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Samsung MZ-75E500B

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% (217th of 1080)

Based on 695,664 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: 80%Average: 112% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 11.9% 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 317MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 54.3%. 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 365MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 376MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 695,664 samples)
Rank 217112%
Min Avg Max
374 Read 471 507
307 Write 441 492
294 Mixed 376 414
151 SusWrite 365 488
92.9% 413 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.2 4K Read 40.3 47.5
43.1 4K Write 95.6 128
32.3 4K Mixed 53.8 65.9
181% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
218 DQ Read 348 386
137 DQ Write 302 362
164 DQ Mixed 317 371
240% 322 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
165GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 482 486 495 496 495 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 492
Mixed 420
SusWrite 489
108% 478 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 61.8
210% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 367
277% 370 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 115 80 69 71 70 MB/s
63% Good
Read 492
Write 472
Mixed 359
SusWrite 91
79% 354 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 19.3
4K Mixed 19.6
81% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 310
229% 303 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,510,827 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 14,248 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,794x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,755x
Core i7-6700Intel  $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,068x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,223x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,406x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,277x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples806x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples830x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples584x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples567x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $862

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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1,921

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 9 years ago.
USA-User
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9,918

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

around 5 seconds faster boot time than my intel 320 series 300gb ssd. i like it

IND-User
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4,830

Average

2 years 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

FRA-User
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4,611

Poor

22 months ago.

The first time I experience fast boot of windows 10 in my pc!

CHE-User
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2,630

Good

4 years ago.

Perfect SSD, fast and realible

mazinga
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56

Excellent

5 years ago.

wopr

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

3 years ago.

Still a great SSD, even in 2020. Fast load times for both OS and applications/games.

BurntTech
Avatar level
42

Good

5 years ago.

Works good enough if the price was right

xDEFCONx
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28

Excellent

4 years 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

5 years ago.

too old

MMarioMX
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14

Excellent

7 years ago.

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

zorz
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14

Outstanding

7 years ago.

Best of the best

usbserial
Avatar level
12

Excellent

6 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

5 years ago.

Outstanding SATA SSD, a market standard.

SirNatty
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8

Good

8 years ago.

Bloody quick. Seems more reliable with RAPID mode OFF though

metzzy
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8

Excellent

7 years ago.

Excellent SSD with its amazing value. Worth it.

hitekk
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8

Excellent

7 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

8 years ago.

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

kamkelsey
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6

Excellent

7 years ago.

I like it and it works well.

steveng
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6

Excellent

5 years 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

7 years ago.

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

westharpe
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2

Good

7 years ago.

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

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