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PM830 512GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 68.5% (703rd of 1080)

Based on 611 user benchmarks.  Models: SAMSUNG SSD PM830 2.5" 7, SAMSUNG SSD PM830 2.5" 7mm 512GB
Poor: 51%Average: 68.5% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung PM830 512GB averaged 31.5% 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 136MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 263MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM830 512GB is 30.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung PM830 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 95.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 255MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 611 samples)
Rank 70368.5%
Min Avg Max
341 Read 417 467
119 Write 295 381
196 Mixed 255 294
155 SusWrite 302 378
71% 317 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.1 4K Read 18.2 23.4
29 4K Write 50.9 73.7
14.8 4K Mixed 22.1 28.4
82.8% 30.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
65.1 DQ Read 263 294
61.1 DQ Write 95.1 116
50.1 DQ Mixed 136 157
112% 165 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
138GB free
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 349 313 321 321 311 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 438
Write 307
Mixed 300
SusWrite 324
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 61.1
4K Mixed 26.5
99% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 148
122% 180 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 257 245 270 301 299 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 461
Write 158
Mixed 267
SusWrite 280
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 59.7
4K Mixed 26.7
100% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 151
124% 182 MB/s
409GB free
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 266 270 263 246 277 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 446
Write 288
Mixed 258
SusWrite 263
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 25.1
96% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 81.6
DQ Mixed 82.4
75% 119 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 195 184 200 181 194 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 404
Write 277
Mixed 251
SusWrite 205
64% 284 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 18.2
64% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 96.7
DQ Mixed 149
122% 179 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 225 249 267 256 271 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 316
Write 166
Mixed 213
SusWrite 253
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 32.3
4K Mixed 19.9
68% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 68.3
DQ Mixed 101
84% 125 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 100 101 104 143 77 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 315
Write 205
Mixed 210
SusWrite 111
47% 210 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 54.5
4K Mixed 22
84% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 60.6
DQ Mixed 81.1
84% 144 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 4101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 145 191 169 189 240 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 356
Write 144
Mixed 174
SusWrite 173
47% 212 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 18.8
65% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 50.1
DQ Mixed 62.4
60% 97.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,550,860 SSDs tested

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Typical PM830 512GB Builds (Compare 1,787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples600x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples490x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples250x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples133x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples99x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples97x
SSD
PM830 512GBSamsungBench 68%, 611 samples1x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples129x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples62x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples59x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $278

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