Samsung SSD 870 EVO - SATA III will never give up

More recently, we have recommended that all computer and laptop users upgrade to SATA-3 SSDs. And for a long time they convinced the buyer that the increase in performance, in comparison with the HDD, would be visible even on the old SATA-2 interface. But one year passed and we saw the unlimited performance of the M.2 format. The Samsung SSD 870 EVO, which appeared on the market, was very puzzling. Moreover, both performance and price. One gets the impression that one hundred Korean brand wants to return to the "middle ages of the IT industry."

Samsung SSD 870 EVO – SATA III не сдаётся

Samsung SSD 870 EVO SATA III - a knight's move

 

An advanced Korean brand in the IT market has stepped too far into the future. By launching the super-fast M.2 drives into mass production, Samsung did not expect the world to be stuck in the past. Motherboard manufacturers are in no hurry to install a large number of NVMe ports. And buyers don't want to get rid of their 10-year-old computers.

Samsung SSD 870 EVO – SATA III не сдаётся

Apparently, that's why the Samsung brand had to change its policy and return to the good old technologies. Samsung SSD 870 EVO for SATA III is a slightly modified model of the 860 series drive. In the advertising video and on its website, the manufacturer talks about new technologies and speaks of an increase in speeds (by 38%). But it all looks incredible. If we compare the 860 and 870 series disks, we get the following picture:

 

Model 860EVO 500GB (MZ-76E500BW) 870EVO 500GB (MZ-77E500BW
Memory Type V-NAND 3bit MLC V-NAND 3bit MLC
TRIM support Yes Yes
Reading speed (max) 550 MB / s 560 MB / s
Write speed (max) 520 MB / s 530 MB / s
Random Read Speed ​​(4KB) 98000 IOPS 98000 IOPS
Random Write Speed ​​(4KB) 90000 IOPS 88000 IOPS
Recording resource 300 TB 300 TB
Price $65 $75

 

Samsung SSD 870 EVO – SATA III не сдаётся

What is the advantage of Samsung SSD 870 EVO - SATA III

 

As you may have noticed, the comparison is about 500 GB drives. In total, labeled 870 EVO, the Samsung brand introduced 5 SSD drives: 250 and 500 GB, 1, 2 and 4 TB. In fact, the Koreans have completely replicated the 860 EVO line that was introduced to the market in January 2018. Moreover, the price of drives with a two-year difference is almost identical.

 

And what then is the advantage of the Samsung SSD 870 EVO - the buyer will ask. And the most important advantage is the price. If we compare Korean products with other brands, it turns out that all SSD drives are 5-15% cheaper than their counterparts in terms of capacity. And some manufacturers still don't have 4TB SSDs.

Samsung SSD 870 EVO – SATA III не сдаётся

It turns out that Samsung has returned to the market for obsolete components once again to humiliate its competitors. But this does not mean that the development of faster drives will be frozen. Knowing the capabilities of the company, you can expect anything from the brand Samsung... The main thing is that the price is affordable for ordinary buyers.

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