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Samsung 860 EVO

★★★★★ 4.8 (76,839)
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 600 TBW
Samsung 860 EVO ssd
66 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
  • Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th

Cons

  • Below average speed (33rd percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Based on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.

Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
1★2★3★4★5★Q1 '19: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ4 '19: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ1 '20: 1.0★ · 2 reviewsQ2 '20: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ3 '20: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ1 '21: 5.0★ · 4 reviewsQ2 '21: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ3 '21: 4.5★ · 2 reviewsQ2 '22: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ4 '23: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ2 '24: 5.0★ · 1 review12212422111Q1 '19Q4 '19Q1 '20Q2 '20Q3 '20Q1 '21Q2 '21Q3 '21Q2 '22Q4 '23Q2 '24
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 19 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 32.8
Random 43.5
Feature 93.8
Capacity 54.6
Endurance 86
Social Proof 95.6

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 1000
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Protocol SATA
External No

Performance

Sequential Read (MB/s) 550
Sequential Write (MB/s) 520
Random Read (IOPS) 98000
Random Write (IOPS) 90000

Hardware

NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Controller MJX

Reliability

Endurance (TBW) 600
MTBF (hours) 1500000
Warranty (years) 5

Features

Heatsink No
Hardware Encryption Yes

vs Competition

Spec Samsung 860 EVO Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Crucial T710 Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Seagate FireCuda 530R SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M
Capacity 1TB 4TB 4TB 2TB 4TB 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 5.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4
Seq Read 550 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 14,500 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 7,400 MB/s 14,900 MB/s
Nand Type TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache true true false true false true
Endurance 600 TBW 2400 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 5050 TBW 2400 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityEnduranceSocial Proof
Samsung 860 EVO 32.843.593.854.68695.6
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare 8894.893.892.88195.6
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.785.692.88679.7
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.793.493.878.49495.6
Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare 92.296.253.392.895.688.5
SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare 97.49997.492.8810

Usage Scores

Overall (65.6)Budget (76.4)Gaming (52.7)Laptop (63.1)Console (25.8)Portable (17.1)Workstation (65.3)

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