Samsung 860 QVO SSD

This item is. Add Comments (Max 320 characters)BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, you just might get it. That's essentially how it's shaken out with the new generation of QLC solid-state drives. QLC, of course, refers to the quad-level cells in the...

We can't help but be slightly disappointed by the QVO series. Not least because while the 1TB version was available for review, the 2TB and 4TB models have been delayed till early 2019. It's those big capacities with their strong TBW potential that will...

Thanks in part to the latest flash-memory technology, the Samsung SSD 860 QVO offers a lot of fast storage capacity for minimal money. It's a winning internal solid-state drive for budget-minded...

Considering Samung's choices of SSD form factor, capacity, and specifications, it seems that the company is trying to create a new market segment. The SSD 860 QVO series is positioned as attractive for its high capacities, but not exactly suitable for...

Samsung may not be the first to release a QLC SSD, but the 860 QVO is the first mainstream SATA drive to try and deliver on the promise of high-capacity solid state drives at a price to rival large scale spinning platter storage. It was Intel who...

In the 2TB and 4TB capacities, this SATAa 6Gbps SSD is a lot cheaper than the competition. It's also a very fast reader, and a fast writer—until it runs out of cache. At the 1TB level however, there are cheaper drives that don't slow down even when writing large data sets.

That is pushing the limits of what SATA III can do and is all one can expect from the aging interface. Samsung backs up the 860 QVO drives with a 3-year warranty with an endurance rating of up to 1440 TBW, depending on the capacity of the drive that you are looking at. With low prices, solid performance and respectable endurance, the 860 QVO series looks to be a winner.

Now we're talking! 15 cents per GB MSRP for *any* decent SSD is certainly music to my ears. Sure the performance is not Pro-like, but at those prices, it's not hard to justify some concessions. I would like to see caching performance improve on that 4TB model though, and if Samsung hopes to push more QLC product, they will need to improve those low QD random read latencies.

Samsung updated (increased) its pricing shortly before the launch. We have updated this article to reflect the new price tag. At this time the EVO makes more sense.

If you are in the market for a new SATA based SSD, the Samsung 860 QVO delivers acceptable performance, high capacity, and enough endurance to satisfy most users. It even includes AES 256-bit encryption with Windows BitLocker support. The only thing...

It is good to see the first QLC SSDs on the market. QLC, my friends, has been introduced to become the most price competitive NAND type in the industry, read my words QLC (and more layered 3D NAND) is the final nail to the coffin of the HDD. I say...

The release of the Samsung 860 QVO SATA 3 SSD is Samsung's first release of a consumer based 4-bit mlc SSD. The storage industry had some time ago recognized that consumer demand was such that, they needed to find a ‘sweet spot' in getting SSDs into the...