Samsung 860 Evo M 2 Sata3 Ssd Review
Traditional planar NAND memory requires the creation of sets of complex program algorithms to prevent data corruption caused by cell-to-cell interference. However, Samsung V-NAND is virtually immune to cell-to-cell interference. V-NAND also applies innovative Charge Trap Flash technology which prevents data corruption caused by cell-to-cell interference. Samsung V-NAND technology overcomes the capacity limitations of traditional 2D NAND technology with its revolutionary vertical design. Shedding light on a whole new standard of capacity and performance. Products usually ship within two business days after payment.
Whatever they introduce as the successor to the 960 PRO will probably stand out from the crowd in a way that their premium SATA SSDs cannot. Samsung’s NVMe SSD controllers still seem to be the fastest options, though competitors like Silicon Motion and Phison are starting to catch up. The 870 Evo is Samsung’s latest update of their mainstream consumer TLC-based SATA SSDs. Apparently, the 870 EVO brings similar generational updates with Samsung’s 3D NAND and SSD controller that were in the 870 QVO.
Compared to the 850 EVO, the 860 EVO can allocate up to 6X the capacity for TurboWrite during the most demanding write-intensive workloads. When turned on, RAPID mode increases the SSD’s performance by using part of the host computer’s system memory as its cache. In my testing, this feature worked, but interestingly the lower hardware specs a computer had, the more noticeable an improvement it delivered. Take the 250 GB version, for example, Samsung guarantees that if you write some 80 GB (that’s about ten times my average) every day, the drive will last for longer than five years. Larger capacities of the 860 Evo will have even more endurance accordingly. Despite being equipped with less flash memory, the Evo scored almost as well as the Pro in my tests.
Samsung SSDs are still the only SATA SSDs to crack 300 MB/s storage bandwidth. They are really in a class of their own when running moderate workloads. This time the 860 EVO gets the better of the 850 gtx 1090 EVO when running moderate workloads, and this is despite a significant capacity disadvantage. With a partition on the drive and 75% full, we are not quite able to hit factory max random read specs.
These specs, when considered together, allow the M.2 SATA version of the series to achieve sequential read speeds up to 560 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential writes up to 520 MB/s. The 2.5-inch drives from the same line only falter slightly with a 550 MB/s sequential read, but you’ll only find 4TB Samsung 860 Evo SSDs in this form factor. The newest edition to the world’s best-selling SATA SSD series, the Samsung 860 EVO is specially designed to enhance performance of mainstream PCs and laptops.
Hard drives are dirt cheap in comparison, but just aren’t worth the dip in speed when even current generation consoles house M.2 SSDs. Fortunately, 2.5-inch SATA SSDs are a good middle ground, being around four times faster than a mechanical hard drive without costing you an arm and a leg. Our emphasis is on storage solutions for the midmarket and enterprise, with limited coverage of core brands that offer client storage solutions. A quick glance over the specs can show potential buyers that there isn’t much new here. The price for the 860 EVO is about even with the 850 EVO after a year, so going with the new model doesn’t take any more out of pocket. The lack of innovation here may have less to do with Samsung and its NAND and more to do with the SATA interface.