Samsung SSD 870 EVO – Launch of the successor to the successful SSD 860 EVO series. 38% increase in reading speed and high reliability

Source: Pure PC added 20th Jan 2021

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Samsung introduced the SSD 870 EVO SATA which comes with hereby among the best-selling consumer drives in recent years. According to the manufacturer’s assurances, the medium is to combine good performance with high reliability, making it a universal solution for a wide range of PC users and IT professionals. The new drive is equipped with the latest proprietary V-NAND controller that allows for SATA reading and sequential write of 560 and 530 MB / s, thus taking full advantage of the SATA III standard. Thanks to the use of a large, SLC buffer, Intelligent TurboWrite technology helps maintain maximum disk performance. Disk 870 EVO is also supposed to provide almost 38% increase in random read speed compared to model 860, which will increase the comfort of use in everyday work with the computer.

Samsung introduced a series of SSDs 870 EVO SATA drives successors to the very well-received EVO model 860. The new drives will offer approximately 30% higher performance and capacity up to 4 TB.

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According to the manufacturer’s assurance, Samsung disk 870 EVO will offer about 30% higher performance compared to 860 EVO, plus best-in-class reliability in terms of 2 TBW 400 TB or 5-year limited warranty on the 4 TB model. SSD disk 870 EVO ensures compatibility with devices equipped with 2.5 inch SATA interface. In addition, thanks to the energy-saving sleep mode, it is compatible with devices that support the Windows Modern Standby function, offering additional functionality to PC users.

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Samsung Drive 870 EVO will be available at a suggested retail price of 329 PLN for the model with a capacity 500 GB. More details are available on the official product website (CLICK), and below you will find the most key elements of the specification:

Category Samsung 870 EVO
Interface SATA 6Gbps
Size 2.5 inch
Memory Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC (TLC)
Controller Samsung controller
DRAM 512 MB LPDDR4 (250 / 500 GB)
Capacity 4 TB, 2 TB, 1 TB, 500 GB, 250 GB
Sequential Read / Write Speed ​​ To 560 / 530 MB / s
Random read / write speed To 98 K, 88 K IOPS
Management software Samsung Magician
TBW 2, 400 TBW (4 TB)

1, 200 TBW (2 TB)

600 TBW (1 TB)

300 TBW (500 GB)

150 TBW (250 GB)

Source: Samsung