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Samsung SSD 840 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 72.1% (637th of 1080)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 840
Poor: 50%Average: 72.1% Great: 92%

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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

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 63772.1%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
258GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 325 208 331 292 307 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 447
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
84GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 262 86 72 71 63 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 379
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
53GB free
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 150 116 93 71 69 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 316
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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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,546,924 SSDs tested

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Gaming 182%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 200%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 AORUS ULTRA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $227Bench 99%, 60,132 samples585x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $315Bench 88%, 197,342 samples542x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples469x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples334x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples275x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples199x
SSD
Samsung SSD 840 500GBAmd-raidBench 72%, 51 samples1x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples148x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples66x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $86Bench 95%, 56,114 samples57x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $957

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