Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

ATMINSIDE · Aug 31, 2013

RESULTS!

Alright guys, its Saturday, I got some benching done, and some results from this drive!

I ran ATTO, AS SSD, and CrystalDiskMark. All were run in the same method as the guys to do for site reviews for comparison purposes.

First up, just the drive (RAPID Mode disabled)
Let's just say, I'm impressed by this part alone.

So, those numbers are awesome. Now, I went into the software and enabled RAPID Mode, which uses RAM caching for the SSD.

*Disclaimer: These speeds may cause excessive drooling.*

ATMINSIDE · Aug 31, 2013

On a side note, I got a higher AS SSD run that can be seen here.
Second in the world for 1x SSD. Only beaten by a Revodrive X2.

DOM. · Sep 1, 2013

Nice so RAPID Mode is only on the evo what about 840 pro I got one I never used can you notice any difference in speed?

SamSaveMax · Sep 1, 2013

If you don't mind, I would like to share my EVO 250GB benched 2 weeks ago.

Tested on Giga Z77X-UD5H. i7-3770K, 16GB rams and all were in SATA 6GB/s ports.

These test were at normal mode....except for the last 3 tests were with RAPID MODE.

Evo_250GB_NORM_HDtach

Evo_250GB_NORM_ATTO

Evo_250GB_NORM_HDtunePro

Evo_250GB_NORM_ASssdBenchMark

Evo_250GB_NORM_CrystalDiskMark

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With RAPID MODE

Evo_250GB_NORM_RoadKill_SEAGATE_2TB_VS ..... small file writes

HD Tune File Benchmark

Benchmark with SamSung Magician v4.2.1

ATMINSIDE · Sep 1, 2013

DOM. said:
Nice so RAPID Mode is only on the evo what about 840 pro I got one I never used can you notice any difference in speed?

I haven't used an 840PRO, but with RAPID going the EVO faster than the PRO as far as pure stats go. Can't speak for usage.

Ajay57 · Sep 1, 2013

Thanks Atmin you now make me want to send back my 840 Pro SSD as this seems to be quicker than mine!! AJ. :eh?:

ATMINSIDE · Sep 1, 2013

Ajay57 said:
Thanks Atmin you now make me want to send back my 840 Pro SSD as this seems to be quicker than mine!! AJ.

The EVO is only faster with RAPID going.
The PRO is still the "better" drive (we're splitting hairs here), but the "Samsung Magician" software really is magic.

Ajay57 · Sep 1, 2013

But does that work with the Pro Series??

ATMINSIDE · Sep 1, 2013

I believe the PRO is supposed to get it later this year, but it doesn't at this time.

Ajay57 · Sep 1, 2013

OK thanks for the answer will it do the same as the EVO and increase the speed on the SSD!!

ATMINSIDE · Sep 1, 2013

Ajay57 said:
OK thanks for the answer will it do the same as the EVO and increase the speed on the SSD!!

Yeah, just keep an eye out for Samsung to get it going!

EarthDog · Sep 7, 2013

Nice results on that drive. Its TLC which is one difference, but otherwise speeds look solid and compete with the Pro and OCZ Vector for less $.

ATMINSIDE · Sep 7, 2013

EarthDog said:
Nice results on that drive. Its TLC which is one difference, but otherwise speeds look solid and compete with the Pro and OCZ Vector for less $.

I looked into Endurance testing before buying, and Anandtech had a great article.
Let's just say that read/write cycles were still very high.

The Pro doesn't have RAPID (for now) and the Vector doesn't either. That bit with the RAM Caching was most impressive. It was good enough that it put me #2 on AS SSD with a single drive on HWBot.

EarthDog · Sep 7, 2013

I dont think you can use ram caching on that benchmark.. Clearly that is cheating (I know you didnt do it maliciously)... at least to me anyway. I also do not think you get boints for that test anyway.

Yeah those results are nice.... I just don't care to use ram caching... if I did, I would have never bought an SSD in the first place and just did it on my Caviar Black and received the same results for way less money. Nifty feature, just not something I would use as things are plenty fast enough as is.

EDIT: No rules for it, but it would be a damn shame to allow the use of ram caching for an SSD test...You are also at #3.

ATMINSIDE · Sep 7, 2013

EarthDog said:
I dont think you can use ram caching on that benchmark.. Clearly that is cheating (I know you didnt do it maliciously)... at least to me anyway. I also do not think you get boints for that test anyway.

Yeah those results are nice.... I just don't care to use ram caching... if I did, I would have never bought an SSD in the first place and just did it on my Caviar Black and received the same results for way less money. Nifty feature, just not something I would use as things are plenty fast enough as is.

EDIT: No rules for it, but it would be a damn shame to allow the use of ram caching for an SSD test...You are also at #3.

No boints on that. Just posted since I was running anyway.

I've moved down one spot since I posted the score then. Not sure how he got that score with the Pro, its ~2k higher than a Revodrive2, but whatever.

My thought was that it would be fine since it was packaged software. Its not setting aside X RAM for the cache like a normal ramdisk/ramcache either.

EarthDog · Sep 7, 2013

I would be floored if that was deemed legal. Its ram cache. Doesn't matter who makes the software, its a ram cache and its not testing the ssd for the most part.

I'd imagine husnscore to be using a ramcache or something of the like as well. There shoukdnt be any reason either of your drives are remotely close close to a revodrive x2.

So what quantifiable real world things does this ramcache improve?

ATMINSIDE · Sep 7, 2013

EarthDog said:
I would be floored if that was deemed legal. Its ram cache. Doesn't matter who makes the software, its a ram cache and its not testing the ssd for the most part.

Well, till they release rules for the benchmark:

Mr Alpha · Sep 7, 2013

I'm extremely skeptical of this RAPID mode. For read caching SuperFetch already does this, but in a far more intelligent manner. Rather than always using 1GB SuperFetch will use whatever unused RAM you have, and will dump stuff from the cache if you need the RAM. As for RAPID write caching, you are one BSOD away from some ugly data loss.

ATMINSIDE · Sep 7, 2013

Mr Alpha said:
I'm extremely skeptical of this RAPID mode. For read caching SuperFetch already does this, but in a far more intelligent manner. Rather than always using 1GB SuperFetch will use whatever unused RAM you have, and will dump stuff from the cache if you need the RAM. As for RAPID write caching, you are one BSOD away from some ugly data loss.

I keep anything important on my 1.5TB and backed up on the server also. If anything happens on the SSD, I'll simply reflash Windows and go on with life.

SamSaveMax · Sep 7, 2013

Just for giggle, if I post my score it would be the fastest

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