Samsung

SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB
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Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score -10%Read -2%, Write -10%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -4%Read -0%, Write -3%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +1% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed 11%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 93.6% (291^st of 1072)

Based on 1,320 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

Poor: 63%Average: 93.6% Great: 118%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB averaged just 6.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 288MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.4MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB is 54.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 300MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,320 samples)

Rank 29193.6%

Min	Avg	Max
347	Read 449	505
158	Write 370	470
219	Mixed 300	342
114	SusWrite 332	463
81.3% 363 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.3	4K Read 31.4	42
33	4K Write 68.7	112
24.6	4K Mixed 39.4	53.7
134% 46.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
118	DQ Read 338	386
88.6	DQ Write 274	347
64.5	DQ Mixed 288	343
221% 300 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 13 days ago.

203GB free

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 475 444 476 473 485 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 483

Mixed 353

SusWrite 467

102% 453 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 53.5

184% 64.6 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 363

DQ Mixed 346

268% 366 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 month ago.

123GB free

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 369 473 476 479 477 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 476

Mixed 333

SusWrite 441

98% 438 MB/s

4K Read 40.5

4K Write 98.3

4K Mixed 52.1

180% 63.6 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 337

258% 350 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 month ago.

123GB free

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 439 473 479 478 478 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 340

SusWrite 445

98% 438 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 86.6

4K Mixed 48.4

166% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 336

258% 350 MB/s

SWE-User, 21 days ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMM04D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 371 380 381 390 372 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 446

Mixed 311

SusWrite 368

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 80.3

4K Mixed 48.2

162% 55.6 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 324

247% 335 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 month ago.

65GB free

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 215 232 226 221 217 MB/s

99.7% Outstanding

Write 411

Mixed 349

SusWrite 220

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 46.7

168% 60 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 312

236% 318 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 month ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 230 203 206 179 182 MB/s

88.4% Excellent

Write 244

Mixed 265

SusWrite 200

62% 281 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 44.7

154% 55.3 MB/s

DQ Read 320

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 249

190% 260 MB/s

USA-User, 27 days ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 221 215 223 222 220 MB/s

78.3% Very good

Write 303

Mixed 283

SusWrite 220

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 57.5

4K Mixed 39

131% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 172

DQ Mixed 142

125% 189 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMM02D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 159 146 146 143 144 MB/s

59.8% Above average

Write 201

Mixed 219

SusWrite 147

53% 238 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 25.9

4K Mixed 23.1

81% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 263

188% 244 MB/s

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Typical SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB Builds (Compare 5,228 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples	1,242x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	956x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples	409x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	415x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	386x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples	287x

SSD
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples	106x

RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples	349x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples	208x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples	193x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung

SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

Average Bench: 93.6% (291^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

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SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB

Average Bench: 93.6% (291st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 93.6% (291^st of 1072)