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Samsung MZ-MTE500BW

840 Evo mSATA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 94.7% (281st of 1072)

Based on 727 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB mSATA
Poor: 62%Average: 94.7% Great: 119%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 500GB averaged just 5.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 213MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43.9MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 500GB is 56.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 277MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 332MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 727 samples)
Rank 28194.7%
Min Avg Max
362 Read 451 503
214 Write 395 481
255 Mixed 332 398
109 SusWrite 277 386
81.6% 364 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 34.9 45.1
32.7 4K Write 74.5 112
21.7 4K Mixed 43.9 58.7
149% 51.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.1 DQ Read 324 384
95.2 DQ Write 288 351
60.9 DQ Mixed 213 253
185% 275 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
121GB free
Firmware: EXT43B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 381 349 349 348 348 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 480
Mixed 426
SusWrite 375
100% 446 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 56.8
189% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 248
215% 319 MB/s
379GB free
Firmware: EXT42B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 383 355 353 352 353 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 460
Mixed 394
SusWrite 374
96% 429 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 47.1
153% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 243
214% 321 MB/s
133GB free
Firmware: EXT43B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 270 195 165 152 133 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 446
Mixed 346
SusWrite 230
85% 381 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 53.4
175% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 258
198% 263 MB/s
366GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT42B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 331 354 338 353 350 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 440
Write 464
Mixed 351
SusWrite 358
91% 403 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 41
137% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 238
212% 319 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT43B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 164 119 110 121 105 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 449
Write 437
Mixed 338
SusWrite 175
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 66.5
4K Mixed 44.1
148% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 248
207% 301 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,632,550 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 Evo mSATA 500GB Builds (Compare 40 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop 57%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Eurocom Neptune 2.0

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel  $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples14x
Core i7-3920XMIntelBench 68%, 797 samples11x
Core i7-3940XMIntel  $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples8x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples17x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples5x
Graphics DeviceNvidiaBench 37%, 5 samples4x
SSD
840 Evo mSATA 500GBSamsungBench 95%, 727 samples8x
RAM
04EF Team--Elite-1600 04EF Team--Elite-1600 WALRAM 16GBUnknownBench 50%, 10 samples10x
Team--Elite-1600 04EF Team--Elite-1600 0B92 WALRAM 16GBUnknownBench 52%, 9 samples8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBCorsairBench 56%, 247 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $420

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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