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SM87 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 88.3% (358th of 1072)

Based on 207 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SSD SM87
Poor: 60%Average: 88.3% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung SM87 256GB averaged just 11.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM87 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 156MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 33.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM87 256GB is 54.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM87 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 205MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 293MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 207 samples)
Rank 35888.3%
Min Avg Max
382 Read 468 519
56.3 Write 293 489
96.6 Mixed 309 501
29.4 SusWrite 205 437
71% 319 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.8 4K Read 33.3 41.2
34.9 4K Write 78.4 121
20.6 4K Mixed 36.5 49.7
139% 49.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.4 DQ Read 293 382
47 DQ Write 195 335
20.7 DQ Mixed 156 338
140% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: 2D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 467 470 474 474 472 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 466
Mixed 345
SusWrite 471
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 60.3
4K Mixed 40.5
135% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 337
258% 350 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 233 233 229 228 222 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 452
Write 364
Mixed 300
SusWrite 232
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 33.4
111% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 299
224% 301 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 243 235 233 226 231 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 439
Write 293
Mixed 299
SusWrite 238
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 35.6
118% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 252
189% 254 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 136 185 191 195 197 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 424
Write 217
Mixed 263
SusWrite 178
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 37.5
116% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 220
174% 245 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 163 159 158 154 152 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 438
Write 247
Mixed 278
SusWrite 159
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 31.3
102% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 222
165% 220 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 38 28 26 24 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 446
Write 48
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 43.4
33% 156 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 29.4
108% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 52
DQ Mixed 97
96% 163 MB/s
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Typical SM87 256GB Builds (Compare 5,215 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,239x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples954x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples408x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples414x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples385x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples286x
SSD
SM87 256GBSamsungBench 88%, 207 samples1x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples347x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples208x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples193x
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