Testseek.co.uk have collected 230 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Evo Series SATA600 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Evo Series SATA600.
December 2014
(89%)
230 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
11674 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Consistently fast performance across all workloads
Low launch price
Only ~20% more than the previous generation's current price
Improved performance in high queue depth tests
RAPID Technology
3D VNAND
5 year warranty
6.8mm Height
The largest consumer SSD
The fastest consumer SSD
Massive spare and SLC area
The best SATA SSD
Samsung SATA (high) performance
Low cost
Support for Magician and Rapid Mode
Consistent performance
– 5 year warranty
Mediocre
The technology is “top end” but limited by the SATA3 (6GB/s) interface
Blistering speeds
5 Year Warrany
Slimline
Mammoth 2TB capacity
Almost matches Pro drive for speed
The editors didn't like
Performance delta between 850 Evo and 840 Evo is small
Score
8 / 10
Not much faster than an 840 EVO in some tests
Pricing
Low warrantied endurance rating
Limited availability
Single and low capacity (at the time of writing)
Reduced warranty compared to 850 EVO
Bit too expensive to “compete” with other brands
– Not much of a jump “if any” from the original 840 EVO
Gigantic capacity, Relatively affordable (given its size), Excellent performance for a SATA drive
You may need a loan to buy one, Slower than previous model in certain minor test scenarios
Today's biggest-capacity consumer SSD, the 4TB version of the venerable 850 EVO packs the same speed and delivers the same strengths as Samsung's earlier models, but the price is quite dear. Read More…...
In the past few years, Samsung has been the dominant force in SSD technology and with the introduction of the Samsung 850 EVO 4TB, Samsung continues their leadership in the space. While I don't see a whole lot of people dropping the significant amount of...
Best in class performance (even outperforms competing MLC parts!), Performance oddities seen in the 2TB model are not present in 4TB, Best SATA performance in our new Mixed Burst testing
As the SSD drum beats on, folks want higher and higher capacities. Samsung has answered the call with their 4TB 850 EVO. 48-layer V-NAND enables even higher densities, meaning the move from 2TB could be accomplished with the same die count and a bit more...
Doubles capacity of previous model, Improves upon already top-of-the-line performance of predecessors, 5-year Warranty
Early adopters will pay a premium
The Samsung 850 EVO 4TB is a rockstar mainstream consumer SSD with a huge capacity and stellar performance. While there's an early adopter price premium, no one else can match the performance/capacity profile Samsung has crafted with this SSD. ...
Published: 2016-07-11, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
The largest consumer SSD, The fastest consumer SSD, Massive spare and SLC area, The best SATA SSD
Pricing, Low warrantied endurance rating
The Samsung 850 EVO 4TB is the best consumer SSD on the market. The drive delivers an amazing amount of performance that we haven't seen since the SanDisk Extreme Pro. Samsung needed a large amount of spare area to reclaim the performance lead, and th...
Published: 2016-07-11, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
The Samsung 850 EVO line of SSDs have proven to be very fast, reliable, and quite popular over the past two years. With three different form factors, many firsts in their delivering consumers high capacity 3D NAND products, and now a new milestone under t...
We are happy to confirm that there is nothing to worry about with Samsung's mid-line swap of V-NAND in their 850 EVO line of SSDs. We are even happier to report that the new 48-layer TLC parts enable the 850 EVO to respond even faster to low queue depth I...
Abstract: The latest Linux disk testing fun at Phoronix has been stressing two Samsung 850 EVO solid-state drives on the Linux 4.4 kernel when using the native RAID capabilities built into the Btrfs file-system.As it's been a while since last running any Btrfs RAID...
Just because I've used Samsung SSDs in my personal machines, doesn't mean I went easy on this drive or hid any negatives. I and many others here on TSF have discovered Samsung SSDs to be quite superior, so much so that even if performance was greater on a...
