Samsung

840 Series 500GB

840 Series 500GB
BENCHMARKS (7,390)
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Effective Speed -36%Effective Speed -36%Average Score -50%Read -25%, Write -63%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -102%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite -25%Peak Score -40%Read -8%, Write -48%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -63%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -15%Value & Sentiment -862%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -92%DQ Read 2%, DQ Write -82%, DQ Mixed -245%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write -78%, ADQ Mixed -275%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Average Bench: 72.4% (624^th of 1072)

Based on 7,390 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 Series, Samsung SSD 840

Poor: 53%Average: 72.4% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Samsung 840 Series 500GB averaged 27.6% 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 26MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 306MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Series 500GB is 36.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 Series 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 178MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 237MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,390 samples)

Rank 62472.4%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 365	467
85	Write 249	327
119	Mixed 178	260
75.9	SusWrite 237	338
57.3% 257 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.4	4K Read 26	31.4
31.4	4K Write 66.6	96.5
16.7	4K Mixed 26.6	32
109% 39.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
190	DQ Read 306	376
71.1	DQ Write 162	197
52.2	DQ Mixed 69.4	96
95.5% 179 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 2 days ago.

385GB free

Firmware: DXT07B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 336 338 323 316 317 MB/s

84.6% Excellent

Write 193

Mixed 205

SusWrite 328

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 72.2

4K Mixed 27.3

115% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 67.6

105% 205 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

378GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT07B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 335 338 335 336 332 MB/s

82.2% Excellent

Write 326

Mixed 181

SusWrite 335

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 70.6

4K Mixed 28.9

117% 42.5 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 63.3

88% 161 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 days ago.

22GB free

Firmware: DXT0AB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 333 315 251 126 108 MB/s

65.3% Good

Write 327

Mixed 185

SusWrite 245

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 18

100% 38.2 MB/s

DQ Read 210

DQ Write 95.9

DQ Mixed 45

62% 117 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

15GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT08B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 54 47 47 46 72 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 55.4

Mixed 112

SusWrite 65.8

30% 136 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 53.8

4K Mixed 23.9

92% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 70.1

DQ Mixed 58.7

83% 161 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	578x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	451x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	232x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x

SSD
840 Series 500GBSamsungBench 72%, 7,390 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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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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