Samsung

850 EVO M.2 120GB

850 EVO M.2 120GB
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Effective Speed -2%Effective Speed -2%Average Score -7%Read 2%, Write 7%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite -82%Peak Score -14%Read 0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite -108%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +5% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write 6%, ADQ Mixed 20%, Age -13%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 96.5% (270^th of 1072)

Based on 3,551 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 120GB

Poor: 69%Average: 96.5% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB averaged just 3.5% 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 313MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 49.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB is 42.5%. 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 163MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 357MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,551 samples)

Rank 27096.5%

Min	Avg	Max
389	Read 466	508
336	Write 432	488
294	Mixed 357	407
113	SusWrite 163	186
79.3% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	4K Read 38.3	46.5
53.3	4K Write 92.6	124
29.4	4K Mixed 49.9	60.9
171% 60.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
254	DQ Read 354	385
153	DQ Write 307	356
146	DQ Mixed 313	358
239% 325 MB/s

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IDN-User, 1 month ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 149 149 149 149 149 MB/s

99.5% Outstanding

Write 475

Mixed 382

SusWrite 183

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 93.8

4K Mixed 51.5

178% 62.1 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 295

222% 295 MB/s

CAN-User, 17 days ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 151 150 151 151 151 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 380

Mixed 328

SusWrite 180

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 36.7

125% 42.8 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 269

211% 292 MB/s

RUS-User, 10 days ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT21B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 129 132 143 138 MB/s

67.3% Good

Write 150

Mixed 118

SusWrite 136

46% 209 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 24.8

101% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 365

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 153

137% 214 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,027x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,573x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	936x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,044x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 120GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,551 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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850 EVO M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 96.5% (270^th of 1072)

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