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MZ7PC256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 65.5% (737th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7PC256
Poor: 55%Average: 65.5% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung MZ7PC256 256GB averaged 34.5% 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 77.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 440MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7PC256 256GB is 22.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7PC256 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 88.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 252MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 73765.5%
Min Avg Max
325 Read 440 487
161 Write 281 384
161 Mixed 292 426
98.5 SusWrite 252 359
70.7% 316 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 18.8 22.7
22.4 4K Write 49.9 86.5
12.8 4K Mixed 19.2 26
79.5% 29.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 DQ Read 204 293
48.3 DQ Write 88.5 119
9.82 DQ Mixed 77.3 151
75.5% 123 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5H1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 295 289 289 287 282 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 398
Write 296
Mixed 217
SusWrite 285
67% 299 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 26
102% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 98.6
DQ Mixed 140
115% 169 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5H1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 224 209 221 216 205 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 443
Write 343
Mixed 268
SusWrite 227
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 45.5
4K Mixed 23.3
85% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 96.6
DQ Mixed 147
118% 171 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7L1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 293 305 280 325 297 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 419
Write 219
Mixed 234
SusWrite 303
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 34.9
4K Mixed 19.5
67% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 129
107% 158 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 5H1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 110 89 102 74 69 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 325
Write 161
Mixed 170
SusWrite 98.5
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 34.6
4K Mixed 18.7
65% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 92.3
80% 122 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples1,892x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,606x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples888x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples3,501x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples436x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples422x
SSD
MZ7PC256 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 19 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples92x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples84x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples79x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $114

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