Samsung MZ7PC256HAFU

PM830 256GB

PM830 256GB
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -53%Read -13%, Write -42%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -68%, Mixed -49%, 4K Mixed -102%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -49%Read -10%, Write -30%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -49%, 4K Mixed -105%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment -862%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -102%DQ Read -35%, DQ Write -217%, DQ Mixed -119%, ADQ Read -36%, ADQ Write -211%, ADQ Mixed -105%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -67%

Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1072)

Based on 2,468 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZ7PC256HAFU-000H1, SAMSUNG MZ7PC256HAFU-000L7, Samsung SSD PM830 256GB, SAMSUNG SSD PM830 FDE 2.5" 7mm 256GB, SAMSUNG MZ7PC256HAFU-000

Poor: 48%Average: 65.8% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung PM830 256GB averaged 34.2% 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 Mixed IO Speed 127MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 240MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM830 256GB is 33.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung PM830 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 92.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 241MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,468 samples)

Rank 73365.8%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 405	462
165	Write 286	372
178	Mixed 241	284
119	SusWrite 268	375
67.1% 300 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.3	4K Read 18.6	23.5
28.4	4K Write 52	73.7
14.4	4K Mixed 22.3	28.4
84.3% 31 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
125	DQ Read 240	271
50.6	DQ Write 92.8	113
41.8	DQ Mixed 127	151
105% 154 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

162GB free

Firmware: CXM05H1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 385 382 386 383 384 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 376

Mixed 281

SusWrite 383

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 27.5

105% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 152

121% 174 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM76D1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 301 276 264 259 253 MB/s

72.8% Very good

Write 299

Mixed 256

SusWrite 268

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 64.1

4K Mixed 26.3

100% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 140

115% 169 MB/s

DNK-User, 7 days ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM72L1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 247 249 246 252 231 MB/s

67.6% Good

Write 280

Mixed 220

SusWrite 241

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 58.4

4K Mixed 23.9

91% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 240

DQ Write 95.2

DQ Mixed 128

105% 154 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM05H1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 330 330 332 337 329 MB/s

65.5% Good

Write 299

Mixed 251

SusWrite 329

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 16.8

4K Write 34

4K Mixed 20.2

69% 23.7 MB/s

DQ Read 258

DQ Write 93.2

DQ Mixed 145

115% 166 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

138GB free

Firmware: CXM74D1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 213 207 196 184 196 MB/s

63.9% Good

Write 312

Mixed 261

SusWrite 208

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 22.6

82% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 141

116% 171 MB/s

POL-User, 1 month ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM76D1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 221 221 228 186 210 MB/s

61% Good

Write 247

Mixed 204

SusWrite 214

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 53.1

4K Mixed 21.4

86% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 237

DQ Write 94.6

DQ Mixed 122

102% 151 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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System: HP EliteBook 8760w

CPU
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	68x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	55x
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	54x

GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples	234x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples	37x
FirePro M5950 AMDBench 5%, 1,394 samples	36x

SSD
PM830 256GBSamsungBench 66%, 2,468 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	61x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $230

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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

Samsung MZ7PC256HAFU

PM830 256GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1072)

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PM830 256GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (733rd of 1072)

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