Model
Samsung DVE51CG8005*
Rank #437 means 436 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 31st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 31% of those models.
What does the Samsung DVE51CG8005* cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Samsung DVE51CG8005*'s $119/yr running cost ranks it #437, in the above-average-cost group. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 31 suggests its capacity is doing more work than its efficiency to keep the headline cost down. Its CEF of 3.73 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Ellipse ELDF278W at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg DLGX3371* 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 DVE51CG8005*'s $119/yr adds up to roughly $1547 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Samsung DVE51CG8005* 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 $119/yr, here is what the Samsung DVE51CG8005* 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 DVE51CG8005* costs about $1190. That is roughly $60 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DVE51CG8005* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $119/yr, it runs about $6 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $96 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.5 cu ft, the Samsung DVE51CG8005* 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, among clothes dryer models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal. Beyond size, its CEF of 3.73, below the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- 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 DVE51CG8005* cheap to run?
Its $119/yr running cost, rank #437 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 DVE51CG8005* cost per month?
About $9.91 a month, which is the $119 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: 641 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $119 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DVE51CG8005* for its size?
31st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 436 | Ellipse ELDF278W8 cu ft | $113 |
| 435 | Midea MLTE45N5CCG7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 434 | Midea MLTE45N6CWW7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 433 | Midea MLTE54N5CWWC7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 432 | Midea MLTE45N5CWWC7.4 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1023593_DVE51CG8005*_07042023160041_80174930View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DVE51CG8005* 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.