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Samsung SSD 850 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 86.5% (377th of 1072)

Based on 232 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 850
Poor: 54%Average: 86.5% Great: 99%

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Very good average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 850 500GB averaged just 13.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 850 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 123MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 850 500GB is 45%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 850 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 116MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 317MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 232 samples)
Rank 37786.5%
Min Avg Max
372 Read 538 507
283 Write 412 490
264 Mixed 352 499
99.6 SusWrite 317 461
90.5% 405 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.9 4K Read 39.4 33.1
11.5 4K Write 47.5 64.8
9.47 4K Mixed 30.2 39.8
123% 39 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30 DQ Read 116 239
60.4 DQ Write 223 360
25.5 DQ Mixed 123 175
107% 154 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
305GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 376 379 383 377 380 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 419
Write 377
Mixed 316
SusWrite 374
84% 371 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 24.9
87% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 93.5
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 113
92% 128 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 320 337 345 346 319 MB/s
71.1% Very good
Read 416
Write 358
Mixed 317
SusWrite 332
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 29.1
91% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 88.8
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 97.2
82% 117 MB/s
305GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 362 319 352 333 351 MB/s
67.8% Good
Read 401
Write 358
Mixed 312
SusWrite 346
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 21.4
81% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 95
DQ Write 167
DQ Mixed 116
92% 126 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 424 430 406 431 357 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 279
Write 281
Mixed 255
SusWrite 404
69% 305 MB/s
4K Read 8.2
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 9.4
28% 8.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,711,379 SSDs tested

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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
Samsung SSD 850 500GBAmd-raidBench 87%, 232 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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