Samsung 840 Pro SSD 256 GB

[sauria]

Thank you. Just got one today.

 

[IRQ Conflict]

we used to hava sata 2 numbers in previous reviews but traded the time spent benching for the new tests we have now

FFS.

I really want to know how this drive works in compatibility mode (SATAII). Especially the write performance.

 

[Delta6326]

FFS.

I really want to know how this drive works in compatibility mode (SATAII). Especially the write performance.

I would think it will just max out Sata 2 speeds.

 

[IRQ Conflict]

That would be nice. But is that what happens? Without testing I cannot be sure. I think I will get this drive and transfer it when I upgrade my system.

 

[DarkFX]

I would think it will just max out Sata 2 speeds.

Yes it will.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5qf8nssHo1qbaj4uo1_500.gif

 

[vectoravtech]

I'm using an 840 Pro 500GB and when I use provisioning I get a headache, anyone know why and how to fix it?

 

[Stoatwblr]

I know this is an old entry, but I thought some real world usage information might be useful for historians

My 256GB 840Pros (raid1, linux desktop) have 82,000 hours on them (that's over 9 YEARS of continuous power on. The drives themselves are about 11 years old and have no "sparing" enabled using Samsung wizard

they show 98% OK on "reallocated sectors" (106 and 132 sectors reallocated), with
235,893,217,153 and 237,618,806,280 LBAs written

That's 109/110TBW and still going strong

I've got a bunch of other old 840Pros in older kit (nowhere near as many writes as my desktop) and the only problem with them is "slow" (by ssd standards) writes - they're stll faster than any mechanical drive and don't slow down for random ops

I only wish some of my other older SSD brands lasted as well (several bricked themselves at various power-on time thresholds)

 

[sauria]

I know this is an old entry, but I thought some real world usage information might be useful for historians

My 256GB 840Pros (raid1, linux desktop) have 82,000 hours on them (that's over 9 YEARS of continuous power on. The drives themselves are about 11 years old and have no "sparing" enabled using Samsung wizard

they show 98% OK on "reallocated sectors" (106 and 132 sectors reallocated), with
235,893,217,153 and 237,618,806,280 LBAs written

That's 109/110TBW and still going strong

I've got a bunch of other old 840Pros in older kit (nowhere near as many writes as my desktop) and the only problem with them is "slow" (by ssd standards) writes - they're stll faster than any mechanical drive and don't slow down for random ops

I only wish some of my other older SSD brands lasted as well (several bricked themselves at various power-on time thresholds)

That's great. I just found a 128G 840 pro new sealed in the box. I guess it should be put to use now and may last until the 2040s?

 

[Erazem]

I know this is an old entry, but I thought some real world usage information might be useful for historians

My 256GB 840Pros (raid1, linux desktop) have 82,000 hours on them (that's over 9 YEARS of continuous power on. The drives themselves are about 11 years old and have no "sparing" enabled using Samsung wizard

they show 98% OK on "reallocated sectors" (106 and 132 sectors reallocated), with
235,893,217,153 and 237,618,806,280 LBAs written

That's 109/110TBW and still going strong

I've got a bunch of other old 840Pros in older kit (nowhere near as many writes as my desktop) and the only problem with them is "slow" (by ssd standards) writes - they're stll faster than any mechanical drive and don't slow down for random ops

I only wish some of my other older SSD brands lasted as well (several bricked themselves at various power-on time thresholds)

I have a 500GB 840evo that's around 10 years old, only 37887 hours turned on (it lay in a box for a few years with no power, and didn't lose any data), 218.1TB written an 0 reallocated sectors.

Even the 840 evos seem to be very durable