Samsung 860 evo review in Spanish (complete analysis)

Samsung 860 EVO is the latest version of the best family of 2.5-inch SSD drives on the market. A model that is based on 64-layer VNAND MLC 3D memory technology (it really is a TLC) from the South Korean brand, and an advanced high-performance controller that offers maximum transfer speed.

All this with excellent durability, which ensures that you have SSD for a while. Today we are going to discuss its successor, the Samsung 860 EVO in its 1TB variant, see if it can beat the high bar of its predecessors. We start with the best review in Spanish!

On this occasion, we have acquired the SSD to bring you its analysis and so we take the opportunity to renew the storage of one of our main computers. We hope you like it!

Samsung 860 EVO technical characteristics

Unboxing and design

The Samsung 860 EVO comes in a cardboard box with the typical design of this family of SSD drives. The box is based on a print that follows a gray and white pattern and is quite small in size. The manufacturer advises us on the box of some of its most important features, such as VNAND MLC 3D memory technology.

Once we open the box and find the Samsung 860 EVO next to the documentation, among which is the warranty card and a very simple installation guide.

This Samsung 860 EVO is built with a 2.5-inch form factor and a thickness of only 7mm, which ensures maximum compatibility with all chassis and all notebooks on the market. The chassis is made of good quality aluminum, which gives it a rather premium look and makes it very wear resistant.

As for the connection interface with the PC, it is the typical SATA III 6 GB / s port, which is available on all motherboards and all or almost all notebooks on the market, guaranteeing once again the best compatibility.

This model is available in 250GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB storage capacities to suit the potential needs of all users.

If we open the Samsung 860 EVO we can analyze its interior in depth. The manufacturer has used its most advanced MLC memory chips with a 64-layer VNAND design, which enables high density to be achieved with a greatly reduced chip size.

The use of MLC memory guarantees maximum durability, not for nothing this 1 TB model is capable of supporting a total data write of 600 TB, which ensures us SSD for years. Such is Samsung's confidence in the product that it offers a five-year warranty, an important difference with most models on the market, which only offer two or three years.

Alongside the MLC memory chips we find the MJX controller and a 1 GB DDR4 cache. These two characteristics, together with the quality of the MLC memory, make the Samsung 860 EVO the best 2.5-inch SSD on the market, well actually the second, only behind its big brother PRO. This SSD is capable of achieving a sequential data read rate of 550 MB / s and 520 MB / s in sequential data write.

These speeds put you at the limit of what can be achieved with the SATA III 6 GB / s interface. Its performance in 4K random operations is capable of reaching 100, 000 IOPS. The Samsung 860 EVO features are rounded out with support for SMART and TRIM, hardware 256-bit AES encryption, and an advanced garbage self-collection algorithm.

Test and performance equipment

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i7-8700K
k Base Plate:	Asus Maximus X Hero
Memory:	16GB Corsair DDR4
Heatsink	Corsair H100i V2
HDD	Samsung 860 EVO
Graphic card	AMD RX VEGA 56
Power supply	Corsair RM1000X

One of the most anticipated moments is coming! Now we will show you the results obtained from the Samsung 860 EVO, which is what interests us all the most, right? We've used a state-of-the-art test bench with an i7-8700K processor, liquid cooling for the processor, and an Asus Z370 Maximus X Hero motherboard.

Crystal Disk Mark. AS SSD Benchmark. ATTO Benchmark Anvil’s Storage Utilities

software

All the features of the Samsung 860 EVO are managed through the advanced Samsung Magician software, it is the utility that the Samsung SSDs incorporate to optimize, diagnose if there is an error and monitor the status of the SSD in a very simple way.

We can also use this application to clone data, backup copies, update SSD firmware and perform benchmarks. This software also offers us Intelligent TurboWrite technology, which allows us to improve the performance of the SSD when handling files of all types and sizes. TurboWrite buffer size has been improved from 12GB to 78GB, offering you faster file transfer.

Final words and conclusion about Samsung 860 EVO

The Samsung 860 EVO is one of the most interesting SSDs currently on the market. With four variants: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB in SATA III, mSATA and M.2 SATA formats, making it a best seller.

Among its specifications we must highlight its new MJX controller signed by Samsung, 64-layer V-NAND TLC memories and a 1 GB LPDDR4 cache memory (in our 1 TB model) that together offer an outstanding product.

In our performance tests it has delivered the promised results: 550 MB / s sequential read and 520 MB / s sequential write. For the most enthusiastic you will be interested to know that it has a durability of 600 TBW, that it incorporates AES-256 encryption and we are backed by a 5-year warranty.

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As possible improvements for future revisions we recommend Samsung to mount MLC memories instead of TLC in the EVO series. It offers more sustainable performance and longer longevity. A very direct rival and that has very even prices is the Crucial BX300.

Although Samsung says it carries 3-bit MLC, it really is TLC. It is a very important fact to keep in mind.

If you already have a Samsung 850 EVO and want to renew the 860 EVO for pleasure, we do not recommend it, since we hardly see important differences to justify the outlay. Another thing, is that you need more storage capacity?

Its store price ranges from 66 euros for the most basic model to 445 euros for the 2 TB model. Without a doubt, we consider that it is a super recommended purchase and that it will give a new life to PC or laptop.