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Samsung 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 84% (421st of 1072)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung
Poor: 42%Average: 84% Great: 209%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 512GB averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 518MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 512GB is 167%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 386MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 42184%
Min Avg Max
162 Read 505 1,401
222 Write 518 2,086
240 Mixed 435 1,613
48.7 SusWrite 386 1,366
104% 461 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.8 4K Read 24.8 50.4
21.6 4K Write 73.2 133
8.2 4K Mixed 16.5 72.1
97.5% 38.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27 DQ Read 259 1,048
23.3 DQ Write 257 678
3.5 DQ Mixed 102 892
120% 206 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
435GB free
Firmware: HPS2227I
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 395 407 414 221 14 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 469
Write 421
Mixed 384
SusWrite 305
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 12.4
113% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 16
72% 161 MB/s
450GB free
Firmware: HPS2227I
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 339 413 436 48 39 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 491
Write 428
Mixed 351
SusWrite 267
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 99.5
4K Mixed 13.9
100% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 16.4
72% 159 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP3105A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 365 340 302 295 57 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 448
Write 411
Mixed 344
SusWrite 260
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 71.7
4K Mixed 10.5
84% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 3.5
47% 109 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP3105A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 390 401 171 57 191 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 216
Write 423
Mixed 345
SusWrite 265
71% 312 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 74.4
4K Mixed 10.7
95% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 11
65% 145 MB/s
352GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP3105A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 388 357 211 43 36 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 313
Write 321
Mixed 320
SusWrite 234
67% 297 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 10.5
79% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 15.4
65% 140 MB/s
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0220A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 131 59 108 49 75 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 327
Write 260
Mixed 272
SusWrite 107
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 31.6
4K Mixed 11.4
49% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 48.8
74% 138 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP3105A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 209 396 341 401 101 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 162
Write 344
Mixed 292
SusWrite 277
61% 269 MB/s
4K Read 8.8
4K Write 31.4
4K Mixed 9.7
42% 16.6 MB/s
DQ Read 93.1
DQ Write 23.3
DQ Mixed 12
21% 42.8 MB/s
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 73%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4214R1stBench 70%, 89 samples43x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41141stBench 63%, 670 samples32x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R1stBench 69%, 106 samples30x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples60x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples56x
Quadro RTX 5000NvidiaBench 131%, 1,749 samples50x
SSD
Samsung 512GBBench 84%, 23 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 103%, 194 samples27x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 220 samples19x
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 8x16GBHynixBench 153%, 50 samples16x
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