Model
Samsung DVE54M87***
Rank #150 means 149 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 62nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 62% of those models.
What does the Samsung DVE54M87*** cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Samsung DVE54M87*** sits in the below-average-cost group, rank #150, at roughly $113 a year. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it edges out 62% of the class, a modestly above-average showing. At a CEF of 3.94, 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 DVE55M96*** at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DVE52M86*** at $113/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 DVE54M87***'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Lg DLE3090*.
By the numbers
The Samsung DVE54M87*** 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 $113/yr, here is what the Samsung DVE54M87*** 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 DVE54M87*** costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DVE54M87*** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.4 cu ft, the Samsung DVE54M87*** is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. Beyond size, its CEF of 3.94, above 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 DVE54M87*** cheap to run?
Yes. Its $113/yr running cost puts it at rank #150 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Samsung DVE54M87*** cost per month?
About $9.39 a month, which is the $113 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: 607 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DVE54M87*** for its size?
62nd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 133 | Samsung DVE55M96***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 132 | Samsung DVE60M99***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 131 | Samsung DVE45M55***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 130 | Samsung DV45K71**E*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 129 | Lg DLEX7600*E7.3 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1023593_DVE54M87***_02032017114750_70117710View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DVE54M87*** 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.