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Samsung MZ-7KE128BW

850 Pro 128GB

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

Average Bench: 98.7% (226th of 1034)

Based on 13,064 user benchmarks.  Models: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 128G, Samsung SSD 850 PRO 128GB, Samsung SSD 850 PRO, Samsun SSD 850 PRO 128G, Samsung SSD 850
Poor: 70%Average: 98.7% Great: 118%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 850 Pro 128GB averaged just 1.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 850 Pro 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 274MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 850 Pro 128GB is 47.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 850 Pro 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 301MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 343MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,064 samples)
Rank 22698.7%
Min Avg Max
367 Read 471 515
231 Write 401 483
233 Mixed 301 356
152 SusWrite 343 468
84.9% 379 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.3 4K Read 32 37.7
47 4K Write 87.7 121
27.5 4K Mixed 40 47.8
146% 53.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
186 DQ Read 340 389
127 DQ Write 289 359
124 DQ Mixed 274 331
216% 301 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
118GB free
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 442 453 456 456 455 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 471
Write 459
Mixed 340
SusWrite 447
97% 429 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 33.9
117% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 328
259% 359 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 31,503,538 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $90 @ launch in Jul '14
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Typical 850 Pro 128GB Builds (Compare 42,067 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $205Bench 84%, 493,608 samples10,569x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $209Bench 83%, 354,560 samples6,744x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $273Bench 87%, 282,064 samples5,265x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 111%, 281,463 samples3,898x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 106%, 201,805 samples3,454x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $314Bench 85%, 240,099 samples3,018x
SSD
850 Pro 128GBSamsung  $140Bench 99%, 13,064 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $84Bench 86%, 135,515 samples3,422x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples3,336x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 83%, 388,993 samples2,681x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $1,059

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Official site www.samsung.com/...

Controller: Samsung Triple Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 40nm MLC V-NAND

The world's first 3D vertical NAND flash memory...

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Good

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Price-to-performace was very good. I'm using it to replace my aging SSD.

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Intel Core i5-9600K $193Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i7-9700K $290Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-9400F $143Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
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