As part of the 2013 Samsung SSD Global Summit here in Korea, Samsung announced that latest member to their SSD lineup – the Samsung SSD 840 EVO, under the banner ‘SSDs For Everyone’. This new drive will be available in 120 GB/250 GB/500 GB/750 GB/1 TB capacities, using 19nm Toggle 2.0 TLC, compared to the Samsung SSD 840 which uses 21nm Toggle 2.0 TLC and the 840 Pro which uses 21nm Toggle MLC. We also upgrade to the Samsung MEX Controller onboard, one up from the MDX.

Samsung SSD 840 EVO Specifications Capacity 120GB 250GB 500GB

750GB 1000GB Sequential Read 540MB/s 540MB/s 540MB/s 540MB/s Sequential Write 410MB/s 520MB/s 520MB/s 520MB/s 4KB Random Read (QD32) 94K IOPS 97K IOPS 98K IOPS 98K IOPS 4KB Random Write (QD32) 35K IOPS 66K IOPS 90K IOPS 90K IOPS Cache (LPDDR2) 256MB 512MB 512MB 1GB

Samsung SSD 840 EVO vs 840 Pro vs 840 vs 830 Samsung

SSD 830

(256GB) Samsung

SSD 840

(250GB) Samsung SSD 840 Pro

(256GB) Samsung SSD 840 EVO

(250 GB) Controller Samsung MCX Samsung MDX Samsung MDX Samsung

MEX NAND 27nm Toggle-Mode

1.1 MLC 21nm Toggle-Mode

2.0 TLC 21nm Toggle-Mode

MLC 19nm Toggle-Mode

2.0 TLC Sequential Read 520MB/s 540MB/s 540MB/s 540MB/s Sequential Write 400MB/s 250MB/s 520MB/s 520MB/s Random Read 80K IOPS 96K IOPS 100K IOPS 97K IOPS Random Write 36K IOPS 62K IOPS 90K IOPS 66K IOPS Warranty 3 years 3 years 5 years 3 years

The big thing Samsung want to push with the EVO is the increased write speed for the low capacity models. Using a new feature called 'TurboWrite' (more info on this as we get it), compared to the previous 840, whereby the 120 GB model was rated at 130 MB/s and 86K/32K 4K random IOPS, the new 120 GB model is hitting a rated 410 MB/s write speeds. The peak 1 TB model is rated for 540/520 MB/s sequential read and write, with 98K/90K IOPS respectively. The 1 TB models will also feature 1 GB of LPDDR2 DRAM Cache.

Enterprise storage is also the focus of the SSD Summit, with Samsung unveiling the XS1715, an ultra-fast NVMe (Non-Volitile Memory Express) SSD with up to 1.6 TB of storage. The XS1715 is the first 2.5” SFF-8639 SSD using PCIe 3.0 to provide a maximum sequential speed of 3 GB/s, along with 740k IOPS. The XS1715 will be available in 400GB, 800GB and 1.6 TB versions, with plans to develop the line of NVMe devices.

More information from the Summit as it occurs throughout today and tomorrow!

UPDATE: Pricing is as follows:

Thus for the 1TB model, $650 makes the drive $0.65/GB. At the 250GB price point, the basic Evo package is $190, compared to the current 840 standard price of $175 at Newegg.