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830 Series 59GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 66.3% (726th of 1071)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
Poor: 60%Average: 66.3% Great: 72%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung 830 Series 59GB averaged 33.7% 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 Mixed IO Speed 81.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 492MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 830 Series 59GB is just 12.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 830 Series 59GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 80.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 256MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 72666.3%
Min Avg Max
459 Read 492 507
223 Write 293 321
250 Mixed 312 379
185 SusWrite 256 310
75.5% 339 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.5 4K Read 19.4 23.3
34.3 4K Write 53.5 63.3
15.3 4K Mixed 18.8 24.7
81.9% 30.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.7 DQ Read 178 295
67.2 DQ Write 80.6 85.8
10.8 DQ Mixed 81.6 122
73.1% 113 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
28GB free
Firmware: CXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 281 317 309 311 277 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 501
Write 321
Mixed 265
SusWrite 274
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 22.1
95% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 83.3
DQ Mixed 121
97% 139 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: CXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 140 142 272 282 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 459
Write 319
Mixed 267
SusWrite 185
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 63.3
4K Mixed 24.7
100% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 85.8
DQ Mixed 120
107% 167 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: CXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 313 310 313 311 311 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 484
Write 300
Mixed 250
SusWrite 310
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 16.9
69% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 85.2
DQ Mixed 122
96% 135 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: CXM0
55.8% Above average
Read 511
Write 206
Mixed 324
76% 347 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 50
4K Mixed 12.1
71% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 27.1
DQ Write 62.8
DQ Mixed 9.95
18% 33.3 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,132 SSDs tested

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Typical 830 Series 59GB Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples40x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples17x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples11x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples8x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples6x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples5x
SSD
830 Series 59GBSamsungBench 66%, 6 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples6x
Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 447 samples6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $399

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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