Samsung EVO 850 500GB m.2 SSD Review

Performance Testing

Can Samsung’s EVO 850 Series live up to expectation in our real world tests with their new EVO 850 series SSD? Hardware Reviews

Performance Testing

AS SSD Benchmark

AS SSD Benchmark is now used for all of our hard drive performance tests, it provides solid metrics that are consistent time and time again.

AS SSD Benchmark Results
AS SSD Benchmark Results

Shadows of Mordor

Shadows of Mordor is a popular game with some huge textures that is ideal for testing out load times.

Shadows of Mordor Benchmark Results
Shadows of Mordor Results

Tomb Raider

While Tomb Raider has been around a few years it’s still the basis for a lot of Performance PSU’s reviews and benchmarks

Tomb Raider Results
Tomb Raider Results

Adobe Illustrator

A program in a lot of people arsenal of applications. Seeing as a lot of Macs owners end up upgrading to solid state drives and a lot of our readers are graphic designers (myself included) I thought Illustrator and Photoshop would be a great addition to the tests.

Adobe Illustrator Load Times
Adobe Illustrator Load Times

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop Load Times
Adobe Photoshop Load Times
Our Verdict
Samsung EVO 850 500GB m.2 SSD

I have owned and used many SSDs in the past but this one is great. Not only is it noticeably faster than the others I own but its compact as well keeping the case nice and tidy. Highly recommended for SFF builds or people with a clean cable fetish.

Packaging
5
Performance
5
Value
5
Build quality
5
Overal Rating
5
Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 3.5-Inch SSD (MZ-N5E500BW)
About Andy

Andy has been building custom PCs since the young age of 10, Now 27, when he is not overclocking, gaming or travelling the world surfing, he persues a passionate career in web development.

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