Samsung

850 EVO mSATA 120GB

850 EVO mSATA 120GB
BENCHMARKS (621)
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Effective Speed -12%Effective Speed -12%Average Score -15%Read -2%, Write 5%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -16%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score -17%Read -2%, Write -1%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +2% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed 15%, Age -14%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 87.5% (362^nd of 1072)

Based on 621 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA 120GB, Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSAT

Poor: 61%Average: 87.5% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB averaged just 12.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 299MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 349MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 621 samples)

Rank 36287.5%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 449	499
335	Write 424	480
280	Mixed 349	393
116	SusWrite 160	184
77.4% 346 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	4K Read 33.9	45.5
36.7	4K Write 75.6	115
26.6	4K Mixed 43.4	58.5
147% 51 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.8	DQ Read 333	386
92.3	DQ Write 300	352
46.4	DQ Mixed 299	358
229% 310 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 3 months ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT41B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 134 134 135 133 133 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 371

Mixed 329

SusWrite 161

64% 281 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 79.8

4K Mixed 46.2

156% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 345

264% 358 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 months ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT41B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 146 148 147 149 151 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 411

Mixed 330

SusWrite 178

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 64

4K Mixed 34.4

127% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 342

255% 337 MB/s

POL-User, 1 month ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT41B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 92 92 92 91 90 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 436

Mixed 337

SusWrite 129

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 52

4K Mixed 33.7

111% 37.4 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 320

241% 324 MB/s

IRN-User, 1 month ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT41B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 87 91 85 81 77 MB/s

65.8% Good

Write 365

Mixed 349

SusWrite 116

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 33

4K Mixed 26.9

88% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 278

217% 302 MB/s

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Typical 850 EVO mSATA 120GB Builds (Compare 5,046 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,686x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
850 EVO mSATA 120GBSamsungBench 88%, 621 samples	1x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $195

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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 mSATA 120GB

Average Bench: 87.5% (362^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 87.5% (362nd of 1072)

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