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Samsung SSD 840 256GB

Samsung SSD 840 256GB
BENCHMARKS (31)
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -39%Read -5%, Write -3%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write -109%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -102%, SusWrite 9%Peak Score -28%Read 1%, Write 1%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -88%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed -88%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -77%DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -16%, DQ Mixed -181%, ADQ Read -159%, ADQ Write -36%, ADQ Mixed -204%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Average Bench: 71.1% (650^th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 840

Poor: 57%Average: 71.1% Great: 90%

Good average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 256GB averaged 28.9% 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 85.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 213MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 256GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 126MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 41.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)

Rank 65071.1%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 436	512
144	Write 395	488
214	Mixed 342	497
104	SusWrite 323	419
84% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
5.5	4K Read 21.2	29.3
7.6	4K Write 41.9	64.9
6.2	4K Mixed 22.3	31
82.8% 28.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.9	DQ Read 126	321
49.5	DQ Write 213	309
28.2	DQ Mixed 85.7	118
88.7% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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DEU-User, 2 years ago.

92GB free

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 260 254 251 257 259 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 357

Mixed 316

SusWrite 255

79% 355 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 63.3

4K Mixed 30.3

110% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 118

118% 182 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

715GB free

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 407 409 410 409 409 MB/s

73.7% Very good

Write 400

Mixed 310

SusWrite 408

87% 384 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 49.5

4K Mixed 27.9

98% 33.7 MB/s

DQ Read 21.9

DQ Write 49.5

DQ Mixed 61.3

39% 44.2 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 years ago.

88GB free

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 342 350 346 346 333 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 386

Mixed 323

SusWrite 335

83% 367 MB/s

4K Read 18.2

4K Write 35.7

4K Mixed 22

75% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 97.4

104% 167 MB/s

USA-User, 17 months ago.

35GB free

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 275 170 136 102 90 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 380

Mixed 301

SusWrite 194

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 45.6

4K Mixed 25.8

91% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 61.1

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 54.6

56% 88.4 MB/s

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