Fantastic sequential read and write performance is a trademark of modern SSDs. To measure it, we use incompressible data over a 16 GB LBA space, then test at queue depths from one to 16. We're reporting these numbers in binary (where 1 KB equals 1024) instead of decimal numbers (where 1 KB is 1000 bytes). When necessary, we're also limiting the scale of the chart to enhance readability.
128 KB Sequential Read
The y-axis starts at 300 MB/s because we need all of the separation we can get to distinguish the larger three 840 EVO drives. Samsung's 120 GB model has a funkier trajectory, starting under 400 MB/s, peaking at a queue depth of two, above the higher-capacity models, and then stumbling again at a queue depth of 16. Such is life for a drive with just eight dice to call its own.

Folding in the rest of the field, only Intel's SSD 335 working with incompressible data at low queue depths stands out.
With a single outstanding command, 100 MB/s separates the fastest and slowest SSDs. Samsung's 840 EVOs are in the thick of it.
Are you wondering which of the drives we tested fares best in our 128 KB sequential read test? Here's a break-down of the maximum observed read performance during Iometer-based benchmarking.

All four 840 EVO drives set up shop in the middle of the pack, though almost every sample lands roughly in the same ballpark. They all push past 500 MB/s at least.
- The Evolution Of Samsung As An SSD Giant
- The 840 EVO's Bag Of New Tricks
- Inside Samsung's 840 EVO
- Test Setup And Benchmarks
- Results: 128 KB Sequential Reads
- Results: 128 KB Sequential Writes
- Results: 4 KB Random Reads
- Results: 4 KB Random Writes
- Results: Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0
- Results: Tom's Hardware Storage Bench, Continued
- Results: PCMark 7 And PCMark Vantage
- Results: Robocopy File Copy Performance
- Results: Power Consumption
- A Look At Samsung Magician's RAPID Feature
- Samsung's 840 Was Good; The 840 EVO Is Better

While the 1TB drive coming down to ~65c/GB is nice, seeing the 120 GB drives get near there would be nice. Especially since this is meant to be the value king.
I got them on a sale on Newegg for around $500 for both of them.
A 1TB would be cool if I find it on sale....
or maybe I should try out writing a letter to someone fat in some weird red costume...
Samsung: I need this drive with 2 SATA connectors so it makes possible to create a virtual RAID, and squeeze the drive performance.
Is clear that newer drivers are bottlenecked by the fastest SATA, so out of PCIE drives, virtual RAIDS are necessary.
Regards,
C. Ryan