SamsungMZ-7KE256BW

Controller: Samsung Triple Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 40nm MLC V-NAND. Release date: Q3 2014.

  

Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 146,011 user samples
141,929 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 124% 238GB free
Worst Bench: 71% 71GB free (System drive)
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
SPEED RANK: 248th / 1072
4,082 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 132% 42GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 59% 42GB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 132%
SPEED RANK: 266th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
102 % +4% 97.5 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
469 MB/s 867 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+85%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
396 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+99%
199 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
33.9 MB/s 46.4 MB/s Much faster random read.
+37%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
89.6 MB/s +3% 87.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
334 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+21%
276 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
44.1 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+47%
30 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
346 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+177%
125 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
515 MB/s 1073 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+108%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
488 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+20%
405 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
43.6 MB/s 45.4 MB/s +4%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
125 MB/s 135 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+8%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
383 MB/s 569 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+49%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
56.7 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+11%
51.1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
484 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+152%
192 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,634,508 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.08 % Hugely higher market share.
+700%
0.01 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
50 %
Age
Newest
117 Months 68+ Months Much more recent.
+42%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
388 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+38%
281 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
361 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6%
342 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,280 Pts Stronger server IO.
+11%
1,157 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
356 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+22%
292 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
344 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+34%
257 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
282 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+55%
182 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
295 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+57%
188 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
256GB 128GB
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