Samsung

850 2TB

850 2TB
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Effective Speed -9%Effective Speed -9%Average Score -8%Read 3%, Write -11%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score +4% Read 4%, Write 3%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 21%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -15%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read -29%, ADQ Write -36%, ADQ Mixed -46%, Age -7%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 90.7% (315^th of 1072)

Based on 54 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850

Poor: 61%Average: 90.7% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 2TB averaged just 9.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 178MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.8MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 2TB is 54.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 314MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 54 samples)

Rank 31590.7%

Min	Avg	Max
361	Read 473	525
116	Write 366	501
131	Mixed 368	514
49.7	SusWrite 314	463
85.3% 380 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 30.8	39.2
29.6	4K Write 74.5	118
16.9	4K Mixed 34.6	54.1
130% 46.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.2	DQ Read 252	384
63.3	DQ Write 213	330
22.9	DQ Mixed 178	343
148% 215 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BEL-User, 2 years ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 474 461 482 477 470 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 381

SusWrite 471

104% 460 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 92.8

4K Mixed 50.3

169% 60 MB/s

DQ Read 37.8

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 163

98% 102 MB/s

MEX-User, 13 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 441 443 436 316 306 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 374

SusWrite 390

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 41

134% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 257

200% 275 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 371 368 345 334 331 MB/s

85.5% Excellent

Write 380

Mixed 339

SusWrite 354

84% 372 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 35.9

121% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 145

126% 191 MB/s

AUT-User, 2 years ago.

947GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 302 297 284 298 303 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 266

Mixed 335

SusWrite 298

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 46.5

4K Mixed 31.3

105% 34.8 MB/s

DQ Read 279

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 206

166% 235 MB/s

ATG-User, 2 years ago.

881GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 317 310 311 307 314 MB/s

77.5% Very good

Write 307

Mixed 327

SusWrite 314

79% 353 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 38.5

4K Mixed 29.4

95% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 229

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 185

149% 211 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	146x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 2TBSamsungBench 91%, 54 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	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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Average Bench: 90.7% (315^th of 1072)

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