Samsung 850 PRO SSD 256 Gigabyte Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 15.09.14
The 850 PRO 256 GB is Samsung's flagship consumer-grade SATA SSD. The series features Samsungs latest 3D V-NAND with 24 layers and 128Gbit density. Thanks to this NAND flash memory the drive features a high endurance rating and apart from that also performance should be on a seriously high level.
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Specifications / Delivery
| Model | 850 PRO 128 GB | 850 PRO 256 GB | 850 PRO 512 GB | 850 PRO 1 TB |
| Capacity | 128 GB | 256 GB | 512 GB | 1024 GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5'' | 2.5'' | 2.5'' | 2.5'' |
| Controller | Samsung 3-core MEX | Samsung 3-core MEX | Samsung 3-core MEX | Samsung 3-core MEX |
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| Endurance | 150 TBW | 150 TBW | 150 TBW | 150 TBW |
| Warranty | 10 Years | 10 Years | 10 Years | 10 Years |
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Not long ago Samsung announced three new SSD series. There is the 850 PRO for endusers and the 845DC EVO as well as the 845DC PRO for data centers. In the case of the 850 PRO the most significant upgrade comes with the NAND Flash. Samsung is now bringing 3D V-NAND to the mass market and therefore increasing reliability and endurance. To be a bit more precise the drive boasts 24 layer 3D V-NAND with 40nm structures. Apart from that density is a 128Gbit and over time Samsung wants to increase this value to a whopping 1 TBit.
A closer look at the 850 PRO reveals that the 256 Gigabyte version is capable of delivering high performance already with low capacity. It appears that the new 3D V-NAND can deliver high performance as well as high endurance in combination with Samsungs latest MEX controller. When it comes to endurance Samsung is saying that the 850 PRO should be able to survive 150 TBW. Compared to the datacenter drives, where Samsung communicates 10 drive writes per day, the value of 150 TBW is rather low. We believe the maker is advertising a low value and in real life the drive is capable of withstanding way higher TBW numbers.
If we start looking for the controller, we see there is the Samsung MEX model. This controller clocks 100 MHz higher than the predecessor, which ran by the name MDX. The fact that this version of the controller clocks 100 MHz faster might also be the reason why the 850 PRO is a bit quicker than the datacenter versions, which use the MDX controller but also feature 3D V-NAND.
Last but not least let us have a quick look at the exterior. The Samsung 850 PRO is only available with a 2.5 inch casing measuring 7 millimeter in height. In case of the interface you get SATA 3.1. We're rather curious to see wether Samsung is planning on releasing an M.2 version of this drive or not.
Impressions
How do we test?
Testenvironment
| Models | |
| ADATA S511 60 GB |
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| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
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| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
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| Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
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| Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
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| Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
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| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
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| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
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| Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
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| Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
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| Intel X25-M 80 GB |
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| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
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| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | n/A |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
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| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
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| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Octane 512 GB |
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| OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
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| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
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| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
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| OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
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| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB |
|
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB |
|
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
| Smasung 840Evo 120 GB |
|
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
|
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB |
|
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB |
|
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB |
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| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
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| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
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| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
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| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | n/A |
Testenvironment |
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| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VII Gene |
| Chipset | Intel Z97 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4700k |
| Memory | G.Skill Ares 2133 MHz |
| Graphics card | ASUS GeFroce GTX 680 |
| Storage (system) | Intel SSD 335 Series |
| Operating systems | Windows 7 64 Bit with caching drives |
iozone
iozone3 is a benchmark suite for storage solutions which natively runs under Windows/Linux.We are testing the throughput rates/IOPS with different block sizes using the following commands:
KByte/s
- iozone -Rb test4k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32
- iozone -Rb test256k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 256k -s4g -t32
iops
- iozone -Rb test4ko.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32 -O
KByte/s, Sequential write |
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| Sequential write | Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
1'291'486 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
771'043 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |  |
750'096 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
694'586 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
680'372 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
536'082 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
 |
534'262 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
534'058 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
533'969 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
533'672 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
531'027 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
522'897 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
522'613 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
522'212 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
519'430 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
519'190 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
519'104 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
517'290 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
516'603 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
515'218 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
513'309 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
512'676 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
512'628 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
511'805 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
510'245 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
507'743 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
505'669 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
504'589 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
502'272 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
500'153 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
499'239 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
491'205 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
469'784 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
462'097 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
457'001 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
444'122 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
439'829 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
436'531 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
434'466 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
421'139 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
405'911 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
343'488 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB |  |
328'922 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
324'238 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
321'474 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
314'144 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
307'781 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
271'696 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
266'401 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
219'159 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
80'719 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
77'257 |
KByte/s, Sequential Read |
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| Sequential Read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
1'460'560 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
857'972 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
806'858 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
729'929 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
716'357 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
553'400 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
548'836 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
547'188 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
545'843 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
545'656 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
545'353 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
544'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
543'650 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
542'606 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
542'442 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 | |
542'075 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
541'626 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
541'613 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
541'542 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
541'086 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
540'973 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
539'056 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
539'754 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
539'648 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
537'745 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
537'560 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 | |
536'605 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
536'542 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
534'988 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
534'392 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
534'241 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
534'154 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
532'816 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
530'606 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
530'584 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
529'995 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
529'520 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
529'462 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
525'278 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
521'930 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
516'479 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
510'372 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
507'743 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
504'587 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
498'223 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
490'777 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
441'396 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
440'052 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
438'465 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
247'759 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
240'404 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
209'723 |
KByte/s, Random write |
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| Random write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
756'658 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
412'837 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
382'970 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
362'053 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
360'357 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
356'006 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
354'573 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
354'246 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
346'184 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
346'003 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
344'730 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
343'726 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
341'478 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
325'007 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
324'023 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
301'486 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
299'848 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
292'401 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
287'255 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
286'949 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
285'558 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
285'407 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
284'858 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
283'794 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
283'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
282'578 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
280'556 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
279'967 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
276'859 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
275'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
264'870 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
262'687 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
262'005 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
255'988 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
254'918 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
253'269 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
252'045 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
244'150 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
226'394 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
242'683 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
237'082 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
225'092 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
213'027 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
200'308 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
156'814 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
156'644 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
148'166 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
132'997 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
95'808 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
94'447 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
62'388 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
48'194 |
KByte/s, Random read |
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| Random read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
640'327 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
400'192 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
392'851 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
390'689 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
384'527 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
381'510 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
373'590 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
368'728 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
368'001 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
364'987 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
359'009 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
357'112 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
353'123 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
349'781 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
348'881 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
348'724 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
346'164 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
337'922 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
328'627 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
310'109 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
309'467 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
283'794 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
255'743 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
231'999 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
226'958 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
212'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
171'179 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
171'684 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
168'648 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
167'922 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
163'408 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
151'097 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
149'622 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
142'942 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
141'910 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
126'603 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
123'553 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
102'038 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
102'031 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
98'387 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
96'042 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
95'928 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
93'316 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
89'121 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
87'188 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
84'113 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
81'160 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
58'647 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
51'187 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
47'918 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
43'003 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
30'287 |
IOPS, Random write |
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| Random write |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
189'164 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
95'782 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
91'053 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
90'519 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
88'642 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
88'537 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
88'460 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
86'634 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
85'813 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
85'792 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
85'373 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
76'721 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
75'577 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
74'983 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
74'389 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
72'000 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
71'470 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
71'338 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
71'323 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
71'227 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
71'180 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
70'944 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
70'031 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
70'016 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
69'760 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
69'108 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
67'339 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
66'107 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
65'817 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
65'714 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
64'446 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
63'620 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
63'553 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
61'302 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
60'579 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
58'604 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
56'749 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
56'017 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
53'719 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
53'618 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
52'126 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
39'744 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
39'192 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
38'077 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
32'772 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
23'799 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
23'640 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
22'192 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
20'492 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
15'434 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
6'297 |
IOPS, Random read |
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| Random read |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
160'832 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
100'198 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
99'919 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
99'476 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
98'600 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
96'308 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
95'614 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
93'251 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
92'101 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
91'642 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
92'288 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
91'598 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
89'692 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
89'630 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
89'585 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
87'654 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
87'544 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
86'622 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
84'561 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
77'637 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
77'119 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
63'925 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
57'856 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
55'090 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
53'477 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
51'835 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
51'373 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
46'647 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
42'308 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
41'917 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
41'813 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
37'813 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
37'403 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
36'550 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
35'295 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
32'403 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
31'442 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
25'822 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
25'036 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
24'807 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
24'473 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
24'338 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
22'278 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
21'443 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
21'853 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
20'718 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
20'438 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
14'606 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
12'963 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
11'980 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
10'833 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
5'349 |
Conclusion
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
| 1T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 529'042 | 534'003 | 525'630 | 518'297 | 516'021 | 523'721 | 524'361 | 506'923 |
| Seq read | 391'554 | 381'617 | 410'363 | 426'649 | 411'043 | 404'804 | 423'567 | 431'048 |
| Rand write | 104'857 | 270'048 | 344'704 | 415'256 | 475'950 | 472'712 | 472'254 | 492'146 |
| Rand read | 27'435 | 49'898 | 99'638 | 163'130 | 171'810 | 220'705 | 288'657 | 322'092 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
| 4T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 546'771 | 546'207 | 548'901 | 549'762 | 551'906 | 549'849 | 553'648 | 553'570 |
| Seq read | 543'370 | 543'037 | 546'351 | 548'532 | 547'245 | 549'092 | 549'223 | 548'307 |
| Rand write | 428'800 | 519'784 | 553'814 | 537'021 | 548'912 | 553'450 | 552'605 | 553'508 |
| Rand read | 141'419 | 224'989 | 318'896 | 413'036 | 491'886 | 526'204 | 530'563 | 547'246 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
| 8T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 547'213 | 559'360 | 551'047 | 550'821 | 559'607 | 563'196 | 557'620 | 554'409 |
| Seq read | 523'881 | 541'757 | 543'724 | 546'671 | 548'751 | 548'751 | 548'655 | 547'971 |
| Rand write | 398'170 | 530'299 | 551'586 | 552'995 | 554'794 | 557'422 | 555'715 | 556'300 |
| Rand read | 255'148 | 479'565 | 532'280 | 515'935 | 543'987 | 550'887 | 550'309 | 552'612 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
| 16T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 514'776 | 534'241 | 546'660 | 540'343 | 540'775 | 542'334 | 541'304 | 536'030 |
| Seq read | 523'654 | 533'552 | 537'736 | 541'380 | 545'952 | 549'332 | 548'562 | 548'774 |
| Rand write | 373'631 | 463'580 | 505'979 | 529'182 | 534'148 | 538'132 | 539'077 | 538'069 |
| Rand read | 385'676 | 467'470 | 507'931 | 531'083 | 527'733 | 534'820 | 534'820 | 542'962 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
| 32T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 524'365 | 534'439 | 530'889 | 530'334 | 531'584 | 533'895 | 531'027 | 529'866 |
| Seq read | 504'682 | 521'984 | 531'082 | 538'388 | 544'807 | 549'322 | 549'281 | 548'836 |
| Rand write | 360'357 | 453'295 | 496'524 | 516'139 | 530'389 | 536'658 | 535'681 | 554'059 |
| Rand read | 390'689 | 469'230 | 504'144 | 531'870 | 542'936 | 548'751 | 548'751 | 548'503 |
Conclusion
Announcement: Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a rating after publication. Every autor may perceive data differently over time whereas one possible reason for example is a deeper background knowledge or understanding of certain processes. Certain unforseen market conditions as well as changes have the potential to render a descision made at a certain point in time obsolete.With the 850 PRO Samsung has launched the successor of the 840 PRO, which was amongst the very fastest drives, when it was launched about one year ago. Compared to the 840 PRO the 850 PRO basically features the same controller, that clocks 100 MHz quicker. What's way more important than the updated controller is the fact, that this drives uses 3D V-NAND, which offers higher reliability as well as higher performance than standard MLC NAND flash memory.
In terms of raw performance our test drive was able to score 531 MB/s sequential write and 548 MB/s sequential read throughput. When it comes to 4K IOPS we measured as near as makes no difference 100'000 IOPS regarding random read and 91'000 regarding random write. In the case of sequential read as well as sequential write we see that the SATA-III interface is being maxed out and therefore performance is where it should be. Apart from these values we also noticed consistent performance regarding our different queue depth tests.
Last but not least there is the pricing. The Samsung 850 PRO 128GB costs 98 Euro, the 850 PRO 256 GB accounts for 150 Euro, the 512 Gigabyte model is 304 Euro and the 1 Terabyte model sells for 530 Euro. Price per gigabyte is therefore somewhere inbetween 0.77 and 0.52 Euro, which is basically at the top end compared to the competition.
Should you be looking for one of the fastest consumer SSDs money can buy, then the 850 PRO should definitely be considered.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch