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MZ7KM480 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 96.1% (272nd of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7KM480
Poor: 82%Average: 96.1% Great: 106%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung MZ7KM480 480GB averaged just 3.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7KM480 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 294MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7KM480 480GB is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7KM480 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 390MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 402MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 27296.1%
Min Avg Max
420 Read 454 519
311 Write 416 500
359 Mixed 402 510
257 SusWrite 390 475
93.5% 415 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 4K Read 28.1 37.1
33.4 4K Write 69.5 120
22.6 4K Mixed 38.3 54
129% 45.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
270 DQ Read 332 384
216 DQ Write 283 359
118 DQ Mixed 294 365
224% 303 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
295GB free
Firmware: GXM5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 446 449 461 462 460 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 425
Write 419
Mixed 405
SusWrite 451
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 40.6
146% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 363
273% 365 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: GXM5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 350 372 430 452 444 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 439
Write 406
Mixed 393
SusWrite 408
93% 411 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 40.6
119% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 359
272% 364 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: GXM5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 360 338 342 333 365 MB/s
93% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 311
Mixed 412
SusWrite 360
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 38.5
113% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 357
DQ Mixed 364
275% 368 MB/s
235GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 403 406 408 392 392 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 443
Write 402
Mixed 385
SusWrite 401
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 28.7
93% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 256
193% 260 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
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
MZ7KM480 480GBSamsungBench 96%, 17 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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