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Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 120GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 75 TBW
45 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong endurance (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong affordability (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average capacity (4th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
- Below average speed (31st percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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72/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 120 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 94000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung MGX Controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 75 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 850 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 75 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 850 EVO | 30.8 | 42.8 | 93.6 | 4 | 28.6 | 76 | 86.8 | 73.4 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 94.5 | 88 | 95 | 10.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.1 | 96 | 93.6 | 98.1 | 0 | 88 | 95 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 28.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 82.9 | 95 | 19.9 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.6 | 96.4 | 53.7 | 92.5 | 65 | 95.6 | 77.3 | 6.9 |
Usage Scores
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