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MZ7LM480 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 89.6% (335th of 1072)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7LM480
Poor: 76%Average: 89.6% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung MZ7LM480 480GB averaged just 10.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7LM480 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.4MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7LM480 480GB is 26.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7LM480 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 323MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 371MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 33589.6%
Min Avg Max
400 Read 440 516
345 Write 416 466
261 Mixed 323 478
218 SusWrite 371 462
87.2% 388 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 26 31.6
33.5 4K Write 67.8 102
18.5 4K Mixed 34.4 45.2
119% 42.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.7 DQ Read 286 377
198 DQ Write 254 332
13.7 DQ Mixed 242 322
189% 260 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
447GB free
Firmware: 404Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 446 453 472 472 473 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 452
Mixed 323
SusWrite 462
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.2
160% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 329
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 294
222% 300 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: 404Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 440 443 454 457 453 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 458
Mixed 345
SusWrite 449
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 87.3
4K Mixed 39.5
140% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 295
223% 300 MB/s
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P4Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 422 422 417 411 413 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 431
Write 423
Mixed 306
SusWrite 417
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 36.9
127% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 251
191% 258 MB/s
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 378 380 380 372 385 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 410
Write 394
Mixed 319
SusWrite 376
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 68
4K Mixed 36.2
124% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 248
196% 273 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0F3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 373 370 363 358 349 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 419
Write 409
Mixed 329
SusWrite 366
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 32.4
109% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 270
207% 282 MB/s
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 321 318 322 324 336 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 400
Write 397
Mixed 321
SusWrite 328
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 33.8
117% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 247
196% 274 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 306 294 286 272 267 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 447
Write 345
Mixed 261
SusWrite 292
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 28.6
97% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 199
159% 224 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples146x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
SSD
MZ7LM480 480GBSamsungBench 90%, 28 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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