Testseek.com have collected 88 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 870 QVO Series SATA600 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 870 QVO Series SATA600.
February 2021
(76%)
88 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
The Samsung 870 QVO's capacity is great, as is its everyday performance. You'll likely be perfectly happy with the drive if you install it in your laptop or PC as the main drive. But 8TB? Come on now. Just be aware of the severe dropoff in speed when writ...
Abstract: With the release of the 860 QVO near the end of 2018, Samsung brought QLC to SATA for the first time. While pricing certainly at the time put it up against its own 860 EVO counterpart, we were more concerned with performance for this entry-level solution...
Published: 2021-02-06, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: The last major update to our consumer SSD benchmark suite was introduced in 2017. A lot has changed in the SSD market over the past several years, and our SSD testing methods need to change in response to those trends. SSDs in general have been getting mo...
Published: 2020-12-04, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: Flash memory prices have been on a downward trajectory for years. A decade ago, this trend was helping SSDs establish a foothold in the consumer market—largely for enthusiasts. Now, SSDs have taken over as the default storage medium for consumer PCs and f...
Price, SLC cache gets exhausted quickly, Very low write performance once SLC cache is exhausted, Only a 3-year warranty
QLC-based solid state drives are typically “entry-level” or “budget” drives. Mainly marketed as a replacement for a normal hard drive. In that sense the Samsung QVO (like another other SATA-based SSD) is a great replacement for your typical hard drive. Th...
I usually use 500GB drives, so a 4TB drive was a novelty. As you can imaging shooting on an A73 at 4K 30fps, there was no need to swap out the drive and over two hours of footage were stored, The final test was as a working storage drive, popped inside a
Slower than NVMe
It's difficult to find fault with this drive it's affordable, considering what it is, fast and has a huge capacity. An optical drive may still be cheaper, but the performance boost that you get with the Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SSD Hard Drive is huge.If you ne...
Published: 2020-10-19, Author: Tim , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Today we're revisiting storage performance with an emphasis on gaming. Since we tested the first batch of PCIe 4.0 SSDs about a year ago, we've been wanting to run more tests. Up until now, most games have been built with hard drives in mind, but as we mo...
Equipped with 4-bit MLC V-NAND technology, Available in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB capacities, Good sequential read and write speeds under most conditions, Good random read and write performance, Features Intelligent TurboWrite technology, Large DRAM cache, Su
Write speed drops considerably when SLC cache is full, Lower endurance than many TLC NAND-based SSDs
In the past, consumers had to choose between the superior performance of SSDs and the high capacity of hard drives. With Samsung's new 870 QVO SSD, they can now get the best of both worlds. Designed and built entirely in-house, this new SATA SSD is powere...
Published: 2020-07-29, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: The Samsung 870 QVO solid-state drives announced at the end of June have begun appearing at Internet retailers. The Samsung 870 QVO is the company's latest QLC NAND solid-state drive offering 1TB of storage for a little more than $120 USD all the way up t...
Good synthetic test results, Low cost per GB, 2 TB, 4 TB, and 8 TB variants available
Very low real-life performance, Way too expensive, Horrible write rates when SLC cache is exhausted, Inconsistent performance, Small SLC cache, 3-year Warranty, Competitors Offer 5-year
The 1 TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD currently retails for $115. Good synthetic test results Low cost per GB 2 TB, 4 TB, and 8 TB variants available Very low real-life performance Way too expensive Horrible write rates when SLC cache is exhausted Inconsistent pe...
