Model
Samsung DV50K75**G*
Rank #456 means 455 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 25th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 25% of those models.
What does the Samsung DV50K75**G* cost to run per year?
At roughly $127 a year to run, ranking #456 of 615, the Samsung DV50K75**G* costs more than the typical clothes dryer model we track. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it trails most of the class, ahead of only 25% of the models we track. Its CEF of 3.49 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg DLGX5011* at $127/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DV45K65**G* at $127/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Samsung DV50K75**G*'s $127/yr adds up to roughly $1651 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Kenmore 592-9969*.
By the numbers
The Samsung DV50K75**G* normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $127/yr, here is what the Samsung DV50K75**G* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Samsung DV50K75**G* costs about $1270. That is roughly $140 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DV50K75**G* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $127/yr, it runs about $14 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $104 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.5 cu ft, the Samsung DV50K75**G* is a large clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, and larger clothes dryer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. Its CEF of 3.49, below the class median of 3.93, reflects combined energy factor: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Samsung DV50K75**G* cheap to run?
Its $127/yr running cost, rank #456 of 615, is above what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Samsung DV50K75**G* cost per month?
About $10.59 a month, which is the $127 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 685 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $127 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DV50K75**G* for its size?
25th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 452 | Lg DLGX5011*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 451 | Lg DLGX5001*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 450 | Samsung DV45K76**G*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 449 | Samsung DV50K86**G*7.4 cu ft | $127 |
| 448 | Lg DLG1502*E7.4 cu ft | $127 |
Source
ES_1023593_DV50K75**G*_01112016051621_70059693View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DV50K75**G* are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.