Tuesday, January 19th 2021
Samsung Officially Announces 870 EVO SATA SSD Series
Samsung today has officially taken the lid off their latest consumer-oriented SATA SSDs, the 870 EVO. The 870 EVO series from Samsung don't push the maximum storage density ceiling on traditional SATA consumer drives, topping out at a maximum 4 TB, but they do achieve that ceiling whilst making use of Samsung's 128-layer TLC (Triple-Layer-Cell) NAND, which offers increased endurance (and higher theoretical performance than) more widespread QLC-based SSDs (of which Samsung launched the 870 QVO back in July 2020).
Samsung quotes SATA sequential read and write speeds of 560 MB/s and 530 MB/s respectively, with a "variable SLC" cache (which means it decreases in maximum size as the available free drive space decreases). The drives are also quoted at 98K IOPS Random Read, and 88K IOPS Write, and feature the company's Intelligent TurboWrite to maintain the interface's SATA 6 Gbps saturation as long as possible before sustained performance degradation appears. Samsung claims the 870 EVO also delivers a nearly 38% improvement in random read speeds over the previous 860 model, and quotes a (TBW) rating of 2,400 TB (or a 5-year limited warranty, whichever comes first) for its 4 TB model. The 870 EVO is available in either 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, or 4 TB capacities, with the drives' RAM buffer scaling almost accordingly (512 MB DDR3 for the 256/512 Gb models, 1 GB for the 1 TB, 2 GB for the 2 TB drive, and 4 GB for the 4 TB one. Pricing starts at $49,99 for the 256 GB model; 500 GB for $79.99, 1 TB for $139.99; 2 TB for $269.99; and 4 TB for $529.99.
Source:
The Verge
Samsung quotes SATA sequential read and write speeds of 560 MB/s and 530 MB/s respectively, with a "variable SLC" cache (which means it decreases in maximum size as the available free drive space decreases). The drives are also quoted at 98K IOPS Random Read, and 88K IOPS Write, and feature the company's Intelligent TurboWrite to maintain the interface's SATA 6 Gbps saturation as long as possible before sustained performance degradation appears. Samsung claims the 870 EVO also delivers a nearly 38% improvement in random read speeds over the previous 860 model, and quotes a (TBW) rating of 2,400 TB (or a 5-year limited warranty, whichever comes first) for its 4 TB model. The 870 EVO is available in either 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, or 4 TB capacities, with the drives' RAM buffer scaling almost accordingly (512 MB DDR3 for the 256/512 Gb models, 1 GB for the 1 TB, 2 GB for the 2 TB drive, and 4 GB for the 4 TB one. Pricing starts at $49,99 for the 256 GB model; 500 GB for $79.99, 1 TB for $139.99; 2 TB for $269.99; and 4 TB for $529.99.
44 Comments on Samsung Officially Announces 870 EVO SATA SSD Series
Why should you pay the Samsung tax ?
At the moment all my storage devices in my main rig are Samsung, never had any issues sofar, IMO it's good stuff.
"Nope. Just nope. You can get NVMe at lower price or even SATA if you dont have NVMe slot available."
I had Samsung SSD die on my few years back. Nothing is perfect.
The problem that I have with Samsung SSDs is there is no reason that they should not be 1/2 of what they currently cost. The Seagate 520 is the same price as these drives but head and shoulders better than any SATA drive.
Best thing I've found about sammy products they are the most likely to hit or exceed read/ wright spec's where most won't.
Have a nice day.
However, nowadays there way more choices for SSD's & nvme's, at better prices, for same/similar performance & warranties for la good bit less moolah......so as with many things today, money talks and BS walks....
I'm not saying that every brand out there is as good as Sammy, but some are, and the chances of getting a name-branded dud is way lower than it used to be...
Having said that, as my old sammy's got full/too small, I replacing them with WD Black nvme's (10 so far) and have been really happy with them also :D
Same warranty of 5 years and a higher estimated TBW. About half the price of the samsung 970 evo 2TB and 1% faster.
The days of samsung having a big lead are gone. SSDs in general are all very stable nowadays regardless of brand. The only exception might be a few extreme budget models but then again most extreme budget models still do very well until you fill them up completely.
If I had to choose a high performance SSD I'd be choosing between the EX950 and the SX8200 Pro, which both offer excellent warranties, price, performance, and TBW.
The only way I'd be buying a Samsung SSD is if they doubled their warranty. If they really think their SSDs are still the most reliable, they should put their money where their mouth is and actually show it. Otherwise their pricing is much too high nowadays to justify the cost.
Samsung still produces good products but I personally refuse to buy a product based solely on past performance 5 or more years ago.
Funny you bring up adata 8200 pro's lol I returned three none of which came anywhere close to the advertised read/ wright spec's
I might be losing a fraction of a second here and there but really, it doesn't matter.