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850 PRO 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 96.4% (270th of 1071)

Based on 54 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB
Poor: 73%Average: 96.4% Great: 119%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 PRO 1TB averaged just 3.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 PRO 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 202MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 PRO 1TB is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 PRO 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 400MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 402MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 54 samples)
Rank 27096.4%
Min Avg Max
367 Read 478 525
366 Write 437 492
319 Mixed 400 511
264 SusWrite 402 475
96.6% 429 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.5 4K Read 30.7 38.1
22.9 4K Write 76.4 123
19.7 4K Mixed 37.3 53
135% 48.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.8 DQ Read 254 388
54.5 DQ Write 219 355
17.1 DQ Mixed 202 363
161% 225 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
734GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 339 405 394 427 427 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 458
Write 437
Mixed 366
SusWrite 383
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 75.6
4K Mixed 39.8
137% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 353
266% 357 MB/s
767GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 221 228 228 227 228 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 450
Mixed 378
SusWrite 211
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 41
135% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 362
274% 369 MB/s
685GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 376 375 391 403 400 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 346
Write 367
Mixed 286
SusWrite 360
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 37.1
117% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 327
247% 332 MB/s
758GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 393 444 425 404 400 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 430
Write 402
Mixed 341
SusWrite 410
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 40.1
4K Mixed 25.3
82% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 350
263% 352 MB/s
756GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 430 412 412 417 438 MB/s
83.1% Excellent
Read 419
Write 408
Mixed 346
SusWrite 421
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 25.9
85% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 300
231% 314 MB/s
775GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 410 420 405 414 414 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 389
Write 377
Mixed 320
SusWrite 410
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 23.7
61% 14.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,035 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 PRO 1TB Builds (Compare 564 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel  $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel  $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel  $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples76x
GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples85x
SSD
850 PRO 1TBSamsungBench 96%, 54 samples1x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $85

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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