Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (60,218)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $268

Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average Score +1% Read 0%, Write -5%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -0%Peak Score +3% Read 0%, Write 0%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 5%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment -126%User Rating -11%, Market Share -304%, Price -136%, Value -54%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -21%, Age -51%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 101% (239^th of 1058)

Based on 60,218 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 68%Average: 101% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 1.4% 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 215MB/s

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

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 58%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 300MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 347MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 60,218 samples)

Rank 239101%

Min	Avg	Max
347	Read 463	507
207	Write 386	488
242	Mixed 347	419
106	SusWrite 300	439
83.9% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.6	4K Read 38.1	46
40.3	4K Write 83	115
29.3	4K Mixed 48.6	60.7
164% 56.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
158	DQ Read 324	385
110	DQ Write 282	361
123	DQ Mixed 215	254
185% 274 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 408 380 295 335 372 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 445

Mixed 364

SusWrite 366

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 42.9

4K Write 91

4K Mixed 55.7

184% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 249

218% 324 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 364 395 405 411 355 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 388

SusWrite 392

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 89.2

4K Mixed 51.6

175% 60.4 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 254

220% 327 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 295 160 130 110 94 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 358

SusWrite 190

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 56.3

191% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 242

210% 312 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

215GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 283 221 206 201 219 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 372

SusWrite 257

87% 389 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 83.7

4K Mixed 50

167% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 247

214% 317 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 hrs ago.

100GB free

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 294 208 207 255 232 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 414

SusWrite 269

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 54

181% 61.7 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 165

134% 189 MB/s

BEL-User, 58 mins ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 113 75 68 62 72 MB/s

93.3% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 378

SusWrite 138

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 85.4

4K Mixed 54.6

178% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 219

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 132

118% 179 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 129 128 111 65 48 MB/s

62.2% Good

Write 349

Mixed 287

SusWrite 96.2

62% 275 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 55.6

4K Mixed 37.5

122% 40.7 MB/s

DQ Read 42.3

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 56.3

49% 69.7 MB/s

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 316,893 samples	4,165x
Core i5-4690KIntel $175Bench 78%, 186,899 samples	786x
Core i7-4790Intel $236Bench 76%, 235,676 samples	372x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 671,374 samples	933x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,127,629 samples	490x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 831,064 samples	426x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $268Bench 101%, 60,218 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 34,498 samples	286x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 21,724 samples	264x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 86,383 samples	248x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $956

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $277	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

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840 Evo 500GB

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