Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB Solid State Hard Drive Review, Specs and Price

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III Upgrade virtually every aspect of your computer's performance with Samsung's new 850 EVO, designed with state-of-the-art SSD advancements including 3D V-NAND technology. As the next generation beyond the bestselling 840 EVO, you'll get the 850 EVO's new 3-dimensional chip design that enables superior performance, greater reliability and superior energy efficiency so you can work and play faster and longer than ever before.

Samsung's innovative 3D V-NAND flash memory architecture breaks through density, performance, and endurance limitations of today's conventional planar NAND architecture. Samsung 3D V-NAND stacks 32 cell layers vertically resulting in higher density and better performance utilizing a smaller footprint.

Samsung. Achieve incredible read/write performance to maximize your everyday computing experience with Samsung's TurboWrite technology. You can obtain up to 1.9 times faster performance than the award-winning Samsung 840 EVO. The 850 EVO delivers class-leading performance* in sequential read (540MBps) and write (520MBps) speeds. Plus, gain optimized random performance in all QD for better real-world performance. (*Performance compared to 3-Bit MLC-class SSD drives)

Samsung's Magician software enables RAPID Mode for up to 2x faster performance* by utilizing unused PC memory DRAM) as a high-speed cache. The newest version of amsung Magician supports up to a 4 GB cache on a system with 16 GB of DRAM. (*Compared to same drive without RAPID enabled)

Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB Solid State Hard Drive Specification

•  Form Factor : 2.5"
• Capacity : 250GB
• Memory Components : 3-D Vertical
• Interface : SATA III
• Controller : Samsung MGX Controller
• Height : 6.86 mm
• Width : 69.85mm
• Depth : 100 mm
• Max Sequential Read : Up to 540MB/s
• Max Sequential Write : Up to 520MB/s

4KB Random Read

•     Random read (QD1) [IOPS]: up to 10,000 IOPS
•     Random read (QD32) [IOPS]: up to 197,000 IOPS

4KB Random Write

•     Random Write (QD1) [IOPS]: up to 40,000 IOPS
•     Random Write (QD32) [IOPS]: up to 88,000 IOPS

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Features :

•     Samsung MGX Controller
•     Samsung 32 layer 3-bit 3D V-NAND

• Power Consumption (Idle) : 0.4 W
• Power Consumption (Active) : 3.5 W
• Operating Temperature : 0°C ~ +70°C
• Operating Humidity : 5% to 95%, non-condensing
• Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
• Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years

Price Range : $125.99

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