Samsung

850 EVO M.2 500GB

850 EVO M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (25,072)
MKT (0%)
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(2)

Effective Speed +12% Effective Speed 12%Average Score +11% Read 3%, Write 8%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 17%Peak Score +7% Read -0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment -454%User Rating -13%, Market Share -894%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed 10%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed 22%, Age -16%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 110% (211^th of 1072)

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 211110%

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%

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

119GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 479 479 477 475 479 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 477

Mixed 394

SusWrite 476

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 86.9

4K Mixed 52.9

177% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 358

270% 361 MB/s

GBR-User, 20 hrs ago.

323GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 421 439 461 451 454 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 446

Mixed 396

SusWrite 448

100% 443 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 88.2

4K Mixed 52.5

172% 59.6 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 357

268% 359 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

215GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 380 379 387 372 396 MB/s

93.6% Outstanding

Write 368

Mixed 304

SusWrite 383

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 68.9

4K Mixed 38.2

130% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 345

261% 351 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 172 46 50 50 53 MB/s

91.2% Outstanding

Write 384

Mixed 315

SusWrite 129

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 48.2

161% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 358

269% 359 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

121GB free

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 114 148 149 111 MB/s

46.7% Average

Write 284

Mixed 234

SusWrite 122

52% 232 MB/s

4K Read 15.8

4K Write 33.9

4K Mixed 16.3

63% 22 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 197

146% 195 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,084x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	694x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,734x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,042x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

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

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	316x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	235x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	150x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $189	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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850 EVO M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 110% (211th of 1072)

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

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Average Bench: 110% (211^th of 1072)