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850 EVO 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 116% (198th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsun SSD 850 EVO 2TB
Poor: 93%Average: 116% Great: 136%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsun 850 EVO 2TB averaged 15.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsun 850 EVO 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 49.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun 850 EVO 2TB is 43.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsun 850 EVO 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 398MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 428MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 198116%
Min Avg Max
436 Read 502 520
180 Write 433 492
277 Mixed 398 436
374 SusWrite 428 489
99.1% 440 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.1 4K Read 39.1 47.2
40.5 4K Write 109 155
20.5 4K Mixed 49.6 69.6
181% 66 MB/s
Min Avg Max
43.3 DQ Read 321 387
126 DQ Write 311 347
27.3 DQ Mixed 273 363
217% 302 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
874GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 445 451 450 448 448 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 484
Mixed 393
SusWrite 448
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 67.1
238% 89.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 489 487 471 489 488 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 486
Mixed 412
SusWrite 485
107% 474 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 60.7
205% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 360
271% 363 MB/s
488GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 473 476 484 482 427 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 476
Mixed 389
SusWrite 461
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 60
206% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 359
270% 362 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 422 465 482 483 238 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 414
Mixed 393
SusWrite 416
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 49.6
170% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 349
266% 360 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 445 462 468 470 471 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 180
Mixed 277
SusWrite 458
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 45.3
147% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 358
269% 360 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,776,338 SSDs tested

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Typical 850 EVO 2TB Builds (Compare 7,120 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples843x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples599x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples994x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples471x
SSD
850 EVO 2TBSamsunBench 116%, 19 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $713

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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