Samsung 840 EVO SSD

Overview

The Samsung 840 Evo is the new member to its highly-regarded SSD 840 range. The 840 EVO sports 19nm 128Gb TLC NAND, proprietary firmware and the latest-gen multi-core MEX controller. The 840 Evo features in 120GB and 250GB capacities speeds of 520MB/s, and in its top capacities of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB registers 520MB/s.

There is a new version available:

Samsung 870 EVO SSD

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TechSpot Metascore

Based on 55 expert reviews

Excellent:

43
Good:

10
Average:

1
Bad:

1

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Last revision on January 19, 2021

Reviewers Liked

Overall strong write performance
Performance in our consumer real-world benchmarks
Price-point with TLC NAND
930GB of usable storage
4K random write figure very impressive
Good price
Good choice of capacities up to 1TB

Reviewers Didn't Like

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND
RAPID mode did not offer a performance boost
TurboWrite less effective at high queue depths
SSDs still more expensive than hard drives

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Expert reviews and ratings

By TechSpot on May 12, 2015

It's been quite some time since our last SSD roundup and we hadn't seen much need for one until recently. SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing mostly minor improvements in recent memory and making up for it with price...

By TechSpot on September 16, 2013 95

Having aced its attempts at speed and durability, Samsung seems focused on solving flash's biggest sacrifices: size and affordability. Its new SSD 840 Evo lineup has models spanning from 120GB to 1TB, with the largest costing only $0.65 per gigabyte thanks to its use of TLC NAND.

By digitalmediaandit.com on March 03, 2015 100

The Samsung 840 EVO 1TB is definitely a blazing fast SSD. I do feel that SSD drives in general are still slightly overpriced when considering the fact that these are now mainstream, and no longer belonging to a niche market. Yet to be fair, it could...

By TechRadar on December 09, 2014 90

The Samsung 850 EVO is another quality, affordable SSD from a company cementing its place as one of the giants of the solid state industry. This 500GB version delivers in the performance stakes, but so do the other, lower-capacity drives too. The...

By Bit-tech.net on December 08, 2014 90

The SSD 850 EVO offers more performance and endurance than its predecessor. It also sports an excellent feature set too, including RAPID Mode, advanced encryption protocols and the DEVSLP power state. However, it also comes with a higher price tag to...

By cnet on December 08, 2014 90

The Samsung 850 Evo has the best combination of performance and cost, making it the ideal drive for any home...

By Computer Shopper on December 08, 2014 80

The SSD 850 EVO delivers most of the benefits of Samsung's SSD 850 Pro drive, including class-leading endurance and very good overall performance, at a much lower price. But if you can find a 256GB-or-bigger Crucial MX100 or older SSD 840 Pro for...

By PCMag on March 26, 2014 90

Whether you're a regular user or even an enthusiast, the Samsung 840 EVO (500GB) has the best price/performance ratio of any internal solid-state drive (SSD) you can buy today.

By Maximum PC on January 29, 2014 90

The Samsung 840 Pro landed on our Best of the Best list when it was launched in December 2012, and it has remained at the top of the SSD pile ever since, thanks to its blistering speed, impeccable pedigree, and superb software. Shortly after the Pro...

By MyCE on January 20, 2014 90

Samsung have taken the 840 EVO making it available in the much smaller mSATA form factor. There are few motherboards available which already have an mSATA slot available, but it is most likely that the 840 EVO mSATA SSD is aimed at the Ultrabook and...

By Play3r on January 07, 2014 90

So now that the Samsung EVO 250GB SSD has been tested following the same methodology as the other storage devices here at Play3r, how did it fare and did it strike a high note with me? Well to say the performance was phenomenal would be an...

By Kitguru.net on December 06, 2013 90

In the run up to Christmas there is no better time to treat yourself to a new bit of kit. How about a new Solid State Drive? How about one that can handle your operating system and all your files and games as well? Today we revisit the Samsung EVO...

By PC Authority on November 08, 2013 100

In the past year or so we have seen a pretty massive series of changes go through the SSD market. Not only has the cost per gigabyte dropped, but we have seen numerous manufacturers bow out altogether, as flash makers exert their dominance. This trend...

By Pureoverclock on November 04, 2013 100

Outstanding combination of features, innovation, performance, and price. Discuss in the...

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