Testseek.com have collected 230 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Evo Series SATA600 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Evo Series SATA600.
December 2014
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230 Reviews
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11674 Reviews
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The editors liked
Excellent performance
Great warranty conditions
Great bundled Magician software
The editors didn't like
More expensive than competitors
Competition also from cheaper high-end drives
Magician only on Windows
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Published: 2014-12-08, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
The Samsung 850 EVO 120GB and 500GB drives have 128GB and 512GB (1GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes) of NAND on board respectively and yield user addressable capacities of 111GB and 465GB (1Gib = 1,073,741,824 bytes) in Windows as shown in the drive propertie...
Strong Performance, Competitive Pricing, RAPID Mode Support
3D VNAND Somewhat Unproven
Samsung SSD 850 EVO Solid State Drives -- Find Them At AmazonIf you go back and look at all of the numbers, the Samsung SSD 850 EVO is a clear winner in terms of performance. The 500GB model that we tested wasn't quite the fastest drive across the board, ...
Excellent write performance (when in TurboWrite SLC mode), Excellent IOPS performance, especially in the higher capacities, Improved TLC write speeds, thanks to VNAND
Smaller capacity models launching at a relatively high cost/GB
PROS:Excellent write performance (when in TurboWrite SLC mode)Excellent IOPS performance, especially in the higher capacitiesImproved TLC write speeds, thanks to VNANDCONS:Smaller capacity models launching at a relatively high cost/GBPricing and Availabil...
Slim form factor; Very fast out of the box; Blistering fast with RAPID Mode enabled; Data Migration software; Large capacity
Modest price premium
Samsung has an excellent overall package here, with great features, innovative technologies, performance, and durability....
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Published: 2014-12-08, Author: Victor , review by: Bjorn3d.com
The 840 EVO was a great drive from Samsung and the 850 EVO just made it even better. The switch to the 3D NAND brings not just added performance improvement but more importantly higher endurance and lower power consumption. Samsung also sweetens the deal...
Silky smooth operation as a system drive, Excellent sequential reading and writing performance at very low queue depths, Excellent 4K random writing performance at low queue depths, Outstanding 4k random reading performance at very low queue depths, S
Nothing to mention.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as a system drive.Excellent sequential reading and writing performance at very low queue depths.Excellent 4K random writing performance at low queue depth...
Outstanding 552/532 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, Random 4K read/writes produced 86,192 IOPS, 32layer 3D VNAND Flash delivers double the endurance, Native write acceleration – no compression used, Samsung 3core MEX controller supports TRIM, NCQ, and Mi
Expensive enthusiast product
Our first rating is performance, which compares how effective the Samsung SSD 850 EVO performs in benchmark operations against competing SATA-based solid state drive storage solutions. For reference, Samsung specifications suggest 540 MB/s maximum reads...
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Published: 2018-09-29, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
Now that the prices of SSDs are starting to fall again, the competition is starting to take off again. Especially the new models from Crucial and Samsung bring some life back to the business, which was badly needed in this market. Last year there were few...
Abstract: Form factor is the shape and connection type used to hook up the SSD to your computer. There are two main physical shapes on the market: the traditional 2.5in drive, which is direct drop-in replacement for a hard drive, and the M.2 format. This latter typ...
