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
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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
An integrated all-Samsung platform, Competitive performance in many read-heavy tasks, Consistent latencies across a variety of workloads, Robust Magician 4.0 drive management utility
Lower enterprise performance in mixed workload scenarios
Samsung is the sole manufacturer focusing on in-house design and manufacturing of the entire SSD platform. The good news is that the SSD 840 Pro provides more than just an alternative to Marvell- and SandForce-based SSDs – it brings a lot to the table of...
Superb IOPS performance, Low power consumption, 5year warranty,
High introductory cost/GB.
With a faster, more optimized ARM Cortex R4 controller and NAND flash pushing data at 400 Mbps per channel, the Samsung 840 Pro has risen the bar yet another notch even while the competition was still trying to catch up to the 830 Series. If pricing c...
The SSD 840 Pro performed at the top of near to top of our tests in repeated ocassions. Write speeds of compressed files are simply staggering. Samsung's reliability record is a big plus in our book
There were the odd ocassions where the drive performed well behind its predecessor, we hope this can at least be partially fixed via firmware update. Initial price points are a mixed bag
Samsung's previous-generation SSDs have proven themselves as solid competitors, but they're never a catch-free affair. Both the 470 and 830 Series fell short in at least one area, yet they managed to counter their shortcomings with impressive results ...
The performance and power characteristics of Samsung's SSD 840 Pro are as close to perfect as we've seen from any drive this generation. In all but a handful of benchmarks, the 840 Pro is the fastest consumer SSD we've ever tested. Even more important tha...
So for those who don't want to read the entire spiel, let me summarize what's coming up. The original Samsung 830 had reliability on its side and was slightly behind on performance, but now with the Samsung 840 Pro, it has both reliability and high perfor...
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Published: 2012-09-24, Author: Andrew , review by: tomshardware.com
Although we've had it for a very limited time, Samsung's 840 Pro is making a good first impression in our lab. It's very quick, topping a majority of our benchmark charts. Moreover, it achieves its great performance while using less power than its competi...
Published: 2012-09-24, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
At the time of this reports release, myself and a number of other select press agencies worldwide will be well into the 2012 Samsung SSD Global Summit. Samsung has seemingly accomplished a complete reversal in marketing ideals and set up what is, without...
Samsung's 850 Pro SSDs are without a doubt the fastest SSDs of this moment. Given that this product does not seem to have any flaws, we heartily recommend it to those who are looking for the fastest possible SSD. The Vector 150 and AMD Radeon R7 SSDs ar...
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