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850 EVO M.2 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 98.4% (262nd of 1072)

Based on 53 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2
Poor: 66%Average: 98.4% Great: 119%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB averaged just 1.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 127MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB is 52.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 378MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)
Rank 26298.4%
Min Avg Max
402 Read 490 514
91.5 Write 382 482
132 Mixed 378 418
45.5 SusWrite 126 183
76.8% 344 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25 4K Read 39.4 50
21.7 4K Write 90.2 157
12.9 4K Mixed 39.2 66.2
158% 56.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42.5 DQ Read 304 383
55.3 DQ Write 239 349
18.7 DQ Mixed 127 353
134% 223 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 131 125 118 115 111 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 462
Mixed 384
SusWrite 154
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 89.1
4K Mixed 51.7
174% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 222
167% 224 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 73 73 71 73 73 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 446
Write 335
Mixed 346
SusWrite 110
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 67.9
4K Mixed 42.7
142% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 296
232% 320 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 405
Write 45.5
Mixed 82
SusWrite 45.5
31% 145 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.8
40% 8.87 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s
29.5% Poor
Read 405
Write 45.5
Mixed 82.1
SusWrite 45.5
31% 145 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.8
39% 8.8 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 42 46 46 46 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 430
Write 45.4
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 44.1
32% 150 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.8
34% 7.67 MB/s
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Typical 850 EVO M.2 120GB Builds (Compare 1,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples694x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples195x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples101x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples147x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples81x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples66x
SSD
850 EVO M.2 120GBSamsungBench 98%, 53 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples36x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $723

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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