4K Mixed 54.9 67.2
185% 65.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
157 DQ Read 339 386
118 DQ Write 309 362
131 DQ Mixed 315 370
239% 321 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 474 478 489 328 255 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 471
Mixed 407
SusWrite 405
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 56.7
188% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 370
279% 372 MB/s
254GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 407 400 340 421 419 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 432
Mixed 366
SusWrite 399
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 55.5
188% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 342
255% 338 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 158 164 156 166 159 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 475
Write 183
Mixed 223
SusWrite 163
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 95.1
4K Mixed 39.1
145% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 228
187% 270 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 289 305 331 323 244 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 352
Write 347
Mixed 302
SusWrite 291
73% 323 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 10.6
36% 11 MB/s
DQ Read 75.3
DQ Write 67.5
DQ Mixed 68.8
52% 70.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,367,628 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $178 @ launch in Dec '14
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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 32,855 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 75%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $298Bench 81%, 350,102 samples14,451x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $210Bench 77%, 203,257 samples10,418x
Core i7-6700Intel  $318Bench 69%, 131,445 samples2,090x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples6,340x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 104%, 528,138 samples4,146x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 52%, 490,040 samples3,914x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples3,098x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 85%, 252,931 samples2,603x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 84%, 19,217 samples1,649x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 35,009 samples1,629x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $1,073

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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1,352

Official site www.samsung.com/...

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

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

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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5,884

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

FRA-User
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3,063

Good

20 months ago.

très bon SSD, rapport qualité prix intéressant : 139,90 € au 13/01/2018.

IND-User
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2,692

Good

7 months ago.

I've been using it for more than a year now. excellent performance and thanks to a very handy software kit bundled with it

CHE-User
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1,780

Good

3 months ago.

Perfect SSD, fast and realible

DNK-User
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1,532

Excellent

17 months ago.

Fast and easy installation, and even faster operating speeds

mazinga
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50

Excellent

8 months ago.

wopr

BurntTech
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42

Good

11 months ago.

Works good enough if the price was right

xDEFCONx
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28

Excellent

3 months ago.

SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs like this are still fantastically priced for the near unnecessary performance you can get out of this for almost all use cases.

Doncalypso
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18

Poor

13 months ago.

too old

MMarioMX
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14

Excellent

3 years ago.

O boy This Thing is the bomb!!! expensive (for my country) but TOTALLY WORTH IT!

zorz
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14

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Best of the best

usbserial
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Besides gaming and a GPU upgrade, this is the biggest upgrade you can make for your computer. It'll feel faster and more responsive in every way except framerate. I enjoy the 500GB size as it is large enough to use as a boot drive and to store almost all of my games and applications without having to worry about space constantly.

3dmark
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10

Excellent

12 months ago.

Outstanding SATA SSD, a market standard.

SirNatty
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8

Good

3 years ago.

Bloody quick. Seems more reliable with RAPID mode OFF though

metzzy
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8

Excellent

2 years ago.

Excellent SSD with its amazing value. Worth it.

hitekk
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8

Excellent

2 years ago.

SSD's been the most life changing part in years. I am loyal to Samsung for fiability and top performances.

MrWiggles
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6

Outstanding

3 years ago.

Amazing quality, easy to install and optimize, plenty of space and great warranty.

kamkelsey
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6

Excellent

3 years ago.

I like it and it works well.

steveng
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6

Excellent

12 months ago.

The Samsung SSD EVO 500GB is an unbelievably fast SSD, it improved my laptop speed and boot time by at least 1000%, its the best investment I've ever made and its brought my Aspire 5750/2414 that initially had an i5-2410M 4GB 1333MHz RAM (upgraded now to 8GB) and changed the processor to an i7-2720QM into the 21st century. I've never had any problems with Windows 10 Pro and even with the new v1809 that runs perfectly on this system. I highly recommend this SSD!

4790k
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4

Excellent

3 years ago.

Cold boot went from 30 or 35 seconds to 6 seconds.

westharpe
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2

Good

3 years ago.

Gave my machine new life...however, it is running pretty slowly percentile-wise.

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