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Best Bench: 85% 214GB free
Worst Bench: 51% 160GB free (System drive)

Poor: 51% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 677^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 95% 50GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 198GB free (System drive)

Poor: 67% Great: 95%

SPEED RANK: 422^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		69.6 %			83.9 %	Faster effective speed. +21%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	415 MB/s	Faster read speed. +11%	374 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	190 MB/s		275 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +45%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	26.1 MB/s		30.6 MB/s	Faster random read. +17%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	71.3 MB/s		86.3 MB/s	Faster random write. +21%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	150 MB/s		257 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +71%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	22.5 MB/s		32.8 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +46%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	174 MB/s		255 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +47%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	485 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +19%	409 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	254 MB/s		292 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +15%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	30.2 MB/s		35.3 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +17%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	103 MB/s		113 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +10%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	176 MB/s		278 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +58%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	26.3 MB/s		37.4 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +42%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	248 MB/s		289 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +17%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	Hugely higher market share. +100%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	4.5 %		5.29 %	Better value. +18%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %		53 %	+2%
Price Price (score)	$251		$250	+0%


Age Newest	138 Months	122 Months	More recent. +12%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	369 MB/s	370 MB/s	+0%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	219 MB/s	279 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +27%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,022 Pts	1,102 Pts	Slightly stronger server IO. +8%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	59.3 MB/s	277 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +367%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	318 MB/s	323 MB/s	+2%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	161 MB/s	247 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +53%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	54.9 MB/s	249 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +354%


Capacity Capacity			250GB			240GB

The Samsung 840 is the budget version of the 840 Pro, the main difference between the hardware on the two drives is the type of flash memory used. The cheaper 840 uses TLC NAND which is cheaper than the MLC found in the Pro version of this drive. The performance hit as a result of the cheaper TLC memory is approximately 30%. The 840 delvers both average real world speeds (435 MB/s) and average enterprise speeds (AS-SSD Total Score 920). The relative weak spots in this drives performance profile are its write ability, where it scores just 254 MB/s in the sequential write test. The upside to the lost performance over the Pro version is a significant reduction in price which leaves this drive an average value for money proposition at its current price of £135. There are, however, better value drives to be had elsewhere including Samsungs own newly released EVO which effectively supersedes the 840. ^{[Aug '13 SSDrivePro]}

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The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's marketed by Intel as an enthusiast class drive with data centre reliability. Backed by a 50GB per day, five year warranty the 730 has the most generous warranty I have seen on a consumer SSD. Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders. I seriously doubt that Intel will sell many of these drives at their current price point which is 25% higher than the average of the leading 240GB SSDs. ^{[Mar '14 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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 $40	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

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