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Samsung 870 EVO 8TB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 4800 TBW
72 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th
Cons
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | MKX controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4800 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 870 EVO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 870 EVO | 38.4 | 22.9 | 94 | 98 | 85.8 | 95.3 | 2.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.8 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 87.2 | 7.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.5 | 94 | 98 | 88 | 95.3 | 4.1 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 77.6 | 26.8 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 77.8 | 92.5 | 95.5 | 77.6 | 7.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98 | 80.8 | 45.6 | 3.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall71.9
- Budget61.3
- Gaming57.6
- Laptop57.6
- Console29.3
- Portable19.5
- Workstation71
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