Test: Einzeltest: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SSD With RAPID Technology
Zitat: Even now, more than a year after its release, the Samsung SSD 840 Pro remains one of the top consumer-grade SSDs on the market. Much of this is due to the drive´s impressive performance but, as you saw here, even the SSD 840 Pro can benefit from Samsung´s RAPID technology. Like the other versions of the drive we´ve reviewed, the 128GB SSD 840 Pro performed very well in our tests. By itself, it was able to read at speeds as high as 535 MB/s and write at speeds in excess of 390 MB/s. With RAPID mode enabled the results varied a lot from one benchmark to another, but even on the low end the drive´s sequential read and write speeds increased by 70 MB/s. RAPID mode also had a big effect on the SSD 840 Pro´s random write performance. When tested with Iometer, the drive´s random write speed increased by 20 MB/s, giving it the ability to deliver more than 91,000 IOPS at low queue depths. If you already own an SSD 840 Pro, I recommend downloading the latest version of Samsung´s Magician software and giving RAPID a try. If you don´t own the drive yet, it is available at most retailers in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities. Prices on Amazon.com start at $115 for the 128GB version and go up to $400 for the top of the line 512GB drive.