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850 EVO M.2 500GB

850 EVO M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (25,072)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -394%Effective Speed -394%Average Score -527%Read -790%, Write -960%, 4K Read -123%, 4K Write -116%, Mixed -781%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -813%Peak Score -703%Read -1,072%, Write -1,213%, 4K Read -303%, 4K Write -200%, Mixed -1,046%, 4K Mixed -237%, SusWrite -852%Value & Sentiment -414%User Rating -37%, Market Share -791%Nice To Haves -442%DQ Read -501%, DQ Write -437%, DQ Mixed -475%, ADQ Read -388%, ADQ Write -318%, ADQ Mixed -369%, Age -548%, AS-SSD Total -502%

Average Bench: 110% (219^th of 1079)

Based on 25,072 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB

Poor: 79%Average: 110% Great: 131%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB averaged 10.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 317MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 53.4MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB is 52.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25,072 samples)

Rank 219110%

Min	Avg	Max
387	Read 470	506
319	Write 438	489
295	Mixed 366	408
140	SusWrite 347	480
91.1% 405 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26	4K Read 40.1	47.7
46.3	4K Write 95.6	127
33.3	4K Mixed 53.4	65.2
180% 63 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
229	DQ Read 351	385
114	DQ Write 301	353
173	DQ Mixed 317	364
240% 323 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

174GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 281 234 227 214 213 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 396

SusWrite 259

91% 407 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 60.6

204% 72.4 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 363

273% 364 MB/s

NLD-User, 15 hrs ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 436 375 362 422 379 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 444

Mixed 353

SusWrite 400

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 85.2

4K Mixed 52

167% 57.9 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 356

268% 358 MB/s

FRA-User, 14 hrs ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 453 290 116 83 49 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 471

Mixed 403

SusWrite 241

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 53.2

173% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 361

272% 364 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 282 171 170 162 206 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 346

SusWrite 228

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 82.8

4K Mixed 50.2

164% 56.6 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 358

270% 361 MB/s

MEX-User, 2 days ago.

33GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 366 138 117 96 96 MB/s

99.7% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 364

SusWrite 181

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 52

169% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 365

274% 365 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

254GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 234 202 201 201 192 MB/s

94.2% Outstanding

Write 322

Mixed 286

SusWrite 219

73% 329 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 87.2

4K Mixed 42.2

148% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 258

217% 316 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 days ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 379 287 244 219 204 MB/s

87.7% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 366

SusWrite 291

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 53.5

4K Mixed 43

121% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 265

204% 280 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,247x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	748x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,882x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,111x
RX 580AMD $94Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 110%, 25,072 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	344x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	259x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	157x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $372	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
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Samsung

850 EVO M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 110% (219th of 1079)

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

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