Samsung 860 Pro 2TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung 860 Pro 2TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung
37 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
34
SanDisk
97
Gaming
Samsung
31
SanDisk
94
Console
Samsung
16
SanDisk
94
Laptop
Samsung
39
SanDisk
73
Budget
Samsung
44
SanDisk
71
Portable
Samsung
10
SanDisk
26

Specifications

Samsung 860 ProSanDisk 8TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
8,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDMLC★TLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Samsung 860 Pro 2TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong capacity (79th percentile)
  • Strong feature (72nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average random (23rd percentile)

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 8TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 16 specs.

SanDisk 8TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation