Name: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Brand: Samsung
SKU: MZ-7TE500BW
Rating: 4.7 (150 reviews)

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" MZ-7TE500BW

★★★★★

(150 reviews)

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Highest-quality components and engineering from the #1 memory manufacturer
Worry-free data security with AES 256-bit full-disk encryption
No moving parts means no hard drive spin ups, no noise and superior data protection
An innovative lightweight design that allows you to work smarter and play longer.
Sequential Read Speed 540 MB / Sequential Write Speed 520 MB / Random Read Speed 98K / Random Write Speed 90K

Specifications Overview

Model	MZ-7TE500BW
Release Date	August 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	840 EVO
Capacity	500 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

Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Pangoly Performance

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

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB (196th)		101%
Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" (196th)		101%
Samsung 870 QVO 8TB (196th)		101%
SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB (196th)		101%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB (200th)		~
ADATA SU800 512GB 3D-NAND (200th)		~
Samsung 860 EVO 250GB (200th)		~
SAMSUNG 870 QVO 2TB (203rd)		~
ADATA Ultimate Su800 1TB 3D Nand (203rd)		~
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (203rd)		~
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB (203rd)		100%
Samsung 860 QVO 4TB (207th)		99%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB (207th)		99%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (207th)		99%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB (207th)		99%
SAMSUNG 870 EVO 250GB (211th)		98%
Crucial MX500 250GB 3D NAND (211th)		98%
Crucial BX300 480GB (211th)		98%
Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP300 120GB NVMe (214th)		97%
SanDisk 500GB Ultra 3D NAND (214th)		97%
Crucial MX500 4TB (214th)		97%

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Description

Type

Product Type

2.5" SATA III
Series

840 EVO

Storage

Capacity

500GB

Features

Sequential Read Speed

540 MB/s
Sequential Write Speed

520 MB/s
Random Read Speed

98K
Random Write Speed

90K

General

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

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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