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PM85 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 54.6% (856th of 1072)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SSD PM85
Poor: 34%Average: 54.6% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Samsung PM85 128GB averaged 45.3% 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 Random Read Speed 23MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 254MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM85 128GB is 37.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM85 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 86.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 96.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 85654.6%
Min Avg Max
295 Read 411 483
33.5 Write 96.2 138
51.3 Mixed 122 202
26.3 SusWrite 86.1 133
38.9% 179 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.6 4K Read 23 29.4
11.7 4K Write 50.5 90.1
7.9 4K Mixed 17.8 24.8
84.3% 30.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.2 DQ Read 254 367
27.6 DQ Write 92.4 140
9.36 DQ Mixed 44.9 64.6
66.9% 130 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 90 93 93 86 90 MB/s
61% Good
Read 467
Write 107
Mixed 144
SusWrite 92.6
44% 203 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 73.1
4K Mixed 19.1
105% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 49.6
59% 104 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 131 131 131 132 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 413
Write 132
Mixed 163
SusWrite 132
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 15.9
70% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 46
60% 107 MB/s
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 50 51 32 38 36 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 333
Write 43.5
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 44.1
26% 121 MB/s
4K Read 11.8
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 13.5
53% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 39
DQ Mixed 34.3
37% 64.2 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,791,469 SSDs tested

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Typical PM85 128GB Builds (Compare 1,946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z800 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples318x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples189x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples180x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples161x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples88x
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples68x
SSD
PM85 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 29 samples1x
RAM
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples23x
ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 JE... 82GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples19x
ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD H... 130GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples16x
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