Testseek.com have collected 141 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Basic Series SATA600 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Basic Series SATA600.
March 2013
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The editors liked
Superb (read) IOPS performance
Reduced cost/GB (as compared to 840 Pro)
Low power consumption
Available in 120GB
250GB and 500GB capacities
Excellent sequential read speeds
Good random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
Good looking
Ultra-slim design
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Large SDRAM c
Affordable TLC NAND
Low price per gigabyte
Great 4k random read and web server profile performance
Overall strong write performance
Performance in our consumer real-world benchmarks
Price-point with TLC NAND
The Samsung 840 series solid-state drive (SSD) is affordable
Good-looking
And offers very good performance
Low price per GB
Mostly excellent read performance
Slim profile
Useful software and accessories
Very fast sequential reads and writes
Slim 7mm body
Reasonably priced
Best price per GB ratio we've seen yet thanks to Samsung's Triple-Level Cell NAND.
Silky smooth operation as a system drive
Outstanding sequential reading performance
Even at very low queue depths
Outstanding 4K random reading performance at low and high queue depths
Very good 4K random writing performance at low queue depths
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Fluid transfer rates thanks to the MDX controller
Price
Magician software is actually very useful
7mm thin
Great pricing
7.5 mm thin—Ultrabook compatible
Supports TRIM
3-year warranty
The editors didn't like
Relatively poor mixed readwrite performance
3year warranty might be a negative for some.
Mediocre sequential write performance
Samsung's TLC NAND is not as durable as MLC NAND
Overall weak write performance
Weak overall performance in our consumer real-world benchmarks
Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND
The Samsung 840 comes with just three
Not five years of warranty coverage and is likely to have shorter lifespan than others of the same capacity
Lack-luster write performance
Sequential read speeds lag behind other several other drives in our testing
No drive-bay adapter in the box at this price
New dense NAND isn't quite as fast as established technology
Sequential writing speed is quite slow by today's standards.
Very slow write speeds
Only average performance
Lower database performance than other high-end drives
The Samsung 840 Series requires users to know their workload before making the jump. This SSD should be fine for the casual user, but for those with heavy write workloads there will be penalties in overall speed and endurance. Samsung is looking to shake...
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Published: 2012-11-21, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Samsung changes things up a bit with the 840 Series as the world's very first consumer TLC NAND based SSD that offers up surprisingly good performance. This is a product that may herald the inevitable attrition of the smaller players in the SSD arena...
1,000 P/E cycles may not sound much but when it's put into perspective, it's still plenty. Client workloads rarely exceed 10GiB of writes per day on average and write amplification should stay within reasonable magnitudes as well:SSD Lifetime EstimationNA...
Those expecting the Samsung 840 Series to be a true successor to the 830 Series will no doubt be disappointed. The new drive is slower than its predecessor overall and quite sluggish with both sequential and random writes. Samsung's use of TLC memory is a...
Those expecting the Samsung 840 Series to be a true successor to the 830 Series will no doubt be disappointed. The new drive is slower than its predecessor overall and quite sluggish with both sequential and random writes. Samsung's use of TLC memory is ...
As is often the case with SSD reviews, what we have here is a mixed bag of results, so now it’s time to sift through them to try and better understand where each SSD stands in terms of performance. Breaking down the file copy tests, if we combine the ...
The Samsung 840 series solid-state drive (SSD) is affordable, good-looking, and offers very good performance
The Samsung 840 comes with just three, not five years of warranty coverage and is likely to have shorter lifespan than others of the same capacity
The Samsung 840 series is an excellent entry-level solid-state drive for budget and general users, but not really a good buy for advanced or professional users.
I have to say I was very skeptical when I first heard that the 840 will use TLC NAND. Samsung kept the TLC/MLC divide between the 840 and 840 Pro quiet until it took the stage at the SSD Summit for good reason. Prior to the 840's launch TLC NAND was mostl...
Superb (read) IOPS performance, Reduced cost/GB (as compared to 840 Pro), Low power consumption,
Relatively poor mixed readwrite performance, 3year warranty might be a negative for some.
The biggest consideration you have to make when judging the 840 is that it's a budget version of a Pro-level SSD. Triple Level Cell flash is slower to write and provides less endurance as compared to MLC units, and while the 840 does perform quite wel...
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Published: 2012-10-01, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
I remember speaking to a manufacturer of TLC SSD potential not so long ago and being told that there needed to be an appreciable difference between the pricing of TLC NAND and MLC NAND for this to have any chance of success. In that conversation, we also...
