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830 Series 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 64.9% (742nd of 1072)

Based on 95 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUN SSD 830 Series
Poor: 53%Average: 64.9% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The Samsun 830 Series 128GB averaged 35.0% 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 71.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 262MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun 830 Series 128GB is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsun 830 Series 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 68.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 182MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 95 samples)
Rank 74264.9%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 465 511
121 Write 232 323
141 Mixed 278 385
90.6 SusWrite 182 304
64.2% 289 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.2 4K Read 20.8 24.6
32.6 4K Write 54.9 69
12 4K Mixed 19.2 24.3
85.2% 31.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
75.1 DQ Read 262 297
40.5 DQ Write 68.5 85.9
16 DQ Mixed 71.5 131
76.9% 134 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 148 142 160 131 128 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 419
Write 188
Mixed 190
SusWrite 146
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 19.5
86% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 64
DQ Mixed 110
98% 156 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 122 117 121 98 107 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 414
Write 208
Mixed 157
SusWrite 120
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 19.2
86% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 63.2
DQ Mixed 100
92% 148 MB/s
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 67 63 53 59 55 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 362
Write 116
Mixed 105
SusWrite 66.8
36% 162 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 32.2
4K Mixed 17.4
70% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 24.8
DQ Write 35.5
DQ Mixed 16.8
16% 25.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,686 SSDs tested

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Typical 830 Series 128GB Builds (Compare 1,128 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples369x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples360x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples96x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples152x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples144x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples79x
SSD
830 Series 128GBSamsunBench 65%, 95 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $550

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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