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Samsung SSD 840 500GB

Samsung SSD 840 500GB
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Effective Speed -646%Effective Speed -646%Average Score -734%Read -881%, Write -1,461%, 4K Read -248%, 4K Write -356%, Mixed -948%, 4K Mixed -287%, SusWrite -960%Peak Score -806%Read -1,072%, Write -1,213%, 4K Read -499%, 4K Write -504%, Mixed -919%, 4K Mixed -492%, SusWrite -943%Value & Sentiment -36%User Rating -36%Nice To Haves -882%DQ Read -1,111%, DQ Write -435%, DQ Mixed -1,164%, ADQ Read -1,398%, ADQ Write -499%, ADQ Mixed -1,225%, Age -466%, AS-SSD Total -760%

Average Bench: 72.1% (636^th of 1080)

Based on 51 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 840

Poor: 50%Average: 72.1% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 500GB averaged 27.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 500GB is 41.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 114MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 292MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)

Rank 63672.1%

Min	Avg	Max
298	Read 418	495
151	Write 292	476
169	Mixed 299	446
135	SusWrite 300	439
73.3% 327 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.02	4K Read 24.3	32
12.2	4K Write 44.6	63.1
10.7	4K Mixed 27.2	36.9
95.3% 32 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
73.8	DQ Read 114	191
70.8	DQ Write 210	356
31.8	DQ Mixed 112	166
99.5% 146 MB/s

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

CHE-User, 21 months ago.

258GB free

Firmware: EXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 325 208 331 292 307 MB/s

73.4% Very good

Write 394

Mixed 381

SusWrite 301

86% 381 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 46.3

4K Mixed 29.3

99% 33.4 MB/s

DQ Read 100

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 101

88% 127 MB/s

USA-User, 21 months ago.

84GB free

Firmware: EXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 262 86 72 71 63 MB/s

46.2% Average

Write 416

Mixed 370

SusWrite 141

73% 327 MB/s

4K Read 11.6

4K Write 15

4K Mixed 12.4

41% 13 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 140

128% 191 MB/s

USA-User, 18 months ago.

53GB free

Firmware: EXT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 150 116 93 71 69 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 336

Mixed 321

SusWrite 131

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 8.6

4K Write 8.6

4K Mixed 8.2

28% 8.47 MB/s

DQ Read 123

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 127

125% 192 MB/s

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Workstation 200%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 AORUS ULTRA

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Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	571x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $375Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	530x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $174Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	460x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	327x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	271x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	194x

SSD
Samsung SSD 840 500GBAmd-raidBench 72%, 51 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	146x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples	63x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	55x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $799

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