Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (46,064)
MKT (0.1%)
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(1)
BUY • $120

Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average Score +1% Read 1%, Write -7%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score +5% Read 1%, Write 1%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment -65%User Rating -11%, Market Share -276%, Price 1%, Value 24%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed -18%, Age -35%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 101% (222^nd of 1040)

Based on 46,064 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 64%Average: 101% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 1.2% 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 214MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 61.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 288MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 340MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46,064 samples)

Rank 222101%

Min	Avg	Max
350	Read 464	507
203	Write 382	489
216	Mixed 340	415
90	SusWrite 288	440
82.6% 369 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25	4K Read 38.6	46.7
36.6	4K Write 83.9	116
26	4K Mixed 48.6	61.4
165% 57 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
202	DQ Read 333	385
111	DQ Write 286	360
79.2	DQ Mixed 214	255
186% 277 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 297 253 237 232 230 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 486

Mixed 400

SusWrite 285

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 96.6

4K Mixed 59.8

197% 67.4 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 252

219% 325 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

135GB free

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 422 421 422 422 419 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 403

SusWrite 429

99% 440 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 74.7

4K Mixed 47

150% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 242

199% 289 MB/s

NOR-User, 46 mins ago.

29GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 126 44 36 35 37 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 358

Mixed 386

SusWrite 124

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 58.2

195% 67.8 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 345

DQ Mixed 250

219% 326 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

256GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0BB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 93 85 85 85 81 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 330

SusWrite 140

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 54.9

190% 67.5 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 232

207% 313 MB/s

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	657x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	756x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	428x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	372x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 101%, 46,064 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 32,781 samples	239x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples	214x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 66%, 17,590 samples	213x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $808

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

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Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

Average Bench: 101% (222nd of 1040)

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