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PM871 mSATA 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 67.3% (710th of 1072)

Based on 592 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SSD PM871 mSATA 128GB
Poor: 50%Average: 67.3% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung PM871 mSATA 128GB averaged 32.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 168MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 345MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM871 mSATA 128GB is 31.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung PM871 mSATA 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 142MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 592 samples)
Rank 71067.3%
Min Avg Max
346 Read 424 484
83.8 Write 142 157
122 Mixed 170 191
69.1 SusWrite 134 152
47.8% 217 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 24.4 32.2
32 4K Write 62.9 91.8
15.3 4K Mixed 25.9 33.7
104% 37.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
197 DQ Read 345 382
78.1 DQ Write 139 158
89 DQ Mixed 168 188
144% 217 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT43D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 143 150 143 135 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 460
Write 152
Mixed 181
SusWrite 145
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 28.3
109% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 183
152% 222 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT43D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 149 150 148 149 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 433
Write 156
Mixed 172
SusWrite 150
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 26.6
102% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 177
144% 209 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT42D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 117 131 92 131 148 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 380
Write 149
Mixed 175
SusWrite 128
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 50.8
4K Mixed 26.5
98% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 184
157% 236 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT42D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 145 134 149 151 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 414
Write 154
Mixed 179
SusWrite 146
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 23.2
86% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 187
159% 238 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT43D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 143 139 139 139 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 411
Write 147
Mixed 187
SusWrite 141
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 20.6
72% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 128
103% 148 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,634,713 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: Dell Latitude E7450

CPU
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples1,193x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples1,143x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples100x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples2,357x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples81x
HD Graphics 5500 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9)IntelBench 4%, 39 samples1x
SSD
PM871 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 67%, 592 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples343x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples176x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples121x
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