Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

840 Evo 500GB
BENCHMARKS (26,476)
MKT (0.2%)
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BUY • $120

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Superseded by the 850 Evo 500GB »

Controller: Samsung 3 Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 19nm Toggle Mode TLC. Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Effective Speed +2% Effective Speed 2%Average User Bench +0%Read 0%, Write -5%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -6%Peak Lab Bench +3% Read 0%, Write 1%, 4K Read 9%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment -110%User Rating -64%, Market Share -389%, Price -12%, Value 25%Nice To Haves -11%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read 3%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age -50%, AS-SSD Total 2%

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Average Bench: 103% (185^th of 1000)

Based on 26,476 user benchmarks. Models: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, Samsung SSD 840 EVO, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G

Poor: 69%Average: 103% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 Evo 500GB averaged 2.5% 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 224MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 49.6MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 Evo 500GB is 56.5%. 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 283MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,476 samples)

Rank 185103%

Min	Avg	Max
355	Read 464	507
206	Write 396	489
250	Mixed 348	416
95.2	SusWrite 283	438
83.6% 373 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.4	4K Read 38.9	46.9
44.7	4K Write 87.7	118
31.2	4K Mixed 49.6	61.1
169% 58.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
145	DQ Read 337	385
132	DQ Write 303	360
96.7	DQ Mixed 224	255
194% 288 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

393GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 389 408 417 417 374 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 431

Mixed 366

SusWrite 400

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 57.1

195% 68.3 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 244

210% 309 MB/s

ESP-User, 3 hrs ago.

331GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 424 420 420 420 420 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 385

SusWrite 422

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 61.8

4K Mixed 44.1

142% 46.9 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 240

212% 318 MB/s

ITA-User, 20 mins ago.

311GB free

Firmware: EXT0DB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 285 285 277 254 260 MB/s

96.9% Outstanding

Write 191

Mixed 226

SusWrite 273

57% 254 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 99.3

4K Mixed 55.3

190% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 192

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 161

127% 177 MB/s

VNM-User, 36 mins ago.

137GB free

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 357 362 366 369 369 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 361

Mixed 316

SusWrite 362

78% 347 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 74.4

4K Mixed 46.5

153% 52.2 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 233

DQ Mixed 190

159% 230 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT0BB6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 206 222 231 231 239 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 233

Mixed 241

SusWrite 223

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 78.8

4K Mixed 51.1

157% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 201

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 141

115% 164 MB/s

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 86%, 211,195 samples	7,061x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 80%, 111,649 samples	1,305x
Core i7-4770KIntel $440Bench 78%, 86,608 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 433,580 samples	1,888x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples	977x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 154%, 308,250 samples	884x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 103%, 26,476 samples	1x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 12,491 samples	569x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 20,707 samples	544x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 46,897 samples	328x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $859

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-7TE500BW

840 Evo 500GB

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840 Evo 500GB

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