Average Bench: 68.9% (687th of 1072)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 PRO
Poor: 60%Average: 68.9% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung 850 PRO 1TB averaged 31.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 26.3MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 PRO 1TB is just 17.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 850 PRO 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Min Avg Max
305 Read 364 487
97.6 Write 346 463
92.8 Mixed 310 396
47.8 SusWrite 350 458
77.2% 342 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 22 27.7
15.4 4K Write 36.6 54.9
20.7 4K Mixed 26.3 35.1
86.3% 28.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
107 DQ Read 146 222
41.4 DQ Write 125 193
0.7 DQ Mixed 108 188
88.7% 127 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
882GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 361 361 361 359 360 MB/s
Read 389
Write 363
Mixed 332
SusWrite 359
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 30.4
98% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 118
98% 140 MB/s
929GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 342 342 343 342 342 MB/s
Read 354
Write 345
Mixed 314
SusWrite 342
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 27.3
88% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 160
120% 159 MB/s
905GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 345 345 342 344 343 MB/s
Read 363
Write 326
Mixed 310
SusWrite 343
76% 336 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 35.3
4K Mixed 27.7
87% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 157
115% 152 MB/s
786GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 357 319 358 326 326 MB/s
Read 380
Write 336
Mixed 312
SusWrite 333
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 20.8
65% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 54.7
DQ Mixed 63.1
57% 88.5 MB/s
184GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 112 90 88 57 62 MB/s
Read 347
Write 219
Mixed 128
SusWrite 84
43% 195 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 41.6
4K Mixed 27.4
93% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 60.2
DQ Mixed 92.2
81% 125 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,742,123 SSDs tested

Typical 850 PRO 1TB Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Dell DXG051

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