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Samsung - 850 EVO 500GB Internal Serial ATA Solid State Drive for Laptops and PC
Average Customer Rating:
4.8
Rating breakdown 583 reviews
5 Stars
512
4 Stars
42
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Star
20
96%of customers recommend this product.
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541 out of
566)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 850 EVO 500GB Internal Serial ATA Solid State Drive for Laptops and PC
Customer Rating
5
First SSD
on July 3, 2015
Posted by: salsim
from Boston, MA, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
Decided to add an SSD to my Flight Sim computer to run all my FSX and Add-on files hoping for better and faster performance over my existing HDD. Could not have made a better choice than Samsung's 850EVO unit. Install was simple, plug and play. Formatting took 2 minutes and my Flight Sim is working much faster as I hoped. Am now considering replacing my HDD with another Samsung SSD for my OS and all other ancillary programs and files.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great drive.
on June 30, 2015
Posted by: advacct
from Arlington, TX, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
The is my second EVO SSD. My first one was a 250 MB. The 500 gives me more storage space. Both drives load faster than my original drive. The Samsung magician software keeps the drive at optimal performance.
Pros: good value
Cons: have not found one yet.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Fast and reliable
on June 26, 2015
Posted by: 4EyeGeek
from Sacramento, CA, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
Drive has performed flawlessly after installation. Currently being utilized as a Programs drive. favorite programs load quickly and with minimal hiccups. Assuming this drive performs similar to its older brother the 840evo, I foresee longevity beyond the warranty period.
This drive would probably be a great inexpensive system drive.
At the price point that I purchased this drive at, it is a wonderful drive, even at normal store price I think this drive would be a great inexpensive upgrade to an ailing system.
Pros: Inexpensive, Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great little drive
on June 25, 2015
Posted by: CharleyX
from Prescott, AZ
Expertise:Intermediate
I'm not technical but my subjective opinion is that this was money well spent. I did not use the migration software included with the drive. I did a simple install of Win7 without any hiccups. After reviewing the way Win7 set itself up, the drive was ready to rock and roll right off the bat. I'm going to get another for my wife's PC now that I done this one.
Pros: Inexpensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great Drive
on June 21, 2015
Posted by: Electronicnut58
from New York
Expertise:Expert
Works great had for about a year almost have had no problems would buy another one.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
This review is from: SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-75E500B/AM 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
on June 19, 2015
Posted by: cepak
from Fort Worth, TX, USA
Expertise:Expert
Pros: My OCZ 64Gb drives was down to the last 420mb. They were great drives, but a 5 year old Sata II SSDs don't compare to this Sata III beast. I bought 2, one for my PC and one for my wife's PC. I will definitely be buying one more of these for my daughter's PC.
This Samsung SSD comes with Data Migration software for cloning an existing partition as well as Samsung Magician software for optimizing the drive. There is no need to buy or download any other cloning software. The cloning process was easy and took about an hour with an external USB to Sata II enclosure (I had one laying around).
The Samsung Magician software identified that I had the SSD set for IDE and not AHCI (AHCI is much faster).
Benchmarks with the SSD set for IDE were terrible, and here they are:
Benchmarks are as follows:
Sequential Read - 346 MB/Sec
Sequential Write - 440 MB/Sec
Random Read - 9074 IOPS
Random Write - 18,623 IOPS
Benchmarks are as follows:
Sequential Read - 346 MB/Sec
Sequential Write - 440 MB/Sec
Random Read - 9074 IOPS
Random Write - 18,623 IOPS
After correcting and converting to AHCI my benchmarks are as follows:
Sequential Read - 532 MB/Sec
Sequential Write - 506 MB/Sec
Random Read - 39,839 IOPS
Random Write - 34,084 IOPS
Sequential Read - 532 MB/Sec
Sequential Write - 506 MB/Sec
Random Read - 39,839 IOPS
Random Write - 34,084 IOPS
Much improved and you can really tell the difference, especially with game loading.
Cons: None at this moment. I'll update this review in a month or two.
Other Thoughts: If you installed Windows 7 in IDE mode and realize you actually needed AHCI mode for better SSD performance, you can fix this issue easily. You can't just go into the Bios during windows 7 boot up or your OS will crash. The following are instructions on how I corrected my IDE to AHCI:
1) Startup -> Regedit
2) Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlset / Services
3) Open msahci
4) In the right pane, left click on "start" then right click and select "Modify"
5) In the "value" data field enter "0" and click OK.
6) exit Regedit
7) Reboot your system and enter your BIOS (hold "Delete" key while rebooting)
8) In the BIOS select "Integrated Peripherals" and Onchip PATA/SATA Devices.
9) Change SATA Mode to AHCI from IDE
10) Save and exit BIOS, and boot into Windows 7. The OS will recognize AHCI and install the devices. Your system will now need one more reboot, then you'll have the screaming SSD you've always wanted.
2) Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlset / Services
3) Open msahci
4) In the right pane, left click on "start" then right click and select "Modify"
5) In the "value" data field enter "0" and click OK.
6) exit Regedit
7) Reboot your system and enter your BIOS (hold "Delete" key while rebooting)
8) In the BIOS select "Integrated Peripherals" and Onchip PATA/SATA Devices.
9) Change SATA Mode to AHCI from IDE
10) Save and exit BIOS, and boot into Windows 7. The OS will recognize AHCI and install the devices. Your system will now need one more reboot, then you'll have the screaming SSD you've always wanted.
Pros: great performance
Cons: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great SSD for your money
on June 19, 2015
Posted by: jak1up
from us
Expertise:Intermediate
Installed easy and the software included to clone and keep updated works well.
Pros: fast, includes clone softwere
Cons: clone softwere could have better instuctions
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great Performing SSD
on June 17, 2015
Posted by: ChemistMenace
from Chicago, IL, USA
Expertise:Expert
This is a solid performing SSD. I've notice significant reductions in boot and loading times after installing the SSD.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US