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Samsung 850 EVO
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
33 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
Cons
- Below average capacity (12th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average speed (30th 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
78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 5 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| 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) | 97000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 850 EVO | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 850 EVO | 30.1 | 42.4 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 44.5 | 56.5 | 95.6 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.5 | 96.1 | 99 | 54.6 | 0 | 83 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 79.3 | 87.3 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.7 | 92.2 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 0 | 87.9 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Compare | 88 | 95.7 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 95.1 | 99.2 | 35.2 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 88.8 | 92.2 | 53.3 | 54.6 | 0 | 93.8 | 95.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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