Testseek.co.uk 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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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
MLC memory
517 MBps read speed measured with large files
500 MBps write speed measured with large files
SATA III interface (6 Gbps)
Weighs 51 g and is just under 7 mm thick (perfect for a laptop!)
Low power use
3 W
Fiveyear warranty
Available as d
Excellent performance
Nicely priced
Five year warranty
The editors didn't like
Slight drop off in performance over time
High price per GB of storage
No major increase in speed for software installation and startup
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
Nothing to mention.
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...
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 ...
