The list below collects 12 mid-range SSD with sizes about 500 GB and presented by the user’s choice.
1. Samsung MZ-75E500B 850 Evo 500GB:
Average Bench: 94.7% – 40th / 734
2. Samsung MZ-7KE512BW 850 Pro 512GB:
Average Bench: 99.3% – 31st / 734 THE WINNER
3. SanDisk SDSSDXPS-480G-G25 Extreme Pro 480GB:
Average Bench: 85.4% – 86th / 734
4. Crucial CT500BX100SSD1 BX100 500GB:
Average Bench: 87.4% – 71st / 734
5. SanDisk SDSSDHII-480G-G25 Ultra II 480GB:
Average Bench: 81.1% – 131st / 734 THE LOWEST PRICE
6. Kingston SV300S37A/480G SSDNow V300 480GB:
Average Bench: 50.4% – 514th / 734
7. OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G ARC 100 480GB:
Average Bench: 80.3% – 144th / 734
8. OCZ RADEON-R7SSD-480G AMD Radeon R7 480GB:
Average Bench: 88.9% – 64rd / 734
9. Crucial CT512MX100SSD1 MX100 512GB:
Average Bench: 87% – 73rd / 734
10. Crucial CT500MX200SSD1 MX200 500GB:
Average Bench: 75.7% – 203rd / 734
11. OCZ VTR180-25SAT3-480G Vector 180 480GB:
Average Bench: 88.8% – 63rd / 734
12. Intel SSDSC2BP480G410 730 Series 480GB:
Average Bench: 92% – 47th / 734
The Winner of the user choice:
Samsung MZ-7KE512BW 850 Pro 512GB
Average Bench: 99.3% – 31st / 734 THE WINNER
V-NAND
Samsung’s flash memory is fabricated using an innovative 3D V-NAND architecture, which stacks 32 cell layers on top of one another. The result is higher density and higher performance using a smaller footprint and a breakthrough in overcoming the density limits of conventional planar NAND.
Ultimate Read/Write Performance
Powered by Samsung’s cutting-edge 3D V-NAND technology, the NAND flash memory delivers class-leading read and writes performance for both sequential and random workloads.
Source: Samsung.com
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1. Samsung MZ-75E500B 850 Evo 500GB
Average User Bench = +14%
Peak Lab Bench = +11%
Value & Sentiment = +140%
Nice To Haves = +21%
Average Bench: 94.7% – 40th / 734
Excellent effective speed
The Samsung 850 Evo 500GB averaged just 5.3% lower 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.
Terrible consistency
The range of scores (best-worst) for the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB is 91.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real-world conditions.
Strengths
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.8MB/s
Weaknesses
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 185MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 188MB/s