Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD

Name: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
Brand: Samsung
SKU: MZ-7TE120BW
Rating: 4.7 (150 reviews)

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" MZ-7TE120BW

★★★★★

(150 reviews)

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Options (3)

	1 TB $399.99
	250 GB $119.99
	500 GB $199.99

840 EVO Series 120 GB SSD (Single Unit Version)
At a Glance:
Optimized to improve everyday PC productivity, including web-browsing, email, multimedia, and gaming
Quieter and more shock-resistant than a traditional HDD
Samsung's TurboWrite write acceleration technology offers significantly faster write speeds
Ultra-fast data buffering with Samsung RAPID technology
AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption to protect files
100 percent genuine Samsung memory components
Included software helps you install the SSD and safely and simply migrate your data

Specifications Overview

Model	MZ-7TE120BW
Release Date	August 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	840 EVO
Capacity	120 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	Samsung MEX
NAND Flash Type	TLC
MTBF	1,500,000 hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

SanDisk Extreme II 480GB (250th)		102%
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 (255th)		101%
Crucial M550 256GB (255th)		101%
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB (255th)		101%
PNY CS2211 960GB (258th)		~
OCZ Vector 150 240GB (258th)		~
Samsung 840 PRO 128GB (258th)		~
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB (258th)		~
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 480GB (258th)		~
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB (258th)		~
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (258th)		100%
Plextor M6S 256GB (265th)		98%
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 240GB (265th)		98%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB (265th)		98%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB (265th)		98%
PNY CS2211 480GB (269th)		97%
Crucial MX300 1TB (269th)		97%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB (269th)		97%
Crucial MX100 512GB (269th)		97%
Crucial MX200 250GB (273rd)		96%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB (273rd)		96%

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Description

Storage

Capacity

120GB

Features

Sequential Read Speed

540 MB/s
Sequential Write Speed

410 MB/s
Random Read Speed

94K
Random Write Speed

35K

Power

Power Consumption (W)

.045W
Voltage

5V ± 5%

Operating Systems

Compatible

Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit),
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit),
Vista, XP, MAC OSX, Linux

Environmental Specs

Operating Temperature

32ᵒF to 140ᵒF (Operating)

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Product

.28" x 2.75" x 3.94"

Weight

Product

Max .12 lb.

Warranty

Product

3 Years

Product Contents

Contents

Migration Software

Expert reviews

And Samsung plans to ask a price that millions of customers have already paid for vanilla 840s. With the addition of 750 GB and 1 TB models, the company's mainstream SSD family is pretty darned complete. Left with little else to ask for from an SSD, we're pleased to confer the Tom's Hardware Smart Buy award on Samsung's 840 EVO.

Tom's Hardware

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The Samsung 840 Evo entry-level SSD provides consumers with a very low $/GB option that still delivers more robust throughput across the board than almost all of the competition.

StorageReview

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To say that I really like the EVO is an understatement. If Samsung can keep quantities of the 840 EVO flowing, and keep prices at or below its MSRP, it'll be a real winner and probably my pick for best mainstream SSD.

AnandTech

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