Model
Samsung DVE60M99***
Rank #128 means 127 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 68th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 68% of those models.
What does the Samsung DVE60M99*** cost to run per year?
At roughly $113 a year to run, ranking #128 of 615, the Samsung DVE60M99*** costs less than the typical clothes dryer model we track. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 68 is comfortably above the class median. The CEF figure of 3.94 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung DVE45M55*** at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DVE55M96*** 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 DVE60M99***'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Kenmore 592-8966*.
By the numbers
The Samsung DVE60M99*** 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 DVE60M99*** 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 DVE60M99*** 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 DVE60M99*** 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 7.5 cu ft, the Samsung DVE60M99*** 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. The CEF of 3.94 on this model, above the class median of 3.93, measures combined energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's CEF if capacity is similar.
- 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 DVE60M99*** cheap to run?
Yes. Its $113/yr running cost puts it at rank #128 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Samsung DVE60M99*** 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 DVE60M99*** for its size?
68th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 128 | Kenmore 592-8966*7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 127 | Kenmore 592-8967*7.5 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1023593_DVE60M99***_02032017114750_70117713View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DVE60M99*** 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.