Samsung MZ-7TD120BW

840 120GB

▲ 840 120GB
BENCHMARKS (19,278)
MKT (0.3%)
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$109

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Superseded by the 840 Evo 120GB »

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

120GB 250GB

Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average User Bench -87%Read -3%, Write -194%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -143%, 4K Mixed -95%, SusWrite -129%Peak Lab Bench -88%Read -1%, Write -186%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -152%, 4K Mixed -115%, SusWrite -121%Value & Sentiment -3%User Rating -20%, Market Share 55%, Price 2%, Value -49%Nice To Haves -110%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -126%, DQ Mixed -332%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write -129%, ADQ Mixed -265%, Age -22%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 59.6% (655^th of 959)

Based on 19,278 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 Series, Samsung SSD 840 Seri

Poor: 45%Average: 59.6% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 840 120GB averaged 40.4% 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 25.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 69MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 120GB is 28.3%. 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 92.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 108MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19,278 samples)

Rank 65559.6%

Min	Avg	Max
315	Read 415	483
50.6	Write 108	135
73.2	Mixed 113	132
35.8	SusWrite 92.7	131
39.7% 182 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 25.2	30.1
38.3	4K Write 69	103
15.1	4K Mixed 18.3	21.1
98.1% 37.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.1	DQ Read 278	337
50.1	DQ Write 101	129
19.6	DQ Mixed 44.9	50.9
71.2% 141 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 4 mins ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT07B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 89 86 83 80 90 MB/s

64.1% Good

Write 100

Mixed 106

SusWrite 87.2

38% 174 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 80.2

4K Mixed 20.2

112% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 329

DQ Write 113

DQ Mixed 48.4

81% 164 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 hr ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT0AB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 106 110 111 108 MB/s

63.9% Good

Write 123

Mixed 123

SusWrite 107

43% 199 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 86.5

4K Mixed 17.1

102% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 109

DQ Mixed 46.7

81% 164 MB/s

SWE-User, 1 hr ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXT06B0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 56 55 54 56 114 MB/s

53.4% Above average

Write 53.6

Mixed 88.3

SusWrite 72.5

32% 151 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 14.7

86% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 61.8

DQ Mixed 45.6

70% 141 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $350Bench 74%, 74,113 samples	2,600x
Core i7-3770KIntel $488Bench 73%, 59,039 samples	1,228x
Core i7-3770Intel $400Bench 69%, 74,415 samples	1,180x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $207Bench 63%, 323,834 samples	755x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $249Bench 71%, 340,369 samples	710x
GTX 1070Nvidia $350Bench 99%, 373,199 samples	486x

SSD
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 60%, 19,278 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 32,950 samples	495x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 31,217 samples	354x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 10,024 samples	216x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $666

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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 $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-7TD120BW

840 120GB

Average Bench: 59.6% (655^th of 959)

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Average Bench: 59.6% (655th of 959)

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