Samsung

PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -37%Read -4%, Write -60%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -58%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -32%Peak Score -33%Read -1%, Write -61%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -32%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -13%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -19%, DQ Mixed -33%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write -24%, ADQ Mixed -21%, Age -13%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Average Bench: 79.3% (493^rd of 1072)

Based on 2,882 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

Poor: 57%Average: 79.3% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB averaged 20.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 215MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 344MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB is 42.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 225MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 227MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,882 samples)

Rank 49379.3%

Min	Avg	Max
329	Read 438	503
120	Write 253	301
163	Mixed 227	266
96.9	SusWrite 225	294
63.6% 286 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 26.3	35
32.8	4K Write 68.3	110
16.9	4K Mixed 30.2	40.9
115% 41.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
205	DQ Read 344	386
93.8	DQ Write 233	301
125	DQ Mixed 215	249
180% 264 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 days ago.

238GB free

Firmware: EMT02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 286 286 286 287 285 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 290

Mixed 284

SusWrite 286

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 43.4

169% 62.9 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 245

208% 306 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

177GB free

Firmware: EMT02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 298 297 297 296 297 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 301

Mixed 282

SusWrite 297

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 99.6

4K Mixed 41.5

162% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 243

207% 305 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

238GB free

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 301 300 300 301 300 MB/s

99.3% Outstanding

Write 301

Mixed 261

SusWrite 301

76% 343 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 89.9

4K Mixed 39.5

148% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 247

210% 308 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

238GB free

Firmware: EMT02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 297 296 298 298 298 MB/s

94% Outstanding

Write 297

Mixed 283

SusWrite 297

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 36

132% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 248

211% 311 MB/s

NZL-User, 22 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 283 285 282 285 283 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 288

Mixed 249

SusWrite 283

72% 324 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 84.5

4K Mixed 36.8

138% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 243

206% 302 MB/s

USA-User, 20 days ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 150 110 97 87 76 MB/s

75.6% Very good

Write 220

Mixed 231

SusWrite 114

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 32.1

124% 44.7 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 214

180% 265 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 291 297 288 298 297 MB/s

74.6% Very good

Write 301

Mixed 226

SusWrite 291

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 43.8

4K Mixed 26.6

89% 30.4 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 222

187% 273 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 month ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 253 274 269 255 267 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 294

Mixed 229

SusWrite 264

65% 290 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 28.4

4K Mixed 20.2

68% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 134

112% 166 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E5450

CPU
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples	1,112x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples	335x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	232x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	1,615x
GeForce 830MNvidiaBench 6%, 1,288 samples	54x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	52x

SSD
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	53x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	272x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	100x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 39,427 samples	69x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 79.3% (493^rd of 1072)

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