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Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA III mSATA
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor mSATA
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
40 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (90th percentile) 90th
Cons
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
- Below average social proof (30th percentile)
- Below average affordability (32nd percentile)
- Below average speed (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | mSATA |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 97000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung MJX |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 860 EVO | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | mSATA | 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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 860 EVO | 33.9 | 43.6 | 89.5 | 26.7 | 63.6 | 30.4 | 31.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.5 | 94 | 92.6 | 94 | 95.4 | 6.7 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 10.5 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.4 | 94 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 3.9 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 86.1 | 92.6 | 86.1 | 77.4 | 12.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 77.4 | 6.6 |
Usage Scores
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