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850 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 106% (237th of 1080)

Based on 269 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
Poor: 75%Average: 106% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 850 EVO 500GB averaged 6.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 325MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 52.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 262MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 370MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 269 samples)
Rank 237106%
Min Avg Max
419 Read 477 507
308 Write 440 491
276 Mixed 370 417
122 SusWrite 262 331
86.9% 387 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.2 4K Read 41.1 48
39 4K Write 95.9 128
32 4K Mixed 52.8 65
181% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
270 DQ Read 363 386
105 DQ Write 313 352
149 DQ Mixed 325 362
247% 333 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
195GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 311 310 310 311 310 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 465
Mixed 383
SusWrite 326
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 56.6
189% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 339
255% 342 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 268 247 235 231 222 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 484
Mixed 396
SusWrite 266
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 55.2
185% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 358
270% 362 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 297 290 295 296 295 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 454
Write 426
Mixed 378
SusWrite 306
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 82.7
4K Mixed 53.4
172% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 358
269% 359 MB/s
168GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 321 323 321 321 319 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 463
Write 449
Mixed 348
SusWrite 326
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 47
150% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 355
268% 359 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 49 57 54 55 57 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 469
Write 425
Mixed 362
SusWrite 94
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 41.2
140% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 332
233% 297 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,549,205 SSDs tested

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Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples677x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples459x
Core i7-6700Intel  $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples106x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples233x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples134x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples132x
SSD
850 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 106%, 269 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples84x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples74x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $445

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