Testseek.com have collected 204 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Pro Series SATA600 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Pro Series SATA600.
March 2013
(88%)
204 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
698 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Good performance
TLC flash memory
New controller and firmware
Fastest 512GB drive we have tested
Good 4K random read figure
The Samsung 840 Pro offers fast performance and uses significantly less energy than other solid-state drives
Fast reading and writing speeds
Very light
Can be found at a good price
5-year warranty
The editors didn't like
Slight drop off in performance over time
Newer drives beat it on price
The Samsung 840 Pro is comparatively expensive
Power consumption reduction not significant against other recent SSDs we've seen
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RAPID Mode, Full drive 256bit AES hardware encryption, Lightweight compact storage solution, Resistant to extreme shock impact, Excellent Performance
A little pricey
In terms of performance, the Samsung 840 Pro SSD is quite the little animal. The 840 Pro consistently scores near or at the top of the charts, easily beating out most of the drives in our test bench and coming very close when it is not the winner. The...
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Silky smooth operation as a system drive, Excellent sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths, Excellent 4K random writing performance, at low queue depths, Outstanding 4k random reading performance at very low queue dep
Nothing worth mentioning.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as a system drive.Excellent sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths.Excellent 4K random writing performance, at low queu...
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