(Read much more about how we test SSDs and what the results mean.) PCMark 10 Overall Storage Testįirst up is the overall PCMark 10 storage test, from UL, running the full storage suite. We use 16GB of DDR4 Corsair Dominator RAM clocked to 3,600MHz, and the system employs Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition as its discrete graphics card.
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We test all of our SATA and PCI Express 3.0 SSDs on PC Labs' main storage testbed, which is built on an Asus Prime X299 Deluxe motherboard with an Intel Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition CPU. Testing the Samsung SSD 870 EVO: Souping Up Stagnant SATA
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The software features an elegant design that helps to demystify some of the more complex storage-management tasks, such as using Secure Erase or defragmenting the drive.
Samsung pairs every EVO drive with its stellar Samsung Magician software package, which continues to set the standard to which all other storage manufacturers should aspire.įrom both aesthetic and functional standpoints, Samsung Magician stands well above the rest. TBW scales with capacity, as you can see in the chart above. The 4TB Samsung SSD 870 EVO is rated at 2,400TBW with a five-year warranty (whichever happens first, the warranty end or the write limit), which is right within standard expectations for SATA-based TLC drives these days at that capacity. On durability, the TBW (or "terabytes written") rating is an estimate of the total amount of allowable lifetime write activity, after which the drive will start to take memory cells out of service as they "wear out." Samsung rates the 4TB drive we tested to hit a sequential read speed of up to 560MBps, with sequential-write speeds topping out at 530MBps, pretty standard stuff for SATA 3.0 at this stage in the game. (Check out our SSD dejargonizer to clarify those acronyms if you need the SSD terminology breakdown.)Ībove, you can see that the 1TB Samsung SSD 870 EVO hits parity when compared with leading options like the 12-cent-per-gigabyte ADATA SX8200 Pro, a PCIe 3.0 M.2 drive. It's based on Samsung's own V-NAND 3-bit triple-layer-cell (TLC) flash using Samsung's in-house controller, and it's launching in five different storage-volume sizes: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB. The Samsung SSD 870 EVO is a SATA SSD launched in the standard 2.5-inch form factor.
Whether you need a new boot drive, a massive digital tome to store all your games (looking at you, Call of Duty: Warzone), or just a solid storage option all around, the zip-quick Samsung SSD 870 EVO is a premier option in the world of SATA SSDs, and easily wins our Editors' Choice award as our favorite performance-minded SATA drive. Pairing a few industry-standard features with a few more industry-leading speeds, the Samsung SSD 870 EVO (starts at $39.99 $479.99 for the 4TB version we tested) comes within inches of successfully bridging the gap between SATA and PCI Express drives with stellar results in program and game launching, as well as booting into Windows 10. The company continues to be a leading force in the industry, producing some of the best SSDs we've reviewed year in and year out. Given all else it's known for across the galaxy, Samsung is certainly no stranger to the world of internal solid-state drives (SSDs).