Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (37,497)
MKT (0.2%)
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BUY • $120

Effective Speed +5% Effective Speed 5%Average User Bench +3% Read 3%, Write -3%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite -5%Peak Lab Bench +4% Read 1%, Write 1%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment -59%User Rating -39%, Market Share -236%, Price 4%, Value 35%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 0%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write 3%, ADQ Mixed -13%, Age -43%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 104% (195^th of 1016)

Based on 37,497 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 76%Average: 104% Great: 124%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 3.9% 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 222MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 48%. 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 286MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 354MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37,497 samples)

Rank 195104%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 472	508
209	Write 401	488
263	Mixed 354	416
107	SusWrite 286	440
84.8% 378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.2	4K Read 39.5	46.7
47.7	4K Write 88.1	118
34.8	4K Mixed 50.8	61.4
172% 59.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
175	DQ Read 337	386
133	DQ Write 297	359
123	DQ Mixed 222	254
193% 286 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 1 hr ago.

224GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 340 316 210 240 216 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 492

Mixed 388

SusWrite 300

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 59.1

200% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 359

DQ Mixed 250

221% 330 MB/s

ITA-User, 35 mins ago.

279GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 406 369 346 357 359 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 459

Mixed 377

SusWrite 367

95% 424 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 77.6

4K Mixed 50.8

167% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 195

163% 236 MB/s

FRA-User, 14 mins ago.

202GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 349 290 271 253 257 MB/s

95.7% Outstanding

Write 372

Mixed 349

SusWrite 298

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 51.3

169% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 245

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 177

145% 207 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 hr ago.

350GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0CB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 327 343 310 379 334 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 389

Mixed 269

SusWrite 335

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 33.7

120% 40 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 160

136% 204 MB/s

NOR-User, 3 hrs ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 149 20 15 17 12 MB/s

78.9% Very good

Write 432

Mixed 286

SusWrite 84.1

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 91.8

4K Mixed 43.5

160% 57.3 MB/s

DQ Read 317

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 155

133% 201 MB/s

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 285,587 samples	9,193x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 74%, 134,194 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4770KIntel $293Bench 71%, 112,842 samples	838x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples	2,368x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	1,226x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	1,125x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 104%, 37,497 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 28,835 samples	738x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 14,728 samples	711x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 60,122 samples	444x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $896

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

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840 Evo 500GB

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