Samsung

840 Seri 250GB

840 Seri 250GB
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Effective Speed -86%Effective Speed -86%Average Score -97%Read -30%, Write -70%, 4K Read -93%, 4K Write -150%, Mixed -115%, 4K Mixed -180%, SusWrite -43%Peak Score -109%Read -28%, Write -90%, 4K Read -107%, 4K Write -224%, Mixed -70%, 4K Mixed -190%, SusWrite -57%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -218%DQ Read -132%, DQ Write -121%, DQ Mixed -558%, ADQ Read -155%, ADQ Write -116%, ADQ Mixed -518%, Age -19%, AS-SSD Total -123%

Average Bench: 52.9% (873^rd of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 840 Seri

Poor: 47%Average: 52.9% Great: 57%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 840 Seri 250GB averaged 47.1% 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 Random Read Speed 17.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 352MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Seri 250GB is just 10.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 840 Seri 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 167MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 128MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 87352.9%

Min	Avg	Max
311	Read 352	397
200	Write 239	255
148	Mixed 167	249
72.3	SusWrite 208	247
53.9% 242 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.3	4K Read 17.8	20.8
27.9	4K Write 35	37.8
10.1	4K Mixed 16.1	20.1
66.1% 23 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
74.7	DQ Read 128	158
74	DQ Write 134	162
24.4	DQ Mixed 42.1	50.3
56.2% 101 MB/s

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

IND-User, 2 years ago.

200GB free

Firmware: DXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 247 247 246 246 246 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 254

Mixed 168

SusWrite 247

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 33.8

4K Mixed 17.9

69% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 148

DQ Mixed 50.1

65% 116 MB/s

ITA-User, 12 months ago.

209GB free

Firmware: DXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 246 245 244 243 245 MB/s

56.5% Above average

Write 251

Mixed 164

SusWrite 245

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 35.8

4K Mixed 19

71% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 151

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 48.3

63% 114 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIKER II EXTREME

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	10x
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q9450Intel $110Bench 49%, 5,335 samples	3x

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GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	4x

SSD
840 Seri 250GBSamsungBench 53%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	10x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $611

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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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840 Seri 250GB

Average Bench: 52.9% (873^rd of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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840 Seri 250GB

Average Bench: 52.9% (873rd of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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