Samsung

SM87 512GB

SM87 512GB
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -23%Read 3%, Write -50%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite -44%Peak Score +2% Read 3%, Write -0%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -22%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -0%, ADQ Read -26%, ADQ Write -58%, ADQ Mixed -73%, Age -6%, AS-SSD Total -2%

Average Bench: 84.9% (403^rd of 1072)

Based on 206 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD SM87

Poor: 55%Average: 84.9% Great: 118%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung SM87 512GB averaged just 15.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM87 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 150MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.1MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM87 512GB is 62.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM87 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 206MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 270MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 206 samples)

Rank 40384.9%

Min	Avg	Max
408	Read 471	521
63.9	Write 270	484
113	Mixed 311	502
34.2	SusWrite 206	440
70% 314 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.7	4K Read 32.1	42
33.6	4K Write 71.1	116
16.4	4K Mixed 35.5	51.6
132% 46.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	DQ Read 259	379
51.5	DQ Write 183	317
18.4	DQ Mixed 150	331
131% 197 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

269GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 442 451 397 395 458 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 471

Mixed 371

SusWrite 428

98% 437 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 63.2

4K Mixed 44.5

144% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 342

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 280

214% 292 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

396GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 464 468 464 433 390 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 286

Mixed 339

SusWrite 443

87% 390 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 59.5

4K Mixed 42.3

139% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 278

211% 287 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

231GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 247 247 234 240 244 MB/s

87.3% Excellent

Write 279

Mixed 305

SusWrite 251

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 66.4

4K Mixed 40.4

135% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 358

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 340

246% 320 MB/s

FRA-User, 16 months ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 122 128 129 119 101 MB/s

78.3% Very good

Write 179

Mixed 244

SusWrite 123

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 66.4

4K Mixed 38.8

133% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 280

210% 285 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 246 226 211 190 154 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 250

Mixed 272

SusWrite 216

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 60.1

4K Mixed 34.7

119% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 74.2

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 317

199% 217 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 198 185 175 175 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 215

Mixed 275

SusWrite 186

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 34.3

129% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 55.3

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 114

86% 111 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

302GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 142 138 139 168 MB/s

69.9% Good

Write 132

Mixed 260

SusWrite 146

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 44.5

4K Mixed 30.9

102% 33.7 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 245

183% 246 MB/s

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 7910

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples	60x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples	57x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v31stBench 64%, 1,710 samples	47x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	102x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	70x

SSD
SM87 512GBSamsungBench 85%, 206 samples	1x

RAM
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 8x8GBMicronBench 112%, 172 samples	40x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-UH 8x8GBHynixBench 112%, 137 samples	33x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 8x8GBHynixBench 109%, 271 samples	33x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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SM87 512GB

Average Bench: 84.9% (403^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 84.9% (403rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 84.9% (403^rd of 1072)