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Samsung 850 EVO

★★★★★ 4.5 (2,095)
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Samsung 850 EVO ssd
50 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong feature (89th percentile) 89th
  • Strong social proof (74th percentile) 74th

Cons

  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)
  • 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
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 43.3
Feature 88.8
Capacity 26
Endurance 64.3
Social Proof 74.4

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 500
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 Yes
Controller Samsung MGX Controller

Reliability

MTBF (hours) 2000000
Warranty (years) 5

vs Competition

Spec Samsung 850 EVO Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Crucial T710 Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Seagate FireCuda 530R SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100
Capacity 500GB 4TB 4TB 2TB 4TB 8TB
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 true true false true false false
Endurance - 2400 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 5050 TBW 4800 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityEnduranceSocial Proof
Samsung 850 EVO 30.143.388.82664.374.4
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare 87.994.893.792.980.996.3
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.885.492.98682.3
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.693.493.778.694.196.3
Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare 92.296.253.492.995.790.1
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare 98.799.188.898.287.951.7

Usage Scores

Overall (50.2)Budget (53.7)Gaming (33.7)Laptop (47.7)Console (15.8)Portable (12.1)Workstation (50.4)

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