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850 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 114% (207th of 1080)

Based on 130 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
Poor: 94%Average: 114% Great: 129%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO 500GB averaged 14.1% 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 338MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB is 35.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 403MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 414MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 130 samples)
Rank 207114%
Min Avg Max
260 Read 469 503
278 Write 446 483
244 Mixed 403 460
204 SusWrite 414 486
97.6% 433 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.6 4K Read 39 47
52.8 4K Write 90.1 126
31.7 4K Mixed 53.2 65.3
175% 60.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
201 DQ Read 367 387
122 DQ Write 323 345
191 DQ Mixed 338 365
255% 343 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
294GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 451 395 405 403 424 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 446
Mixed 395
SusWrite 418
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 76
4K Mixed 50.3
159% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 359
269% 359 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,536,387 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 1,787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 47%
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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples600x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples490x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples250x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples133x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples99x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples97x
SSD
850 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 114%, 130 samples1x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples129x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples62x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples59x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $278

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