Samsung

PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB

PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB
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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -13%Read 3%, Write -8%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite 14%Peak Score -3%Read 1%, Write -1%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment -846%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -15%, ADQ Read -4%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -23%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 90.8% (314^th of 1072)

Based on 221 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG SSD PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB

Poor: 65%Average: 90.8% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB averaged just 9.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 211MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB is 47.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 305MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 337MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 221 samples)

Rank 31490.8%

Min	Avg	Max
398	Read 469	513
191	Write 375	481
214	Mixed 305	481
118	SusWrite 337	474
83.3% 372 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	4K Read 27.6	35.8
32.8	4K Write 72.8	111
17.1	4K Mixed 32.9	44.6
123% 44.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.9	DQ Read 314	386
69.4	DQ Write 259	361
21.7	DQ Mixed 211	288
179% 261 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

247GB free

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 488 487 479 489 489 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 303

SusWrite 486

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 45

170% 63.9 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 361

DQ Mixed 290

240% 345 MB/s

MEX-User, 4 months ago.

330GB free

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 463 481 482 481 478 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 308

SusWrite 476

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 35.8

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 46.8

173% 64.6 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 363

DQ Mixed 290

241% 346 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

476GB free

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 452 459 445 436 444 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 446

Mixed 275

SusWrite 448

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 44.9

170% 64.2 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 277

227% 323 MB/s

USA-User, 13 days ago.

437GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 450 436 446 442 444 MB/s

93.8% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 287

SusWrite 444

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 30.3

105% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 280

229% 326 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 days ago.

203GB free

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 413 401 414 424 425 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 418

Mixed 269

SusWrite 413

88% 394 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 37

4K Mixed 30.2

93% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 228

176% 246 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 306 305 307 303 298 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 318

Mixed 261

SusWrite 304

74% 332 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 31.6

107% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 264

215% 307 MB/s

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 7510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	1,634x
Core i7-6920HQIntelBench 70%, 3,282 samples	311x
Xeon E3-1535M v5IntelBench 69%, 1,588 samples	222x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,315x
Quadro M2000MNvidiaBench 16%, 5,864 samples	504x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 13%, 6,377 samples	291x

SSD
PM871 2.5 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 91%, 221 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	344x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 5,035 samples	261x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	155x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (314^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 90.8% (314th of 1072)

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