Samsung MZ-75E500B

850 Evo 500GB

▲ 850 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (258,435)
MKT (3.7%)
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BUY • $98

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Superseded by the 860 Evo 500GB »

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

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Effective Speed +22% Effective Speed 22%Average User Bench +20% Read 6%, Write 8%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 11%Peak Lab Bench +16% Read 4%, Write 3%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment +184% User Rating 56%, Market Share 545%, Price 69%, Value 67%Nice To Haves +23% DQ Read 13%, DQ Write 6%, DQ Mixed 46%, ADQ Read 29%, ADQ Write 17%, ADQ Mixed 62%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total 11%

Market Leaders

850 Evo 500GB

Average Bench: 113% (133^rd of 976)

Based on 258,435 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: 113% Great: 134%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 13.1% 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 327MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 54.6MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 53.1%. 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 362MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 375MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 258,435 samples)

Rank 133113%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 472	507
319	Write 441	490
301	Mixed 375	412
145	SusWrite 362	482
92.7% 412 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.7	4K Read 40.1	48
55.2	4K Write 99.6	131
36.6	4K Mixed 54.6	66.7
184% 64.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
186	DQ Read 352	386
199	DQ Write 321	361
145	DQ Mixed 327	369
248% 333 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 min ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 477 486 487 488 489 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 488

Mixed 395

SusWrite 475

105% 465 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 92.8

4K Mixed 55.5

183% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 353

265% 353 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 min ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 231 204 204 202 199 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 391

SusWrite 245

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 59.1

198% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 361

271% 362 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 mins ago.

223GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 362 247 256 267 265 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 362

SusWrite 292

90% 399 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 83.8

4K Mixed 53.1

174% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 258

193% 257 MB/s

USA-User, 17 mins ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 133 128 126 121 108 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 388

SusWrite 128

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 96

4K Mixed 57.5

188% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 360

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 257

217% 315 MB/s

USA-User, 3 mins ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT01B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 213 205 208 202 186 MB/s

66.8% Good

Write 214

Mixed 240

SusWrite 205

56% 248 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 40.3

4K Mixed 33

100% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 210

158% 212 MB/s

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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 20,456 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 93%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $157

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $299Bench 88%, 220,456 samples	9,070x
Core i5-6600KIntel $233Bench 84%, 146,874 samples	6,434x
Core i7-6700Intel $304Bench 74%, 83,085 samples	1,263x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $332Bench 98%, 392,909 samples	4,108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $470Bench 124%, 316,273 samples	2,748x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 63%, 349,414 samples	2,615x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $98Bench 113%, 258,435 samples	1,976x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $125Bench 84%, 124,004 samples	1,702x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 84%, 13,971 samples	1,064x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 72%, 22,542 samples	1,052x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,011

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

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

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FRA-User

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Good

8 months ago.

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

IND-User

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2,144

Good

1 month 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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Excellent

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

westharpe

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Good

2 years ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $332	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $63
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i5-8600K $243	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $125	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $830	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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Samsung MZ-75E500B

850 Evo 500GB

Average Bench: 113% (133rd of 976)

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $157

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Average Bench: 113% (133^rd of 976)