Samsung MZ-7TD120BW

840 120GB

▲ 840 120GB
BENCHMARKS (23,661)
MKT (0.2%)
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$109

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

120GB 250GB

Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average User Bench -84%Read 3%, Write -192%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -132%, 4K Mixed -101%, SusWrite -122%Peak Lab Bench -82%Read 2%, Write -172%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -141%, 4K Mixed -112%, SusWrite -117%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -21%, Market Share -14%, Price 5%, Value -48%Nice To Haves -112%DQ Read 7%, DQ Write -127%, DQ Mixed -323%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write -136%, ADQ Mixed -284%, Age -20%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 60% (716^th of 1003)

Based on 23,661 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 Series, Samsung SSD 840 Seri

Poor: 42%Average: 60% Great: 74%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Samsung 840 120GB averaged 39.9% 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 25.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 69.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 120GB is 32.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 840 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 108MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23,661 samples)

Rank 71660%

Min	Avg	Max
311	Read 420	486
44.6	Write 108	136
65.5	Mixed 113	133
35.2	SusWrite 93.4	132
40% 184 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.2	4K Read 25.3	30.3
33.4	4K Write 69.6	108
13.1	4K Mixed 18.3	21.5
98.6% 37.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.6	DQ Read 281	336
41.1	DQ Write 100	129
20.4	DQ Mixed 45.4	50.9
71.7% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 1 hr ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT08B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 130 133 132 132 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 136

Mixed 127

SusWrite 128

47% 217 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 21.9

127% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 330

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 50.1

84% 169 MB/s

ISL-User, 1 hr ago.

93GB free

Firmware: DXT07B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 131 130 130 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 132

Mixed 132

SusWrite 130

47% 213 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 88.2

4K Mixed 20.4

117% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 46.4

69% 132 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT08B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 126 128 126 126 MB/s

67% Good

Write 131

Mixed 128

SusWrite 126

46% 211 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 74.7

4K Mixed 18.9

105% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 49.2

84% 169 MB/s

USA-User, 11 mins ago.

28GB free

Firmware: DXT0AB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 131 130 130 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 120

Mixed 139

SusWrite 131

42% 193 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 87.1

4K Mixed 21.4

117% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 207

DQ Write 128

DQ Mixed 46.4

67% 127 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $195Bench 74%, 116,569 samples	4,025x
Core i7-3770KIntel $300Bench 75%, 85,696 samples	2,007x
Core i7-3770Intel $308Bench 70%, 110,364 samples	1,999x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 447,964 samples	1,183x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	1,171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	753x

SSD
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 60%, 23,661 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 47,022 samples	741x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 39,487 samples	544x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 15,223 samples	350x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $703

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Controller: Samsung 3-core MDX. Flash Memory: Samsung 21nm Toggle Mode TLC

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2 years ago.

Just one problem, time of release makes it slower (tech-wise talking, of course). Tweaks for software and system OS caches mitigates the problem (durability and performance on SATA-II without AHCI). Would the solution be a newer and latest SSD? I don't think so because my main problem is my old G41 motherboard and processor, but it's still 3 or 4 times better than a SATA-III 6gbps HDD for OS and software in my honest opinion. Al least my build will last from 4 to 6 years to me for basic tasks until I get the buck for a 'Battleship PC'.

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-7TD120BW

840 120GB

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