Samsung 860 Evo M 2 Sata3 Ssd Review
The QVO uses a much less reliable storage cell structure and will begin to deteriorate fairly soon after install. That is why the EVO is warrantied for years and the EVO is only years. Stick with the EVO for the best experience in SSD reliability and performance. The 970 EVO Plus fits up to 1TB onto the compact M.2 form gtx 1090 factor, greatly expanding storage capacity and saving space for other components. The 970 EVO Plus fits up to 2TB onto the compact M.2 form factor, greatly expanding storage capacity and saving space for other components. Samsung’s innovative technology empowers you with the capacity to do more and accomplish more.
There are many TLC SSDs that do not pass our minimum, but we didn’t include those on our chart. The numbers we are getting here match exactly what we saw from our Anvil’s IOPS testing. This indicates that the 860 EVO does not slow down at all when data is on the drive, which is a notable accomplishment for any TLC SSD. SYSmark 2014 SE is considered the gold standard for testing system performance because it is an application-based benchmark. This test gives us the ultimate in real-world results because it utilizes actual applications running on the system, instead of playing back recorded traces. If you want to know what kind of impact a particular SSD will have on your system’s overall performance; this test will show you.
You need a USB/SATA cable for data migration from your HDD to your SSD so be aware to shop around for one. The Samsung 860 Evo is an undeniably better series of solid-state drives than their predecessors. They achieve noticeably faster speeds and offer quadruple the endurance. While we struggled to see the 860 Pro as a noteworthy upgrade, Samsung has brought its budget SSD line to flagship spec – or at least the highest spec the aging SATA 3 standard will allow. Luckily, the Samsung 860 Evo follows in its footsteps successfully, with faster speeds and even better endurance. After thoroughly testing both the 2.5-inch and M.2 SATA versions of the 2TB Samsung 860 Evo, we can confidently say that it’s one of the best SSDs on the market right now.
Next we looked at our VDI benchmarks that tax the drives a bit more; these tests include Boot, Initial Login, and Monday Login. For the Boot test, the again showed performance well below expectations. The EVO started above sub-millisecond latency performance and quickly peaked at 2,316 IOPS with a latency of 3.11ms. The 860 PRO ran below 1ms latency until 27K IOPS and peaked at 29,869 IOPS with a latency of 2.17ms. Sequential 64K write gave another weak performance by the 860 EVO.
Samsung’s advantage over the rest of the market is its ability to deliver the highest performance at low queue depths. This started before 3D flash but escalated when the company rolled out V-NAND. More troubling to other SSD manufacturers, Samsung’s continued momentum with each V-NAND revision makes it hard for competitors to pinpoint a performance target. V-NAND is now in its fourth generation, and Samsung raised the bar again for performance and endurance while further reducing power consumption.