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SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 123% (3rd of 639)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0611 Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G
Poor: 77%Average: 123% Great: 170%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB averaged 22.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 29.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB is 93.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 166MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 3123%
Min Avg Max
31 Read 166 251
26.1 Write 163 239
28.4 Mixed 159 236
39.4 SusWrite 145 240
215% 158 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.56 4K Read 16 21.3
6.01 4K Write 20.4 28.1
4.11 4K Mixed 17 23.1
1,332% 17.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 DQ Read 19.6 23.4
19.4 DQ Write 29.6 38
10.1 DQ Mixed 21.9 28.8
1,825% 23.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 237 236 242 242 241 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 237
Write 217
Mixed 206
SusWrite 239
306% 225 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 23
1,737% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 22.7
DQ Write 26.1
DQ Mixed 24.1
1,792% 24.3 MB/s
419GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 242 239 242 242 242 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 211
Mixed 206
SusWrite 240
301% 219 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 25.7
4K Mixed 23.1
1,740% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 23.3
DQ Write 37.6
DQ Mixed 28.5
2,335% 29.8 MB/s
156GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 218 224 230 231 231 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 246
Write 206
Mixed 224
SusWrite 225
304% 225 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 25.1
4K Mixed 21.2
1,644% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 21.4
DQ Write 34
DQ Mixed 24.7
2,076% 26.7 MB/s
47GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 237 127 77 74 73 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 251
Write 237
Mixed 236
SusWrite 137
287% 215 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 22.9
1,757% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 23.4
DQ Write 37.8
DQ Mixed 28.4
2,338% 29.9 MB/s
163GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 196 183 101 104 101 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 246
Write 224
Mixed 226
SusWrite 152
283% 212 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 20.9
1,617% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 27.8
DQ Mixed 23.9
1,837% 24.3 MB/s
466GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 145 201 154 196 192 MB/s
89.4% Excellent
Read 194
Write 188
Mixed 193
SusWrite 173
255% 187 MB/s
4K Read 7.1
4K Write 7.1
4K Mixed 8.7
564% 7.63 MB/s
155GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 118 115 111 114 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 106
Write 113
Mixed 101
SusWrite 114
150% 109 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 12.5
4K Mixed 13
912% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 18.9
DQ Write 26.9
DQ Mixed 24.9
1,832% 23.6 MB/s
358GB free, PID 0611
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 39.7
Write 40.8
Mixed 40
SusWrite 41
56% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 18.4
1,330% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 15.6
DQ Write 24.7
DQ Mixed 19.1
1,548% 19.8 MB/s
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