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
(89%)
230 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
11674 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Slim form factor
Very fast out of the box
Blistering fast with RAPID Mode enabled
Data Migration software
Large capacity
Sleek and slimline
Innovative features
Fast stock performance
Insane performance with RAPID Mode
Well priced for what you get
Strong Performance
Competitive Pricing
RAPID Mode Support
Excellent write performance (when in TurboWrite SLC mode)
Excellent IOPS performance
Especially in the higher capacities
Improved TLC write speeds
Thanks to VNAND
Equipped with 3-bit 3D V-NAND
Available in 120GB
250GB
500GB and 1TB capacities
Features RAPID mode and TurboWrite technology
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
Very good random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compress
Doubles the capacity of the previous highest model
Impressive overall performance highlighted by its best-of-class results in our mixed server workloads
Samsung pedigree with a 5-year warranty
Build Quality / Durability (150 TBW)
Excellent Overall Performance
Features (TurboWrite/RAPID Mode/eDrive Support)
Samsung Magician Software
5 Year Warranty
2TB Capacity
Doubles capacity of previous model
Improves upon already top-of-the-line performance of predecessors
5-year Warranty
Best in class performance (even outperforms competing MLC parts!)
Performance oddities seen in the 2TB model are not present in 4TB
Best SATA performance in our new Mixed Burst testing
Build Quality / Endurance (150TBW / 1 Million Hours MTBF)
Excellent Overall Performance
Available In 1TB
The largest consumer SSD
The fastest consumer SSD
Massive spare and SLC area
The best SATA SSD
Samsung SATA (high) performance
Low cost
Support for Magician and Rapid Mode
One of the fastest SATA-interface drives we've tested to date
Class-leading five-year warranty
Available in capacities up to 1TB
Gigantic capacity
Relatively affordable (given its size)
Excellent performance for a SATA drive
3D NAND promise drive longevity
Good performance for the price
Highest-capacity consumer SSD at this writing
Speedy
Long warranty
Field-leading SSD software utility
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
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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
Highest capacity
Tons of capacity
Great price per GB
Good performance
Endurance
And warranty
SATA is ubiquitous.
The editors didn't like
Modest price premium
It ain't free
3D VNAND Somewhat Unproven
Smaller capacity models launching at a relatively high cost/GB
RAPID mode is Windows only
1TB drive uses more power than other capacities
Out-performed by its smaller capacity brothers in our real-world benchmarks
Significantly more expensive that a 2TB HDD
Price (For Some)
Early adopters will pay a premium
Pricing
Low warrantied endurance rating
Limited availability
Single and low capacity (at the time of writing)
Reduced warranty compared to 850 EVO
Launch pricing is higher than other mainstream drives
You may need a loan to buy one
Slower than previous model in certain minor test scenarios
RAPID software creates a risk of data loss
Uses SATA interface
Nothing to mention.
Expensive enthusiast product
Fair doesn't mean inexpensive and if you're on a budget
Two of Samsung's 1TB SSDs are a tad cheaper than one of the 2TB models.
The entire 850 line of SSDs (both EVO and Pro) has been leading the charts for quite some time now both in terms of performance and durability so when Samsung announced the availability of the 2TB model we didn't expect that to change. Tru...
Published: 2015-07-30, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: During the early days of SSDs, we saw rather quick development in capacities. The very first SSDs were undoubtedly small, generally 32GB or 64GB, but there was a need for higher capacities to make SSDs more usable in client environments. MLC NAND caused a...
Published: 2015-07-13, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: Since the release of the first 1TB SSD, enthusiasts have looked to the next capacity point. It's always easy to demand a bigger, faster or better product. But when push comes to shove, those jumps only happen when there's financial impetus. I can ask for...
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Abstract: Where are all the 2TB SSDs? It's a question we've been hearing since they started to go mainstream seven years ago. While we have seen a few come along on the enterprise side as far back as 2011 , those were prohibitively large, expensive, and out of reac...
Doubles the capacity of the previous highest model, Impressive overall performance highlighted by its best-of-class results in our mixed server workloads, Samsung pedigree with a 5-year warranty
Out-performed by its smaller capacity brothers in our real-world benchmarks, Significantly more expensive that a 2TB HDD
The Samsung 850 EVO 2TB drive is a fantastic addition to the company's line of consumer SSDs, offering the best of both worlds: market leading capacity and best-of-class performance.Samsung SSDs at AmazonDiscuss this reviewGA_googleFillSlot("sr_lower_728"...
The Samsung 850 EVO series will offer you the comfort of an increased number of cell write cycles, but not only that. The EVO model offers very strong SATA3 performance throughout all the tests we fired up on it. It's a little beast in terms of performan...
Published: 2015-07-06, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
We don't think that anyone would expect a performance difference between the Samsung EVO/Pro 1TB SSD and the 2TB SSD, but that's the effect of most of us seeing flash technology increase at such a fast pace.I could be wrong but I believe that, up until th...
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