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Hard Drive | 500 GB Solid State Hard Drive |
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Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM)
Digital Storage Capacity | 500 GB |
Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA |
Connectivity Technology | compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface |
Brand | Samsung |
Special Feature | Portable |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Solid State Hard Drive |
Compatible Devices | windows, mac |
Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
Color | Black |
About this item
- Innovative V-Nand Technology: Powered by Samsung V-NAND Technology, the 860 EVO SSD offers optimized performance for everyday computing as well as rendering large-sized 4K videos and 3D data used by the latest applications
- Enhanced read write speeds: Sequential read and write performance levels of up to 550MB/s and 520MB/s, respectively
- Secure encryption: Protect data by selecting security options, including AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption compliant with TCG Opal and IEEE 1670
- Warranty and compatibility: 5-year limited warranty; Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Server 2003 (32 bit and 64 bit), Vista (SP1 and above), XP (SP2 and above), MAC OSX and Linux
- Included contents: 2.5 inches (7 millimeter) SATA 3 (6 Gb/s) SSD & user manual (All other cables, screws, brackets not included); Reliability (MTBF): 1.5 Million Hours Reliability (MTBF)
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compatible devices | mac, windows | Laptop, PC | Laptop, PC | Laptop | Laptop, PC | Desktop |
form factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch |
write speed | 520 megabits per second | 530 | 530 | 530 | 520 megabits per second | 530 |
read speed | 550 megabytes per second | 560 megabytes per second | 560 megabytes per second | 560 megabytes per second | 550 megabytes per second | 560 megabytes per second |
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Technical Details
Brand | Samsung |
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Series | 860 EVO |
Item model number | MZ-76E500B/AM |
Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
Operating System | Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Vista (SP1 and above), XP (SP2 and above), MAC OSX, and Linux |
Item Weight | 3.04 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 3.94 x 2.76 x 0.27 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.94 x 2.76 x 0.27 inches |
Color | Black |
Flash Memory Size | 500 GB |
Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA |
Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics DAV |
ASIN | B0781Z7Y3S |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | January 10, 2018 |
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Best Sellers Rank | #245 in Internal Solid State Drives |
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The SSD You Trust
The Samsung 860 EVO is specially designed to enhance performance of mainstream PCs and laptops. With the latest V-NAND technology, this fast and reliable SSD comes in a wide range of compatible form factors and capacities.
Enhanced Performance
Speeds are consistent, even under heavy workloads and multi-tasking allowing for faster file transfer. The 860 EVO performs at sequential read speeds up to 550 MB/s* with Intelligent TurboWrite technology, and sequential write speeds up to 520 MB/s. The TurboWrite buffer size* is upgraded from 12 GB to 78 GB.
*Performance may vary based on SSD's firmware version and system hardware & configuration. For more information on the TurboWrite, please visit the manufacture website
Boosted Endurance
Up to 8x higher TBW* than the 850 EVO. Feel secure storing and rendering large sized 4K videos and 3D data used by the latest applications.
*TBW: Terabytes Written
Smart Compatibility
Benefit from faster, more fluid communication with your host system. The refined ECC* algorithm and a new MJX controller generate higher speeds, and the improved queued trim enhances Linux compatibility.
*Error Correction Code
Multiple Form Factors
Whatever size your computer needs, there is an 860 EVO for you. Choose among the 2.5-inch size for desktop PCs and laptops, and the SATA-based M.2 (2280) or the mSATA for ultra-slim computing devices.
Management Software
Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your SSD with a simple and intuitive user interface.
- Firmware updates: Get notifications when new firmware is released, and easily install updates for enhanced performance, stability, and compatibility.
- Performance benchmark: Check your SSD's sequential and random read/write speeds, so you can maintain superb performance.
- Data security: The 860 EVO supports AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption and is compliant with TCG Opal and IEEE 1667.
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| Gaming/Professional Computing | Everyday Computing | Gamers/Media Enthusiasts | Gaming/Hi-res Graphic Editing | Content Creators/Professionals | Fast, Secure External Storage |
Internal/External
| Internal | Internal | Internal | Internal | External | External |
Interface
| SATA III | SATA III | SATA III | PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 | Thunderbolt 3, NVMe | USB 3.1 Gen2 bkwd compatible |
Form Factor
| 2.5" | M.2 (2280) | 2.5" | 2.5" | M.2 (2280) | Portable | Portable |
Capacity
| 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB | 1TB, 2TB, 4TB | 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB | 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB | 500GB, 1TB, 2TB | 500GB, 1TB, 2TB |
Max Sequential Read Speed
| Up to 550 MB/s | Up to 550 MB/s | Up to 560 MB/s | Up to 3,500 MB/s | Up to 2,800 MB/s | Up to 540 MB/s |
Max Sequential Write Speed
| Up to 520 MB/s | Up to 520 MB/s | Up to 530 MB/s | Up to 3,300 MB/s | Up to 2,300 MB/s | Up to 520 MB/s |
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The SSD you trust: The newest edition to the world's best-selling SATA SSD series, the Samsung 860 EVO SSD is specially designed to enhance performance of mainstream PCs and laptops. With the latest V-NAND technology, this fast and reliable Solid State Drive comes in a wide range of compatible form factors and capacities. Its enhanced performance delivers consistent speeds, even under heavy workloads and multi-tasking, allowing for faster file transfers. The 860 EVO performs at sequential read speeds of up to 550MB/s with Intelligent TurboWrite technology, and sequential write speeds of up to 520MB/s. The TurboWrite buffer size is upgraded from 12GB to 78GB (performance may vary based on user's system hardware and configuration). The 860 EVO also offers boosted endurance of up to 8x higher TBW (Terabytes Written) than the 850 EVO. Feel secure storing and rendering large-sized 4K videos and 3D data used by the latest applications. The smart compatibility of the SSD lets you benefit from faster, more fluid communication with your host system. The refined ECC (Error Correction Code) algorithm and a new MJX controller generate higher speeds, and the improved queued trim enhances Linux compatibility. The 860 EVO provides reliability of 1.5 million hours (MTBF).
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Customers like the value, size, quality, storage and clogging of the computer drive. They mention that it fits perfectly inside the HP Omen Laptops, it comes in multiple sizes and is compatible with most laptops and desktops. They also appreciate the background data storing optimization and that it makes a fine secondary drive for backups or personal files.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the computer drive. They mention that it is one of the best performing they have owned, is solid, and has met their needs very well. Some say that the drive performs spectacularly and has no errors.
"...Time will tell but so far this Samsung is functioning great, was easy to clone to, Clonezilla recognized it right away (as did Tuxboot), and it..." Read more
"...It has been a decent, reliable performer, but continuous software bloat has resulted in increasingly slow performance...." Read more
"...Recently upgraded to Windows 10 Professional and not had any issues, even with encryption being enabled...." Read more
"...The speed improved, and all my programs are working. I kept the older drive as an archive if this one fails...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the speed of the computer drive. They mention that it improves the speed and performance of their PC. They also appreciate the fact that the drive does great with sequential reads and writes, making Windows more responsive and snappier. Overall, customers are happy with the drive's speed and responsiveness, and recommend it to others.
"...4. Excellent performance and speed with this SamsungTo benchmark it for you, the laptop originally took just over two minutes to boot up...." Read more
"...Everything is much snappier and responsive, and programs load RIGHT NOW. What a change!..." Read more
"...Could not ask for a better drive. Reliable, fast, does not overheat. Almost went with a competitor until I compared warranties...." Read more
"...I can say that the SSD is very reliable so far, with no downtime or performance issues to date...." Read more
Customers find the computer drive easy to use. They say the software is easy to install and pretty straightforward. The installation guide comes with the drive, making it easy to copy files. Customers also say the computer is more responsive and satisfying to use now.
"...Super-simple process and I was ready to roll...." Read more
"...Since I have been into computers since my 30's, so installing anew drive is easy...." Read more
"...If you need to pick a different drive to copy, the menu makes it easy. When ready, run the transfer. Mine took about 20 minutes...." Read more
"...some valuable tools but otherwise it is pretty basic and easy enough to understand that you don’t have to be a computer expert to figure it out...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the computer drive. For example, they say it's a great price to pay for the countless hours it will no doubt save, it' s fast, easy, and well worth the price to upgrade. They also mention that the Samsung Magician is also valuable for tuning the SSD, and it' is worth the trouble.
"...but by-and-large it's hard to beat a Samsung EVO device for its price-point, reliability, and performance...." Read more
"...Good value for the performance and warranty, especially if you have a SATA III controller.Cons:..." Read more
"...It definitely wasn't a plug & play operation, but ultimately was worth the trouble. Took a star off because of the effort to install it." Read more
"...Very handy and inexpensive. Also, in a laptop you can reuse the existing mounting bracket...." Read more
Customers like the performance of the computer drive. They say it's incredibly reliable, solid, and can handle video production and multi-tasking no problem. Customers also mention that the system is stable and has survived the test of time.
"...From all I've heard and read, these are pretty reliable devices with a reliability of something like 1.5 MILLION hours...." Read more
"...It has been a decent, reliable performer, but continuous software bloat has resulted in increasingly slow performance...." Read more
"...Could not ask for a better drive. Reliable, fast, does not overheat. Almost went with a competitor until I compared warranties...." Read more
"...If you're completely happy and the system is stable, feel free to either place the old SSD in the external enclosure and use it any way you want or..." Read more
Customers like the storage of the computer drive. They say it has good storage capacity, is easy to install, and handles all the partition resizing and downsizing for them. It gives performance info and does background data storing optimization. It makes a fine secondary drive for backups or personal files, and it takes max 30 seconds to boot up. Customers also mention that their CPU utilization is often much higher than in the past.
"It stores things." Read more
"...The cloning software was super simple and handled all the partition resizing/downsizing for us...." Read more
"...Samsung is worth paying a little more for as they have high quality memory and some of the best read and write speeds...." Read more
"...Lots of extra memory now and I didn’t have to pay somebody else to do it!" Read more
Customers like the clogging of the computer drive or storage. They say that the cloning process is easy, and the Samsung data migration software is simple to use. They are surprised with the ease of conversion, saying that they are able to cloane all their data seamlessly. They also mention that the software registrations and licenses copied over smoothly, and Windows reported 0 errors. They appreciate the accuracy of the retransmission, saying the resulting files are relatively accurate.
"...Time will tell but so far this Samsung is functioning great, was easy to clone to, Clonezilla recognized it right away (as did Tuxboot), and it..." Read more
"...And the included software made it easy to clone my existing hard drive and transfer all of my data onto the new SSD...." Read more
"...The cloning software is pretty easy to use, but if you aren't computer literate you might want to go find a high school student to do it for you...." Read more
"...It was indeed a perfect clone of the previous drive. There was no issues that required going into the BIOS screen...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the size of the computer drive. They mention that it fits perfectly inside HP Omen Laptops, is small, slim, sleek, and works flawlessly. It comes in multiple sizes, making it compatible with most laptops and desktops. Customers are also impressed with the re-sizing automatically, saying that it was more compatible than anyone else. Overall, customers are happy with the quality and functionality of the product.
"Used as a drive in a silent Mini-ITX build. Neatly fits inside a small low profile Mini-ITX chassis, makes no noise and adds very little heat...." Read more
"...drive is a standard 2.5-inch form factor, making it compatible with most laptops and desktops...." Read more
"...The Samsung SSD drive fit perfectly with no problems...." Read more
"...These SSD's fit perfectly into the notebooks' hd compartments...." Read more
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This SSD arrived and I needed to buy a $7 USB-to-SATA III cable here on Amazon so I could clone the old hard drive to it. There is a lot of chatter on here about people wondering about the best ways to clone existing drives onto these SSD devices. In my case, I decided the simplest thing to do was to use something I could boot from a USB, so it wouldn't matter what operating system was on the old drive I could clone anything.
So I downloaded Tuxboot and Clonezilla and ran it to install onto a USB. Super-simple process and I was ready to roll. I then hooked up the SATA end of the cable to the SSD and the other to an open USB port on the laptop, stuck the bootable USB I had just made into another and turned on power. Booted right up to Clonezilla, hit enter through every default, ensured it was using the 500GB spinning-drive for its source and the new 500GB SSD for the target, and within about a minute it was off and running. You are presented with a lot of options. I chose the simplest, device-to-device rather than doing the source-to-image, then image-to-target. Process took around 2.5 hours and then I shut down, removed the old drive from its caddy and replaced it with the SSD, hit the power switch and the system immediately booted right up to where I had left off before I cloned it!
There are a lot of ways you can clone existing drives to these SSD's. You might even want to just fresh-install your system onto one of these SSD's and that's fine. I didn't want to take the time to do that. But for me, using that $7 cable I bought here on Amazon, with the Samsung EVO 860 SSD I bought here on Amazon, and free Clonezilla install-to-USB I was able to effortlessly clone the old drive to the SSD and boot right up with it without any issues whatsoever. I had zero issues.
A few benefits from having gone through this:
1. I now know how to clone a laptop drive to an external drive
2. No more motor to spin a drive, so no more extra draw on the laptop's battery to keep one running
3. No more heat from a drive motor that's constantly running
4. Excellent performance and speed with this Samsung
To benchmark it for you, the laptop originally took just over two minutes to boot up. After upgrading its memory from 4GB to 8GB boot time dropped a bit, to 1.5 minutes. But after replacing the hard-drive with this SSD boot time is now 30-32 seconds, from hitting the power-switch to login. And everything else on the system is much, much faster without the extra seek times and slowness of that old spinning drive.
Time will tell but so far this Samsung is functioning great, was easy to clone to, Clonezilla recognized it right away (as did Tuxboot), and it booted in my system the first time after the cloning was done. And this thing is just super-fast. Plus it's a Samsung EVO. From all I've heard and read, these are pretty reliable devices with a reliability of something like 1.5 MILLION hours. That's 62,500 days or about 171 years! Try getting that kind of reliability from a spinning hard-drive!
Bottom line is these are known to be great devices. There are duds out there but by-and-large it's hard to beat a Samsung EVO device for its price-point, reliability, and performance. That's why I spent the extra $$ rather than going to a cheaper, edge-brand type SSD. I have both old and new equipment and my older stuff recognized and worked with it just fine and so far it's a screamer. I highly recommend.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 431 with a Core i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GH processor and 8GB of RAM, running Windows 7 Professional, which were pretty good specs when I bought it five years ago. It has been a decent, reliable performer, but continuous software bloat has resulted in increasingly slow performance. I run maintenance utilities regularly and have a minimum of the normal “junk” that slows a PC down, but you can only make an old horse run so fast.
Or so I thought.
I downloaded a copy of HDTune to evaluate the hard drive, and was chagrined to learn how slow it was compared to state-of-the-art drives even though it was performing at its rated ability. It was time to try one of these new-fangled SSD’s, especially considering how inexpensive they’ve become.
Whoa! My start-up time has decreased from an average of 3:20 to a mere 0:45, a decrease of 75 percent! Everything is much snappier and responsive, and programs load RIGHT NOW. What a change!
The Windows Experience Index went from 5.9 (the lowest rating being the Primary Hard Disk score) to 6.5 (driven by the graphics, which is not a priority in a business laptop). The Primary Hard Drive score is now 7.9, which is the highest it can go.
I didn’t realize when I ordered this that I would also need a USB adapter for a SATA drive to make the transfer, so that was a second Amazon order before I could start. I then downloaded the free transfer software from Samsung and it took about 45 minutes to transfer 360 GB of data from my HDD to the Samsung SSD. Swapping the drives was a piece of cake, although that would depend on what laptop you have. For my ThinkPad, it was a matter of removing three screws to remove the bottom cover, then four screws to remove the bracket holding the old hard drive, and then four more screws to take the HDD out of the bracket to make room for the SSD. Reassembly and the insertion of the eleven little screws took just a few minutes.
I restarted my ThinkPad and it was as though nothing had changed…except it was FAST! When I ran MS Word 2010 it noticed a change in hardware and wanted to re-register with Microsoft automatically, so I let it do that, but that was the end of the install process.
I cannot recommend this upgrade more highly to anyone who has a worthwhile laptop with the weakest link being the speed of the HDD.
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Update 7/27/19: It has now been almost four months since I upgraded my ThinkPad with this product and my opinion has only gotten better. The replacement of the mechanical spinning HD with this SSD has increased my effective battery life tremendously. The SSD uses less energy, of course, but even more significant is that my PC's new ability to awake from sleep mode almost immediately allows me to set a much shorter time delay between inactivity and forced sleep mode. I'm also much less reluctant to deliberately put the ThinkPad into sleep mode because now it will start up again so quickly when I need it. If I'm sitting in a one hour meeting, my PC can easily go to sleep several times during that interval (and I don't mean only that the screen goes dark), and I get it to crank back up and log me in in just a few seconds with just a couple of slaps at the space bar. Awesome!!
When plugged in, I used to leave my PC running all the time during the day even when it was unattended, because the startup time was so interminable and I didn't want to go through it more than once daily. Now I've gotten into the habit of putting it into sleep mode whenever I plan to be away from it for a while, just to save energy. If I plan to be gone for several hours, I'll even do a full shut down because, again, it's so easy to get it up and running again when I return.
I also need to add that I upgraded to Windows 10 (which is still free, even though Microsoft keeps it a secret), which helps startup time even more. My old ThinkPad really zips along better than when it was new. Thanks, Samsung!
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The first one I got went into my DVR, and has been in heavy read/write use 24/7 for about a couple years now, great performance compared to a fast HD. The next ones replaced 3 fast hard drives in a RAID 5 array (in a high-end PC, using onboard Intel chipset), wow, the speed of this setup is mind boggling - from a boot-up time that almost disappears, to instant response to most things while using the PC, to insanely fast file searches.
And so far, not a single one of the drives has had an issue of any kind, and no sectors even needing to be automatically remapped on drives getting an extreme amount of write use, I'm very impressed and pleased.
I have some other brands or SSDs, they are great and have been absolutely reliable as well, but the Samsung 860 EVO outperforms them.
I would absolutely recommend these drives if you are looking for top read and write performance, or reliability.
Before 2 years i purchased Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series laptop with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.70 GHz 8gb ram. After an year I added another 8gb ram. Things helped a little while working with premiere pro or photoshop. Still lightroom took massive 30 or 40 seconds to load. Also Premiere got hanged for 3-5 seconds many times during color grading (not crash). Also crashed many times while working on text layers. Now after 2.5 hard years I just replaced inbuilt 2 TB HDD with this newly bought 1TB Samsung 860 EVO. Now let me write the differences happened.
Pros:
Boot time just 5 -8 seconds. Installed 2021 version of Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Blender 3D, After effects, etc., Lightroom opens so quickly now which is a masiive surprise. Premiere pro no hang at all. However windows crashed 3 times which i assume as software issue. Photoshop 2021 also comfortable to open and work when premiere pro is rendering a HD video file. File transfer speed inside different drives is 100-150mbps normally (practially 100-150 not 300-400mbps). After this SSD purchase honestly I admit my tensions were reduced so much while working on video editing. with 10K investment, I would say this is also a Health Investment for me (lol) as I am free now of from unwanted tensions.
Cons:
Cons is really not a cons at all. Just want to remind some facts and say don't over expect everything on this SSD alone. Recently i transfered 8 tb of files from different external hard disks. Some i copied to system and moved. Others were USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 and 1 significantly 128gb SSD. Here comes my point. SSD to SSD means it must be top speed. Right?
I copied 30 gb from system to 128 gb sandisk SSD. for this I used Sata to USB 2.0 cable as thats what I had. The average transfer speed was just 37 mbps. Though I still take the blame on USB 2.0 cable, things like this happens. Some peoples just blame their PC SSD blindly. USB cable and USB port also matters.
So for this reason, I always copy my video files to system SSD itself. 1 TB is very limited for guys who work multiple projects at same time. But considering the amount we spend on this SSD and how much it helps alone matters here.
for me its very fine to work 2 wedding projects at the same time. Everything is so cool with this SSD purchase.
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Before 2 years i purchased Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series laptop with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.70 GHz 8gb ram. After an year I added another 8gb ram. Things helped a little while working with premiere pro or photoshop. Still lightroom took massive 30 or 40 seconds to load. Also Premiere got hanged for 3-5 seconds many times during color grading (not crash). Also crashed many times while working on text layers. Now after 2.5 hard years I just replaced inbuilt 2 TB HDD with this newly bought 1TB Samsung 860 EVO. Now let me write the differences happened.
Pros:
Boot time just 5 -8 seconds. Installed 2021 version of Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Blender 3D, After effects, etc., Lightroom opens so quickly now which is a masiive surprise. Premiere pro no hang at all. However windows crashed 3 times which i assume as software issue. Photoshop 2021 also comfortable to open and work when premiere pro is rendering a HD video file. File transfer speed inside different drives is 100-150mbps normally (practially 100-150 not 300-400mbps). After this SSD purchase honestly I admit my tensions were reduced so much while working on video editing. with 10K investment, I would say this is also a Health Investment for me (lol) as I am free now of from unwanted tensions.
Cons:
Cons is really not a cons at all. Just want to remind some facts and say don't over expect everything on this SSD alone. Recently i transfered 8 tb of files from different external hard disks. Some i copied to system and moved. Others were USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 and 1 significantly 128gb SSD. Here comes my point. SSD to SSD means it must be top speed. Right?
I copied 30 gb from system to 128 gb sandisk SSD. for this I used Sata to USB 2.0 cable as thats what I had. The average transfer speed was just 37 mbps. Though I still take the blame on USB 2.0 cable, things like this happens. Some peoples just blame their PC SSD blindly. USB cable and USB port also matters.
So for this reason, I always copy my video files to system SSD itself. 1 TB is very limited for guys who work multiple projects at same time. But considering the amount we spend on this SSD and how much it helps alone matters here.
for me its very fine to work 2 wedding projects at the same time. Everything is so cool with this SSD purchase.
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It has a very large endurance rating in terms of terabytes written. The 1TB version is rated for 600 terabytes written over it's lifetime. If you write 50 gigabytes per day you would take 32 years to reach the 600 terabyte write rating. An average consumer will not be writing 50 gb per day. Normal operating system activities will use at least half a gigabyte per day, sometimes as much as 5 gb per day.
Your OS is constantly writing stuff to the disc as you're doing stuff. If you're someone who downloads a lot of movies/tv shows or programs then you might see up to 20 to 30 gb per day of writes. The point though is even if you're downloading/installing tonnes of programs or videos constantly you'd really struggle to reach 600 terabytes written before a conventional hard drive would be expected to fail due to a failure in it's moving parts. So unless you plan on using this for a server application where you can expect to be writing more than 0.5 to 1 terabyte e per day this drive will be more than enough.
The drive itself pretty much saturates the SATA III connection, which has a maximum bandwidth of 600 megabytes per second. Sequential read speeds are over 500 megabytes per second for pretty much all file sizes/queue depth's. Sequential write speeds for small files will be over 500 megabytes per second typically. This SSD has a 'turbowrite cache', which is a higher speed SLC flash memory.
I couldn't pin down how large the cache is on the 860 EVO 1TB; but I believe it's about 60gb. For the first 60 gigabytes of writing the drive will use the SLC cache and write speeds will be higher than they would otherwise be. When that cache runs out the drive switches to using it's normal TLC flash memory, which is a slower but cheaper type of memory (it's what makes up the drives storage capacity). Here's where things get complicated though. For larger drives like the 1TB model the larger number of flash modules in the drive means that the drive can write to more modules at once, and hence it's write speeds are faster. As a result you don't see a performance reduction when you switch from the SLC cache to the main TLC memory in terms of write speed when we're talking about the 1TB versions or larger. For the 500 gigabyte version or the 250 gigabyte version however we do see a significant write speed reduction when the turbowrite SLC cache runs out.
In practice this means that the 1TB model can sustain about 450 megabytes per second of write speed no matter how big the file you're writing is. The 500gb model however starts at 450 megabytes per second but after it's written about 60 gigabytes (size of the SLC cache) the write speeds go down significantly. They drop to about 270 megabytes per second. To be fair most people won't need to write more than 60 gigabytes at once, but it's still a drawback of the smaller sizes.
I should also mention that the 860 EVO for the 1TB model has 1 gigabyte of DDR4 RAM which the controller uses to decrease access times by keeping a map of where the data is being stored. This is part of the wear leveling algorithms to ensure that no flash cells degrade faster than the others.