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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% (204th of 1058)

Based on 708,975 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: 76%Average: 110% Great: 133%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged 9.7% 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 313MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 57.3%. 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 349MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 372MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 708,975 samples)
Rank 204110%
Min Avg Max
369 Read 470 506
264 Write 434 491
281 Mixed 372 413
154 SusWrite 349 486
91.3% 406 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26 4K Read 39.6 47.5
49.4 4K Write 93.4 128
33.1 4K Mixed 53.1 65.8
178% 62 MB/s
Min Avg Max
210 DQ Read 341 386
113 DQ Write 297 362
159 DQ Mixed 313 370
236% 317 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
264GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 487 489 489 489 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 483
Mixed 417
SusWrite 489
106% 472 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 56.3
187% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 355
267% 356 MB/s
387GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 475 471 471 472 470 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 465
Mixed 369
SusWrite 471
101% 449 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 77.3
4K Mixed 54.2
178% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 239
207% 309 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 459 430 475 483 473 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 456
Mixed 386
SusWrite 461
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 53.9
172% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 370
279% 374 MB/s
325GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 468 463 465 474 474 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 426
Write 463
Mixed 345
SusWrite 465
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 53.5
178% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 356
269% 360 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 51,170,732 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $178 @ launch in Dec '14
AmazonUS $1604 years
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Typical 850 Evo 500GB Builds (Compare 24,011 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $355Bench 83%, 588,376 samples11,073x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $175Bench 80%, 352,152 samples6,913x
Core i7-6700Intel  $350Bench 76%, 267,152 samples1,731x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $138Bench 80%, 1,188,482 samples4,105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,237,858 samples2,423x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 106%, 955,188 samples2,405x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 110%, 708,975 samples1,706x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 83%, 561,752 samples1,629x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 71%, 58,869 samples1,015x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 553,560 samples973x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $1,022

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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1,857

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 6 years ago.
USA-User
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8,394

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

6 months ago.

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

FRA-User
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4,053

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

IND-User
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3,976

Good

12 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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2,322

Good

2 years ago.

Perfect SSD, fast and realible

mazinga
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54

Excellent

2 years ago.

wopr

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

15 months ago.

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

BurntTech
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42

Good

3 years ago.

Works good enough if the price was right

xDEFCONx
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28

Excellent

2 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

3 years ago.

too old

MMarioMX
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14

Excellent

5 years ago.

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

zorz
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14

Outstanding

5 years ago.

Best of the best

usbserial
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12

Excellent

4 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

3 years ago.

Outstanding SATA SSD, a market standard.

SirNatty
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8

Good

6 years ago.

Bloody quick. Seems more reliable with RAPID mode OFF though

metzzy
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8

Excellent

4 years ago.

Excellent SSD with its amazing value. Worth it.

hitekk
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8

Excellent

4 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

5 years ago.

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

kamkelsey
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6

Excellent

5 years ago.

I like it and it works well.

steveng
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6

Excellent

3 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
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4

Excellent

5 years ago.

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

westharpe
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2

Good

5 years ago.

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

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