Model
Samsung DVG53BB89***
Rank #604 means 603 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 26th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 26% of those models.
What does the Samsung DVG53BB89*** cost to run per year?
Few clothes dryer models we track cost as much to run as the Samsung DVG53BB89***; at about $128 a year it holds rank #604 of 615. Size-adjusted, this model trails most of its class on efficiency, ahead of just 26% of clothes dryer models we track. At a CEF of 3.48, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung DVG46BG65*** at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DVG53BB87*** at $128/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 DVG53BB89***'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Samsung DV90F53*G*.
By the numbers
The Samsung DVG53BB89*** 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 $128/yr, here is what the Samsung DVG53BB89*** 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 DVG53BB89*** costs about $1280. That is roughly $150 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DVG53BB89*** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $128/yr, it runs about $15 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $105 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.6 cu ft, the Samsung DVG53BB89*** 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, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up. Its CEF of 3.48, 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 DVG53BB89*** cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #604 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 DVG53BB89*** cost per month?
About $10.63 a month, which is the $128 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: 687 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $128 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DVG53BB89*** for its size?
26th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 576 | Samsung DVG46BG65***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 575 | Samsung DVG46BB67***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 574 | Samsung DVG50BG83***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 573 | Frigidaire FDGX22E4EW8 cu ft | $128 |
| 572 | Samsung DVG45B6305*7.5 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1023593_DVG53BB89***_05132022122455_80125536View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DVG53BB89*** 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.