Samsung

PM841 2.5" 256GB

PM841 2.5" 256GB
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -89%Read -16%, Write -143%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -156%, 4K Mixed -126%, SusWrite -74%Peak Score -74%Read -6%, Write -94%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -149%, 4K Mixed -131%, SusWrite -59%Value & Sentiment -840%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,667%Nice To Haves -133%DQ Read 0%, DQ Write -66%, DQ Mixed -465%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -95%, ADQ Mixed -383%, Age -30%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Average Bench: 63.3% (763^rd of 1072)

Based on 1,340 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG SSD PM841 2.5" 7, SAMSUNG SSD PM841 2.5", SAMSUNG SSD PM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB

Poor: 47%Average: 63.3% Great: 80%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Samsung PM841 2.5" 256GB averaged 36.7% 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 324MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.3MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM841 2.5" 256GB is 33.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung PM841 2.5" 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 140MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 167MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,340 samples)

Rank 76363.3%

Min	Avg	Max
299	Read 395	477
59.6	Write 167	250
94.5	Mixed 140	170
58.1	SusWrite 170	244
48% 218 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	4K Read 22.3	29.1
26.3	4K Write 56.3	92.2
14	4K Mixed 19.9	25.2
89% 32.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
182	DQ Read 324	368
71.8	DQ Write 148	216
46	DQ Mixed 53.9	58.6
88.3% 175 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

ARG-User, 1 month ago.

190GB free

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 242 245 245 245 249 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 224

Mixed 172

SusWrite 244

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 82.4

4K Mixed 22.2

112% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 56.2

102% 206 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 120 134 129 139 173 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 98.2

Mixed 125

SusWrite 138

42% 191 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 22.9

109% 40.1 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 109

DQ Mixed 52.2

86% 173 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 231 228 243 230 232 MB/s

67.1% Good

Write 176

Mixed 155

SusWrite 229

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 48.5

4K Mixed 21.4

88% 30.9 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 56.1

101% 203 MB/s

NZL-User, 2 months ago.

135GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 215 215 205 240 219 MB/s

66.6% Good

Write 252

Mixed 153

SusWrite 216

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 40.9

4K Mixed 20.3

78% 27.1 MB/s

DQ Read 360

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 56.9

105% 212 MB/s

DEU-User, 23 days ago.

61GB free

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 208 197 187 172 180 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 231

Mixed 171

SusWrite 198

56% 252 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 34.1

4K Mixed 18.1

68% 23.2 MB/s

DQ Read 352

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 58.6

102% 204 MB/s

EGY-User, 2 months ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 219 207 218 228 234 MB/s

58.5% Above average

Write 190

Mixed 157

SusWrite 220

54% 244 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 32.9

4K Mixed 17.4

67% 22.8 MB/s

DQ Read 186

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 55.7

77% 141 MB/s

EGY-User, 29 days ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 97 67 80 59 60 MB/s

54.6% Above average

Write 246

Mixed 156

SusWrite 84.5

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 37.3

4K Mixed 17.9

69% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 309

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 55.2

96% 190 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 62 65 68 58 60 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 118

Mixed 114

SusWrite 66.5

39% 178 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 41.1

4K Mixed 19.7

79% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 80.7

DQ Mixed 54.2

81% 160 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	600x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	533x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,184x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
PM841 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 1,340 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	68x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $150

Popular PM841 2.5" 256GB systems:

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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

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PM841 2.5" 256GB

Average Bench: 63.3% (763^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 63.3% (763rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 63.3% (763^rd of 1072)