Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Review

The Samsung SSD 870 EVO ships in a compact black box with an image of the drive on the front, with the Sequential read/write performance figures displayed on the bottom right-hand side. There is also a sticker on the top left of the box which indicates the capacity of the drive.

The rear of the box points out the fact the drive comes with a 5-year limited warranty and has a multilingual list with links to find more warranty information.

The drive sits in a tray to keep it secure during transit, and the only other thing in the box is an installation/warranty guide that sits on top of it.

The drive is built on the standard 2.5in format and has a metal enclosure held in place by three pentalobe screws, two of which are hidden under the label on the rear of the drive. Be warned, ripping off the label to get at the screws will void the drive’s warranty.

Remember the days when a 1TB drive meant a full-length PCB crammed with NAND chips. Not so the SSD 870 EVO, it has a tiny PCB, with just three major components on it; the 8-channel MKX controller (labelled S4LR059), a single 1xx layer V-NAND package (K90VGY8) and a 1GB LP-DDR4-1866 DRAM cache IC.

Become a Patron!

Be sure to check out our sponsors store EKWB here