Samsung 850 EVO

Samsung 850 EVO

Samsung
53 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk SSD

SanDisk SSD

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
51
SanDisk
94
Workstation
Samsung
52
SanDisk
90
Gaming
Samsung
36
SanDisk
87
Budget
Samsung
59
SanDisk
86
Console
Samsung
17
SanDisk
82
Portable
Samsung
13
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Samsung 850 EVOSanDisk SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
1,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
540
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
98,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
90,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung MGX Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★1
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Samsung 850 EVO

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)
  • Below average speed (30th percentile)

SanDisk SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk SSD

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

SanDisk SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation