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SamsungMZ-75E500B

Controller: Samsung 3-core MDX. Flash Memory: Samsung 21nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q4 2012.

Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND. Release date: Q4 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 730,506 user samples
34,842 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% 62GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 119GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 344th / 1080
695,664 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 134% 162GB free
Worst Bench: 80% 162GB free (System drive)
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
SPEED RANK: 217th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
89.5 % 112 % Faster effective speed.
+25%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
444 MB/s 471 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
336 MB/s 441 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+31%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
30.5 MB/s 40.3 MB/s Much faster random read.
+32%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
81.6 MB/s 95.6 MB/s Faster random write.
+17%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
268 MB/s 376 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+40%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
35.9 MB/s 53.8 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+50%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
286 MB/s 365 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+28%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
497 MB/s 507 MB/s +2%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
445 MB/s 492 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+11%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
36.3 MB/s 47.5 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+31%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
113 MB/s 128 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+13%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
331 MB/s 414 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+25%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
44.1 MB/s 65.9 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+49%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
440 MB/s 488 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+11%
Market Share
Based on 77,611,912 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.04 % 0.7 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,650%
Value
Value For Money
5.17 % 27.5 % Hugely better value.
+432%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % +2% 53 %
Price
Price (score)
$150 $85 Much cheaper.
+43%
Age
Newest
145 Months 119 Months More recent.
+18%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
376 MB/s 386 MB/s +3%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
330 MB/s 362 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+10%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,196 Pts 1,288 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
155 MB/s 371 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+139%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
332 MB/s 348 MB/s +5%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
245 MB/s 302 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+23%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
126 MB/s 317 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+152%
Capacity
Capacity
128GB 500GB

The 128GB 840 Pro is a rock solid performer. On release, nearly a year and a half ago, the Pro smashed several speed records. Today, with sequential read/write speeds of 519/438 MBps, the Pro is still one of the fastest SSDs available. One of the Pro's top competitors is Samsungs own, newer 840 Evo. Looking at a raw synthetic speed comparison of the 128GB Pro and Evo is a little misleading. On the face of it the Pro only has a marginal lead over the Evo. This due to the fact that the Evo can only maintain its burst write speed for transfers of up to 3GB, the size of its SLC cache. The Pro on the other hand can sustain higher throughputs indefinitely. The Pro also utilizes MLC which is rated for far more erase cycles than the TLC used in the Evo. Server IO is often continuous and would quickly exhaust the 3GB cache on the Evo but for typical consumer use the Evo will remain within the SLC cache most of the time. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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