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SM841 SED mS 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 67.8% (701st of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUN SSD SM841 SED mS
Poor: 60%Average: 67.8% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The Samsun SM841 SED mS 256GB averaged 32.1% 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 100MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 337MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 148MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 70167.8%
Min Avg Max
409 Read 418 428
88.5 Write 148 180
178 Mixed 210 240
106 SusWrite 134 162
50.2% 227 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 4K Read 26.1 28.3
71.4 4K Write 73.3 75.2
18.4 4K Mixed 24.6 32.7
110% 41.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
306 DQ Read 337 373
135 DQ Write 152 180
56.9 DQ Mixed 100 124
113% 197 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 163 170 152 160 155 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 409
Write 180
Mixed 212
SusWrite 162
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 32.7
123% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 124
121% 198 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 98 97 90 94 122 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 415
Write 176
Mixed 240
SusWrite 106
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 75.2
4K Mixed 22.7
112% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 120
131% 224 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM44D6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 428
Write 88.5
Mixed 178
50% 232 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 71.4
4K Mixed 18.4
94% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 56.9
86% 168 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,742,123 SSDs tested

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Typical SM841 SED mS 256GB Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel D54250WYK - $300

CPU
Core i5-4250UIntel  $499Bench 50%, 1,765 samples9x
GPU
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples9x
SSD
SM841 SED mS 256GBSamsunBench 68%, 3 samples3x
RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 416 samples2x
CT102464BF160B.C16 1x8GBCrucialBench 26%, 5,265 samples2x
HMT425S6AFR6A-PB 2x2GBHynixBench 34%, 1,493 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $799

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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