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840 PRO Seri 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 92% (307th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsun SSD 840 PRO Seri
Poor: 70%Average: 92% Great: 123%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB averaged just 8.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 118MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 92.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB is 53.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 275MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 335MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 30792%
Min Avg Max
402 Read 480 528
96.1 Write 335 503
171 Mixed 352 515
95.3 SusWrite 275 478
80.7% 361 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.1 4K Read 30 37.6
46.4 4K Write 92.7 129
15.1 4K Mixed 32.5 51.9
136% 51.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
168 DQ Read 316 383
85.6 DQ Write 256 332
25.8 DQ Mixed 118 193
134% 230 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
88GB free
Firmware: DXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 313 320 314 329 210 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 419
Write 287
Mixed 345
SusWrite 301
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 30.4
106% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 129
130% 204 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 31 125 123 131 119 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 482
Write 197
Mixed 231
SusWrite 98.5
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 80.6
4K Mixed 30.7
125% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 89.1
83% 130 MB/s
77GB free
Firmware: DXM06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 166 152 154 146 134 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 426
Write 396
Mixed 333
SusWrite 176
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 52.4
4K Mixed 30.9
102% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 227
DQ Mixed 185
151% 215 MB/s
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Typical 840 PRO Seri 512GB Builds (Compare 101 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples31x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples15x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples14x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples9x
GTX 760Nvidia  $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples7x
SSD
840 PRO Seri 512GBSamsunBench 92%, 25 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $237

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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