Samsung

850 EVO M.2 181GB

850 EVO M.2 181GB
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Effective Speed +0%Effective Speed 0%Average Score +2% Read 15%, Write 13%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed 5%, SusWrite -22%Peak Score -6%Read 6%, Write -1%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -29%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -16%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -35%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write 11%, ADQ Mixed -14%, Age 38%, AS-SSD Total -21%

Average Bench: 98.5% (261^st of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2

Poor: 89%Average: 98.5% Great: 109%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 181GB averaged just 1.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 181GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 228MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 181GB is 20.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 181GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 353MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 26198.5%

Min	Avg	Max
502	Read 527	539
438	Write 457	479
334	Mixed 353	385
163	SusWrite 242	299
88.3% 395 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.3	4K Read 39.3	46
69	4K Write 80.3	103
41.6	4K Mixed 47.4	59.4
163% 55.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
151	DQ Read 222	237
311	DQ Write 320	345
179	DQ Mixed 228	245
185% 257 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 years ago.

164GB free

Firmware: EMT2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 226 292 271 266 279 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 459

Mixed 366

SusWrite 285

91% 408 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 54

188% 63.9 MB/s

DQ Read 237

DQ Write 345

DQ Mixed 245

198% 276 MB/s

UKR-User, 4 years ago.

169GB free

Firmware: EMT2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 313 316 315 315 316 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 334

SusWrite 299

91% 408 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 46.7

162% 54.5 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 230

188% 262 MB/s

UKR-User, 4 years ago.

169GB free

Firmware: EMT2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 299 302 309 312 305 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 345

SusWrite 296

88% 395 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 68.6

4K Mixed 44.9

144% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 233

166% 212 MB/s

UKR-User, 4 years ago.

169GB free

Firmware: EMT2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 159 157 160 155 159 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 472

Mixed 343

SusWrite 163

85% 379 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 41.6

146% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 234

188% 259 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus X580VD

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,011x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	164x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	745x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	430x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 181GBSamsungBench 98%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	463x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	144x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	73x

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

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

Samsung

850 EVO M.2 181GB

Average Bench: 98.5% (261^st of 1072)

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850 EVO M.2 181GB

Average Bench: 98.5% (261st of 1072)

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