Samsung

SM841 2.5" 128GB

SM841 2.5" 128GB
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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -51%Read -6%, Write -84%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -43%Peak Score -17%Read 2%, Write -31%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -145%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -90%, ADQ Mixed -231%, Age -10%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 71.7% (636^th of 1072)

Based on 48 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD SM841 2.5"

Poor: 52%Average: 71.7% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Samsung SM841 2.5" 128GB averaged 28.3% 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-64Thread Read Speed 323MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM841 2.5" 128GB is 37.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM841 2.5" 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 220MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 48 samples)

Rank 63671.7%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 431	515
66	Write 220	371
88.5	Mixed 221	418
68.3	SusWrite 208	359
60% 270 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 26.4	35.1
8.31	4K Write 65.4	112
8.27	4K Mixed 22.5	39.2
103% 38.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.7	DQ Read 323	381
30.3	DQ Write 152	318
24	DQ Mixed 78.5	135
101% 185 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IRN-User, 2 years ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 296 334 350 329 257 MB/s

80.5% Excellent

Write 306

Mixed 225

SusWrite 302

72% 325 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 50.9

4K Mixed 29

104% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 319

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 27.1

81% 179 MB/s

IRN-User, 2 years ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 318 316 330 331 347 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 149

Mixed 183

SusWrite 323

58% 263 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 62.4

4K Mixed 26.2

105% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 96.7

DQ Mixed 26.9

74% 167 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 years ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 187 201 94 97 95 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 137

Mixed 184

SusWrite 130

45% 204 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 32.2

115% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 106

113% 196 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 years ago.

15GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXM0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 63 66 65 65 MB/s

67.6% Good

Write 130

Mixed 115

SusWrite 68.3

39% 178 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 78.8

4K Mixed 32.9

126% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 95.1

DQ Mixed 97.3

98% 164 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M4800

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	851x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	483x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	296x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	1,353x
Quadro K2100MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,539 samples	637x
Quadro K1100MNvidiaBench 5%, 5,195 samples	382x

SSD
SM841 2.5" 128GBSamsungBench 72%, 48 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	167x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	93x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples	80x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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SM841 2.5" 128GB

Average Bench: 71.7% (636^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 71.7% (636th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 71.7% (636^th of 1072)