Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SSD Up to 1TB With 80GB Data Writes/Day for 5 Years

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. launched the 850 EVOwww.samsung.com/850evo, the latest addition to its branded SSD line-up.

Based on Samsung’s 3-bit 3D Vertical NAND technology, it provides a boost in performance and endurance as compared to its predecessor, making it for use in mainstream PCs.

With the slogan of “a new caliber of performance & endurance,” the drive will be globally launched in a total of 53 countries in the United States, Europe and Asian markets later this month.

“We are thrilled to be providing users with an improved computing experience through the new 850 EVO SSDs,” said Unsoo Kim, SVP of the branded product marketing team, Samsung Electronics. “Samsung will continue to introduce V-NAND-based SSDs in a variety of form factors, while accelerating the growth of the global SSD market.“

While the 850 PRO SSD that launched in July uses 2-bit 3D V-NAND for professional use in high-end client PCs and small- and medium-sized enterprise servers, the 850 EVO is built with 3-bit 3D V-NAND technology. This makes it more suitable for general consumer use in devices such as notebook and gaming PCs.

With the introduction of the 850 EVO, Samsung launches the next iteration of its consumer SSD product line-up with new V-NAND-based SSDs.

The 850 EVO series comes in 1TB, 500GB, 250GB and 120GB capacity options, and boasts sequential read speeds of up to 540MB/s and write speeds of up to 520MB/s.

With Samsung’s TurboWrite technology, the 1TB version of the 850 EVO offers random write speeds of up to 90K IO/s, which enables fast storage of high volume data and multi-tasking operations.

Additionally, the drive features reliability with 80GB data writes per day for five years in the 500GB and 1TB models.

Next year, the company plans to introduce an extended line-up of the 850 EVO in mSATA and M.2 form factors, based on 3-bit V-NAND technology