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840 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 101% (252nd of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB
Poor: 87%Average: 101% Great: 118%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 EVO 500GB averaged 1.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 184MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB is 30.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 198MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 356MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 252101%
Min Avg Max
431 Read 484 510
191 Write 393 486
164 Mixed 356 440
61.7 SusWrite 198 297
80% 358 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29 4K Read 40.9 46.5
70.3 4K Write 94.2 117
21.6 4K Mixed 47.6 60.3
173% 60.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.1 DQ Read 344 385
208 DQ Write 312 348
21.2 DQ Mixed 184 237
177% 280 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 276 275 276 276 276 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 486
Mixed 397
SusWrite 297
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 57.7
205% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 221
204% 314 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 259 270 257 236 270 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 468
Mixed 381
SusWrite 267
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 53.3
180% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 231
203% 305 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 275 276 276 276 276 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 437
Write 461
Mixed 410
SusWrite 294
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 50.4
172% 59.2 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 226
204% 309 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 111 99 89 87 82 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 302
Mixed 331
SusWrite 136
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 74.9
4K Mixed 46.6
155% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 226
204% 311 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,656,073 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 2,535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples421x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples234x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples158x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples157x
SSD
840 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 20 samples1x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $360

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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