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%)
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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
Published: 2015-09-29, Author: Tony , review by: Techreport.com
Samsung's TLC V-NAND continues to impress. Despite the extra stored bit bogging it down versus MLC flash, it keeps pace with and often surpasses the performance of other manufacturers' MLC drives. This particular drive's 2TB configuration is a good showc...
Highest-capacity consumer SSD at this writing, Speedy, Long warranty, Field-leading SSD software utility
Uses SATA interface
This 2TB monster is as close to the perfect mainstream SSD for data hounds as we've seen. (All that can't be helped is the SATA interface.) Read More…...
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Published: 2015-08-19, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Highest capacity
Fair doesn't mean inexpensive and if you're on a budget, two of Samsung's 1TB SSDs are a tad cheaper than one of the 2TB models.
Although 8 months has now passed since we reviewed the Samsung SSD 850 Evo series, not a lot has changed in the SSD industry. With SATA SSDs running out of bandwidth long before the 850 series, there has been little to no room for improvement with the big...
The entire 850 line of SSDs (both EVO and Pro) has been leading the charts for quite some time now both in terms of performance and durability so when Samsung announced the availability of the 2TB model we didn't expect that to change. Tru...
Published: 2015-07-30, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: During the early days of SSDs, we saw rather quick development in capacities. The very first SSDs were undoubtedly small, generally 32GB or 64GB, but there was a need for higher capacities to make SSDs more usable in client environments. MLC NAND caused a...
Published: 2015-07-13, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: Since the release of the first 1TB SSD, enthusiasts have looked to the next capacity point. It's always easy to demand a bigger, faster or better product. But when push comes to shove, those jumps only happen when there's financial impetus. I can ask for...
Abstract: Good, fast, cheap; pick a maximum of two. While typically considered in the context of services for hire, this Unholy Trinity of aspects that allows consumers to, on a rigid and mutually-exclusive basis, have or eat their cake also makes up the foundation...
Abstract: For the past decade we've been hearing people say that it was only a matter of time before Solid-State Drives (SSD's) will nearly completely kill off magnetic drives. Traditional hard drives will still exist in niche markets they said, but SSDs will event...
