Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (51,658)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $120

Effective Speed +4% Effective Speed 4%Average Score +1% Read 1%, Write -7%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -0%Peak Score +3% Read -0%, Write 0%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment -58%User Rating -11%, Market Share -226%, Price -10%, Value 16%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -0%, ADQ Mixed -23%, Age -53%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 103% (232^nd of 1058)

Based on 51,658 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 65%Average: 103% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 2.7% 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 49MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 60.3%. 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 303MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 51,658 samples)

Rank 232103%

Min	Avg	Max
363	Read 470	506
215	Write 383	488
250	Mixed 344	418
103	SusWrite 303	444
84.1% 375 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.5	4K Read 39	46.1
35.4	4K Write 84.3	114
29.5	4K Mixed 49	60.3
166% 57.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
202	DQ Read 329	385
105	DQ Write 287	361
81.6	DQ Mixed 214	254
186% 277 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IDN-User, 2 hrs ago.

207GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 422 386 352 294 303 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 413

SusWrite 373

99% 442 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 59.3

204% 72.1 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 190

192% 311 MB/s

USA-User, 8 mins ago.

466GB free

Firmware: EXT0BB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 434 423 450 437 424 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 225

Mixed 280

SusWrite 436

80% 359 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 53.3

180% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 170

137% 193 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 360 369 177 176 180 MB/s

96.2% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 364

SusWrite 254

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 38

155% 59.5 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 247

216% 321 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

243GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 332 334 331 330 316 MB/s

94.2% Outstanding

Write 327

Mixed 310

SusWrite 330

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 74

4K Mixed 48.8

158% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 92.1

110% 191 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

91GB free

Firmware: EXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 151 62 51 51 52 MB/s

81.1% Excellent

Write 337

Mixed 381

SusWrite 120

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 60.8

4K Mixed 42.4

139% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 208

176% 256 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 372,548 samples	3,863x
Core i5-4690KIntel $175Bench 79%, 193,045 samples	729x
Core i7-4790Intel $208Bench 77%, 207,546 samples	346x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	864x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	464x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	409x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 103%, 51,658 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 34,727 samples	270x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 19,211 samples	241x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 84,881 samples	231x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $808

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Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	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

Average Bench: 103% (232^nd of 1058)

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Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

Average Bench: 103% (232nd of 1058)

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