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Samsung 850 EVO

★★★★★ 4.7 (4,630)
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
Samsung 850 EVO ssd
57 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong social proof (89th percentile) 89th
  • Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th

Cons

  • Below average speed (30th 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 held steady over time
78/100Our AI sentiment readmedium confidence · 18 sources · Nov 2026
1★2★3★4★5★Q1 '15: 4.5★ · 2 reviewsQ2 '15: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ3 '15: 4.5★ · 2 reviewsQ3 '16: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ1 '18: 2.0★ · 1 review22211Q1 '15Q2 '15Q3 '15Q3 '16Q1 '18
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 30.1
Random 43.5
Feature 78.5
Capacity 54.6
User Sentiment 44.5
Endurance 64.4
Social Proof 88.5

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 1000
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) 98000
Random Write (IOPS) 90000

Hardware

NAND TLC
DRAM Cache No
Controller Samsung MGX Controller

Reliability

MTBF (hours) 2000000
Warranty (years) 5

Features

Hardware Encryption Yes

vs Competition

Spec Samsung 850 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 540 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 false true false true false true
Endurance - 2400 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 5050 TBW 2400 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityUser SentimentEnduranceSocial Proof
Samsung 850 EVO 30.143.578.554.644.564.488.5
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare 8894.893.892.895.18195.6
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.785.692.808679.7
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.793.493.878.466.99495.6
Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare 92.296.253.392.86595.688.5
SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare 97.49997.492.80810

Usage Scores

Overall (56.8)Budget (68.5)Gaming (46.1)Laptop (56.5)Console (23.2)Portable (15.3)Workstation (51.9)

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