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.
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(91%)
698 Reviews
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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
Abstract: Installing an SSD in your PC, be it a laptop or a desktop, is one of the easiest and most effective ways to boost the machine's overall performance. The change won't be merely noticeable—it will startle you. Your system will boot more quickly, windows and...
The SSD market is extremely close, with the similarity of controllers and NAND Flash chips on all the drives meaning that, within certain obvious limitations, the sticker on the cover is the majority of the difference. Thanks to the ever reliable Moore's...
Samsung’s 840 Pro is everything it’s been cracked up to be, even by RWL’s standards. The 840 Pro marks a new level of MLC based performance exactly where it matters most and that’s with data on the drive. It will be interesting to see how a pair of the...
Although it had a somewhat complicated birth, the Samsung 840 Pro Series is a very fast SSD. Unlike its 840 Series sibling, the Pro offers strong write performance to go along with its wicked-fast read speeds. The drive performs well with both random and...
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, Excellent writing performance, SATA 6Gbps support, TRIM suppo
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Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky 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 queu...
Where there is some confusion regarding the Pro and non Pro version of the 840 series let us clearly state again, the regular 840 uses TLC NAND, the Pro version as tested today used MLC NAND flash memory. TLC NAND flash will be hint slower and will have ...
The Samsung 840 Pro is a revolutionary SSD in terms of steady state performance, beating out the competition easily in our trace based testing. The low latency and high sequential speeds are among the best we have recorded. Providing software that simplif...
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Published: 2012-11-12, Author: Patrick , review by: servethehome.com
First off, thanks to John4200 on getting the community some real world numbers. The Samsung 840 Pro SSD shows a lot of promise. Performance is extremely good but the aspect that will make or break this drive is firmware stability. Some other vendors have ...
The software delivered by Samsung is usually quite extensive and well-designed. It is even better than the software of competitors, like the OCZ SSDs. The question of reliability lies in the air as this is a new SSD. The SSD 830 has a great reputation and...
