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Samsung SSD 840 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 59.3% (807th of 1071)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 840
Poor: 32%Average: 59.3% Great: 77%

Average average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 120GB averaged 40.7% 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 72.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 120GB is 44.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 136MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 80759.3%
Min Avg Max
270 Read 413 628
130 Write 329 1,386
97 Mixed 236 371
66.5 SusWrite 136 174
62% 278 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.4 4K Read 20.8 31.2
6.5 4K Write 39.6 59.8
6 4K Mixed 19.9 32.9
78.1% 26.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.2 DQ Read 114 346
46.8 DQ Write 199 360
14.9 DQ Mixed 72.8 125
78.9% 129 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
32GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 131 132 130 132 133 MB/s
70% Good
Read 414
Write 401
Mixed 333
SusWrite 132
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 32.6
117% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 121
116% 178 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 143 143 133 116 95 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 445
Write 321
Mixed 341
SusWrite 161
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 32.2
116% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 83.8
80% 123 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 143 143 117 94 82 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 424
Write 324
Mixed 352
SusWrite 152
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 59.8
4K Mixed 32.9
120% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 85
82% 127 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 141 141 141 141 141 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 395
Write 338
Mixed 294
SusWrite 174
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 40.5
4K Mixed 23.6
85% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 123
128% 202 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 142 142 141 140 139 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 345
Write 279
Mixed 245
SusWrite 165
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 16.3
62% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 76.8
DQ Write 97.1
DQ Mixed 54.2
50% 76 MB/s
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