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840 PRO Series 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 109% (229th of 1079)

Based on 55 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
Poor: 72%Average: 109% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 840 PRO Series 500GB averaged 8.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 840 PRO Series 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 123MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 PRO Series 500GB is 62.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 PRO Series 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 311MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 426MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)
Rank 229109%
Min Avg Max
335 Read 480 528
211 Write 434 504
182 Mixed 426 519
104 SusWrite 311 431
92.9% 413 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.6 4K Read 38.5 49.1
48.9 4K Write 97.3 136
21.3 4K Mixed 43.6 62.9
166% 59.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.4 DQ Read 283 386
105 DQ Write 273 349
28.3 DQ Mixed 123 250
135% 226 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 160 47 44 44 45 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 440
Write 413
Mixed 322
SusWrite 115
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 40.1
136% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 234
209% 316 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,955,596 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 PRO Series 500GB Builds (Compare 698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 96%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel  $98Bench 77%, 22,204 samples294x
Core i7-4960XIntel  $1,189Bench 78%, 5,121 samples126x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples111x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples48x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples47x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples45x
SSD
840 PRO Series 500GBSamsungBench 109%, 55 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples16x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples12x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 64%, 1,972 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $597

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