Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Review

1. Introduction2. Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. Throughput9. Performance Stability10. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark11. Real Life File Testing12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

The latest drive to join Samsung's 2.5in SSD series is the SSD 870 EVO, which uses the lastest in-house sixth-generation V-NAND. We review the 1TB model, with a UK MSRP of £135.49 – is it worth the cash?

At launch the SSD 870 line-up comprises of five capacities; 250GB, 500GB, 1TB (the drive we are reviewing here), 2TB and the flagship 4TB model. The drives use the latest 6th generation Samsung 1xx layer V-NAND in combination with an MKX controller and LP-DDR4 cache.

The official Sequential performance figures for all the new drives are up to 560MB/s for reads and up to 530MB/s for writes. Random performance is quoted as up to 13,000 IOPS for reads and up to 36,000 IOPS at a QD1 and up to 98,000 IOPS and 88,000 IOPS for read and writes respectively at QD32.

Data security is provided by AES-256 full disk encryption and the drive supports TCG/Opal v2.0 and IEEE1667.

Samsung quote an endurance figure for the 1TB drive of 600TB TBW and back the drive with a 5-year warranty.

Physical Specifications:

• Usable Capacities: 1TB
• NAND Components: Samsung 1xx layer V-NAND 3bit MLC (TLC).
• NAND Controller: Samsung MKX.
• Cache: 1GB LPDDR4.
• Interface: Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/s (SATA III).
• Form Factor:  2.5in, 7mm.
• Dimensions: 100x 69.85x 6.8mm.

Firmware Version: SVT01B6Q.

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