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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: 110% (182nd of 1026)

Based on 465,159 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: 73%Average: 110% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 10.2% 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 310MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 61%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 357MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 371MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 465,159 samples)
Rank 182110%
Min Avg Max
363 Read 466 507
311 Write 436 491
280 Mixed 371 412
160 SusWrite 357 484
91.7% 408 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.5 4K Read 39.5 47.6
47.5 4K Write 94.2 129
32.5 4K Mixed 53.3 66.3
178% 62.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
159 DQ Read 341 386
101 DQ Write 298 361
125 DQ Mixed 310 370
235% 316 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 491 492 489 486 486 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 496
Mixed 408
SusWrite 489
107% 475 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 61.8
208% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 369
278% 372 MB/s
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 478 475 361 267 237 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 487
Mixed 388
SusWrite 382
99% 438 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 61.2
215% 77.5 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 361
271% 362 MB/s
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 470 470 472 476 472 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 478
Mixed 358
SusWrite 470
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 53.6
175% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 351
264% 352 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 361 467 474 448 232 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 480
Mixed 392
SusWrite 369
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 54.2
177% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 351
264% 352 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 314 147 141 137 135 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 466
Write 392
Mixed 357
SusWrite 212
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 52.9
179% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 352
265% 354 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 26,650,246 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $178 @ launch in Dec '14
OutletPCUS $1409 months
AmazonUS $1602 years
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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 41,030 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 85%, 385,752 samples18,054x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples12,969x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 77%, 160,168 samples2,654x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 785,629 samples7,787x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples4,991x
GTX 970Nvidia  $395Bench 52%, 558,247 samples4,762x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 465,159 samples3,724x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 307,966 samples3,183x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 82%, 25,604 samples2,010x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 41,556 samples1,998x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $1,128

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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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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6,514

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

userbenchmark kept giving me error Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected.

FRA-User
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3,377

Good

3 months ago.

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

IND-User
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2,994

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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1,928

Good

10 months ago.

Perfect SSD, fast and realible

DNK-User
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1,636

Excellent

24 months ago.

Fast and easy installation, and even faster operating speeds

mazinga
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50

Excellent

15 months ago.

wopr

BurntTech
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42

Good

17 months ago.

Works good enough if the price was right

xDEFCONx
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28

Excellent

9 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

19 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

3 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

18 months ago.

Outstanding SATA SSD, a market standard.

SirNatty
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8

Good

4 years ago.

Bloody quick. Seems more reliable with RAPID mode OFF though

metzzy
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8

Excellent

3 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
Avatar level
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

19 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
Avatar level
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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