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.
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(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.
As we touched on earlier, the 4TB 850 EVO is proof that the SATA III interface has not been fully exploited as we so often hear. Samsung found a way to take what we feel is the best performing line of SATA III SSDs, their EVO Series, and make it even fa...
Samsung currently dominates the SSD market, and it's clear why that is the case. The 850 EVO offers performance parity with the 850 PRO at nearly half the price, and in fact, is closer to a performance SSD in its performance than it is to a “value” line S...
"Samsung's dominance of the SSD world appears unshaken."...
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Published: 2015-07-07, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
Abstract: The day is coming sooner rather than later when all but long-term cold storage will be solid-state. Soon every PC will ship with an SSD onboard. Today, Samsung hits a new milestone by delivering the first ever 2TB consumer SSD's. This high capacity is fac...
Excellent performance, Great warranty conditions, Great bundled Magician software
More expensive than competitors, Competition also from cheaper high-end drives, Magician only on Windows
Are you looking for a new SSD? Then yes, you should probably buy the 850 Evo. It's not quite as suited to high-end or business users as the 850 Pro because it lacks that 10-year warranty, but is otherwise largely similar in its performance figures — espec...
Abstract: While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...
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Published: 2014-12-09, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
In the chart above, we see a reduced scale latency test result from PCMark 8. In the test, the 850 EVO comes very close to the total latency of the industry leading SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB without RAPID Mode enabled. With RAPID enabled, the 850 EVO dro...
Published: 2014-12-09, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
Samsung's new 850 EVO has many highlights. At the MSRP, the 850 EVO is the new face of mainstream SSDs, and few companies will be able to compete. It's difficult to even call the new EVO a mainstream SSD since the performance, endurance, and warranty are...
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...
