The Samsung 750 EVO (120GB & 250GB) SSD Review: A Return To Planar NAND
by Billy Tallis on April 22, 2016 8:00 AM ESTSequential Read Performance
The sequential read test requests 128kB blocks and tests queue depths ranging from 1 to 32. The queue depth is doubled every three minutes, for a total test duration of 18 minutes. The test spans the entire drive, and the drive is filled before the test begins. The primary score we report is an average of performances at queue depths 1, 2 and 4, as client usage typically consists mostly of low queue depth operations.
The 250GB 750 EVO comes in right behind the 850 EVO and Pro for sequential read speed, and the 120GB 750 EVO surprises by coming in fourth, significantly ahead of both the 120GB 850 EVO and 128GB 850 Pro.
Power consumption for the 750 EVO is a little high but nothing concerning. Only a few MLC drives distinguish themselves with particularly high efficiency during sequential reads.
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The high performance score of the 750 EVOs is due primarily to their unusually good QD1 speeds, which are quite close to the limit reached at higher queue depths.
Sequential Write Performance
The sequential write test writes 128kB blocks and tests queue depths ranging from 1 to 32. The queue depth is doubled every three minutes, for a total test duration of 18 minutes. The test spans the entire drive, and the drive is filled before the test begins. The primary score we report is an average of performances at queue depths 1, 2 and 4, as client usage typically consists mostly of low queue depth operations.
Sequential write speeds of the 750 EVO are significantly lower than the 850 EVO and not competitive with MLC drives, but are in the lead among planar TLC drives.
Power consumption for the 750 EVO is significantly higher than the 850 EVO, but it is still more efficient than the planar TLC competitors.
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Most drives show no scaling with queue depth in this test, and the 750 EVO follows suit.
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Sn3akr - Monday, April 25, 2016 - link
8$ is just too little of a difference and will not make a difference in a build as such.. I only see this as being implemented in finished machines from manufacturers, so that they can pop another 8$ in their pocket. Aftermarket.. Doubt it will sell a lot.Maybe i would use it in a HTPC, since it's not something that requires a lot of R/W operations once it's booted up
slowdemon21 - Thursday, April 28, 2016 - link
I noticed PNY & OCZ BENCHED IN THE MIDDLE, Sammy on the bottom [loser]Ahmad kassem - Sunday, May 1, 2016 - link
Is it ok to make more than one partition on this ssd or any other ssd?wayneclaassen - Thursday, May 5, 2016 - link
Well I needless to say I found the Samsung EVO 250GIG extremely reliable although it is a bit expensive, but for anyone that mostly run high performance graphics this price tag shouldn't be a big problem.Bulat Ziganshin - Saturday, May 7, 2016 - link
1. 750 may be a hit for developing markets. in particular i've seen 750 reviews on russian sites much earlier than here:fcenter/online/hardarticles/hdd/38770-Samsung_SSD_zadeshevo_obzor_Samsung_650_i_Samsung_750_EVO
2. Can you please add to your reviews checks of gc/trim effect and slc cache size as in the section
3dnews/931062/page-2.html#Деградация%20и%20восстановление%20производительности
eduard.fisic - Sunday, June 5, 2016 - link
Billy, when you guys run the benchmarks, are the Samsung Evo drives run with RAPID Mode on or off? Just out of curiosity, as I am looking to buy the 850 Evo and I'd like to know if I can expect this sort of performance without having to turn on RAPID Mode. Thanks!jason_brody - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
Can anyone help if I should go with this SSD or 850 series for my Dell E6500?elzafir - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
The 250GB 840 EVO is $15 cheaper where I live compared to the 750 EVO of the same size. Which one should I get?Manisthisunreal - Friday, October 13, 2017 - link
Notice because of all the fatmouths saying they'll "wait until it is cheaper" the industry has now colluded to up the prices and make up some bs excuses of "low demand" "commodity trader speculation on minerals". Yes we can blame stock traders for a lot of things like high oil prices, high wheat and other food goods prices but come on I smell something fishy. I was about to buy a 250gb Samsung SSD on black Friday for $60 almost two years ago when some idiot shopper woman decided to merge into me when I was on my way home from work leading to a 15 month nightmare. I never did make it out to get my ssd. Fast forward almost 2 years later and they've doubled in price. I really wanted that.