Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
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MKT (0.2%)
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Controller: Samsung 3 Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 19nm Toggle Mode TLC. Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average User Bench -3%Read 0%, Write -4%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite -16%Peak Lab Bench +1% Read -1%, Write 0%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 4%Value & Sentiment -118%User Rating -65%, Market Share -437%, Price 9%, Value 20%Nice To Haves -11%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -32%, ADQ Read 3%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age -41%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 103% (189^th of 1003)

Based on 27,371 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 75%Average: 103% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 3.3% 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 225MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 51%. 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 275MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 354MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27,371 samples)

Rank 189103%

Min	Avg	Max
370	Read 470	507
211	Write 405	489
260	Mixed 354	421
104	SusWrite 275	436
84.3% 376 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.4	4K Read 39	47
51.4	4K Write 89.7	121
33.1	4K Mixed 50.5	62.5
171% 59.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
216	DQ Read 345	386
129	DQ Write 305	360
114	DQ Mixed 225	255
196% 292 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

128GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 432 426 426 427 427 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 416

SusWrite 434

102% 453 MB/s

4K Read 43.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 59.2

196% 68.4 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 361

DQ Mixed 256

224% 333 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

298GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 441 436 423 421 422 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 402

Mixed 402

SusWrite 357

93% 415 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 84.3

4K Mixed 52.3

178% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 240

205% 302 MB/s

AUS-User, 26 mins ago.

322GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 327 320 367 362 356 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 366

SusWrite 360

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 42.8

144% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 236

209% 314 MB/s

CHE-User, 4 hrs ago.

285GB free

Firmware: EXT0BB0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 389 419 459 454 424 MB/s

98.8% Outstanding

Write 225

Mixed 224

SusWrite 427

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 82.5

4K Mixed 40.6

155% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 152

130% 196 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

30GB free

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 269 68 50 48 47 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 321

Mixed 401

SusWrite 159

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 89.9

4K Mixed 50.5

170% 59.5 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 242

212% 317 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 251 45 21 46 41 MB/s

65% Good

Write 409

Mixed 312

SusWrite 120

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 42.1

4K Mixed 31.2

102% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 66.1

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 38.9

69% 129 MB/s

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 86%, 227,365 samples	7,505x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 80%, 131,124 samples	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $293Bench 78%, 95,358 samples	688x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 447,964 samples	1,983x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $709Bench 153%, 383,820 samples	944x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 103%, 27,371 samples	1x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 11,824 samples	594x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 62%, 22,986 samples	577x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 53,062 samples	359x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $884

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

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Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

Average Bench: 103% (189th of 1003)

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