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KUS040202M-B000 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 124% (186th of 1072)

Based on 2,033 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG KUS040202M-B000
Poor: 77%Average: 124% Great: 170%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB averaged 23.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 477MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 615MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB is 93.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 283MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 457MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,033 samples)
Rank 186124%
Min Avg Max
355 Read 549 837
359 Write 608 758
199 Mixed 283 380
182 SusWrite 457 595
107% 474 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.6 4K Read 39.7 52.5
37.8 4K Write 87.7 126
22.5 4K Mixed 50.3 68.3
171% 59.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
239 DQ Read 615 945
107 DQ Write 318 737
160 DQ Mixed 477 690
352% 470 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY86M1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 582 587 586 586 575 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 597
Write 631
Mixed 304
SusWrite 596
120% 532 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 36.8
130% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 551
DQ Write 417
DQ Mixed 525
381% 497 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY8AM1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 557 406 243 203 195 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 543
Write 720
Mixed 245
SusWrite 363
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 48.2
156% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 484
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 374
275% 368 MB/s
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY8AM1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 396 358 392 334 252 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 585
Write 642
Mixed 239
SusWrite 360
102% 456 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 47.3
153% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 458
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 234
196% 293 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY8AM1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 492 479 395 430 451 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 662
Write 598
Mixed 273
SusWrite 454
111% 497 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 37.3
103% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 369
225% 243 MB/s
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY86M1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 465 411 409 531 411 MB/s
89.9% Excellent
Read 300
Write 498
Mixed 217
SusWrite 431
82% 362 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 36.3
123% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 266
206% 287 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY8AM1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 309 318 298 268 265 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 428
Write 372
Mixed 194
SusWrite 310
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 59.8
4K Mixed 41.4
108% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 232
176% 241 MB/s
233GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY8AM1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 408 411 413 307 414 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 318
Write 317
Mixed 182
SusWrite 402
69% 305 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 50
4K Mixed 36
113% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 173
125% 162 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Microsoft Surface Pro

CPU
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples1,580x
Core i7-7660UIntelBench 54%, 4,146 samples604x
Core m3-7Y30IntelBench 46%, 4,585 samples171x
GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,580x
Iris Plus 640 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 7,552 samples604x
HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 3%, 11,115 samples171x
SSD
KUS040202M-B000 512GBSamsungBench 124%, 2,033 samples327x
RAM
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples933x
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples571x
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples244x
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