Samsung

PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB

PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB
BENCHMARKS (9)
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -54%Read -19%, Write -65%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -103%, 4K Mixed -119%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score -47%Read -2%, Write -51%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite -16%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -108%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -90%, DQ Mixed -383%, ADQ Read -2%, ADQ Write -67%, ADQ Mixed -322%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 73.2% (606^th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB

Poor: 61%Average: 73.2% Great: 85%

Good average bench

The Samsung PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB averaged 26.8% 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 319MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 177MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 245MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 60673.2%

Min	Avg	Max
243	Read 385	496
144	Write 245	321
135	Mixed 177	288
129	SusWrite 283	333
60.9% 273 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.6	4K Read 24.3	27.7
47.9	4K Write 68.7	77.2
6.9	4K Mixed 20.6	29.5
99.5% 37.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
231	DQ Read 319	378
126	DQ Write 173	189
36.8	DQ Mixed 61.7	68.6
95.1% 184 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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KOR-User, 2 years ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 285 306 275 319 293 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 307

Mixed 181

SusWrite 293

69% 312 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 77.2

4K Mixed 29.5

121% 44.8 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 64.9

100% 194 MB/s

ARE-User, 2 years ago.

289GB free

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 320 317 326 331 329 MB/s

78.3% Very good

Write 321

Mixed 188

SusWrite 323

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 68.4

4K Mixed 25.5

105% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 66.5

100% 193 MB/s

KOR-User, 14 months ago.

263GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 220 235 274 321 313 MB/s

76.5% Very good

Write 267

Mixed 174

SusWrite 269

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 26.1

114% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 64.5

91% 169 MB/s

SVN-User, 3 years ago.

86GB free

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 81 90 83 74 87 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 151

Mixed 157

SusWrite 89.3

38% 173 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 81.6

4K Mixed 28

121% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 103

DQ Mixed 64.6

87% 164 MB/s

IRL-User, 8 months ago.

267GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 133 125 132 144 138 MB/s

62.9% Good

Write 144

Mixed 135

SusWrite 129

42% 189 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 67.4

4K Mixed 26.3

109% 40 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 127

DQ Mixed 56.3

75% 138 MB/s

ARE-User, 13 months ago.

109GB free

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 310 301 299 297 306 MB/s

60.6% Good

Write 213

Mixed 139

SusWrite 293

50% 222 MB/s

4K Read 14.6

4K Write 47.9

4K Mixed 19.7

73% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 68.6

96% 183 MB/s

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