Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Samsung - 860 QVO 2TB Internal SATA Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology is a great PC storage option if you are looking for the speed benefits that come with using an SSD but also need more storage space compared to older SSD drives. I used this drive to replace a Samsung – 850 EVO 250GB solid state drive in my self-built desktop PC and haven’t noticed any significant differences between the two performance-wise despite the fact that the new 860 drive has vastly more storage capacity. When researching the 860 QVO in comparison to the 850 EVO, I came across various benchmark results which indicate the average sustained write speed of the 860 is actually much faster than it is for the 850. In other words, the 860 is not only larger in capacity, but it performs much better than older SSD drives as well! Given these facts and my experience so far with this particular drive and the Samsung brand in general, you really can’t go wrong with the Samsung 860 QVO solid state drive and I highly recommend it!

Good SSD wold hvae been "great" if the warranty was still for 5 years rather than dropped to 3 years. I can see the SSD going "out" at 3.25 years.

Cheap price but I noticed that it takes of transferring files like a rocket but finishes like a Pony.

A little slower than the EVO drives, but still solid and dependable.

This ssd is nice and all but when it’s not on sale you can get better for a little more money.

This SSD was installed to see if it would provide better performance than a 16GB_Optane + 7200rpm HDD configuration on a recent model *NameBrand* laptop. The Optane approach was an interesting new experience, and is a definite boot/performance improvement over a mechanical 7200rpm HDD in a laptop. Short version of process was to disable the Optane card and migrate everything back to the HDD, then clone the HDD to the SSD, then replace the HDD with the SSD and re-boot. Basically same as replacing HDD with SSD except for the extra steps to disable and migrate the Optane system. After all that was done, there is no mistaking that boot times and program operation were improved. Honestly not by a tremendous amount, such as going from pure HDD to pure SSD without the Optane system at the front end, but a definite improvement. No disrespect to the Optane system, as it works well to increase speed on a mechanical HDD system, but to me there is still no comparison to going pure SSD if you find it affordable to get a drive large enough to accommodate your needs. All that aside, there is a lot of discussion about the Samsung QVO approach to pack more data on a drive to reduce cost to the consumer. As with anything new to the market, there is lively discussion about whether the QVO data stacking reduces the speed and reliability of the SSD. From the reviews and discussions I have read, the QVO system does have some measurable reduction in speed on paper, but as with most of these types of comparisons we are talking about blinks of an eye, if that much, to measure the difference in speeds – excepting extreme and sustained use and/or the transfer of ginormous file sizes. As with so many of these situations, if you are like me and don’t want to get bogged down by a deep dive in the data and mostly want something that is fast, reliable, and holds up to running several programs at the same time – then this drive will not disappoint and provides a LOT of storage space at a very reasonable price point. Q: Will you be able to tell much of an “every day” difference between this drive and some other top-shelf SSDs? Probably not much if any. Q: Is this drive slower than some other top-shelf SSDs? Yes, mostly depending on what you use the drive for (see next question). Q: Will a high-end gamer or a large-file-size video processing system get as good a performance out of this drive compared to a top-shelf SSD? No definitely not, but if you are a high-end gamer or a large-file-size video processing person you probably aren’t looking at this drive as a primary drive for your system. Q: Will the typical computer user and mid-level gamer be OK with this drive? Yup. Q: If you are upgrading from a mechanical HDD to this SSD, will you see a noticeable improvement in boot time and program operations? No question about it, the difference is something you need to see to believe. Q: Can you spend more (much more, maybe) money and get a faster/better SSD? Yes. If you need faster/better, then have at it. If you are a “regular” computer user and a medium-level gamer, this will probably do just fine. You can always spend more, but you don’t always have to break the bank to get what you really need. Several reviews have mentioned that you “would not” want to use this drive for your boot drive, but rather use this drive for high-capacity storage as a secondary drive, with a high-end SSD or preferably a NVME drive as the primary/boot drive. I do not necessarily disagree, as these are factual statements, but someone who is already on an NVME system has moved to the “next level” and aren’t going to find anything faster, and those who need a high-end SSD to get the performance they are after are probably not seriously considering this SSD in the first place. This drive is the only one in my laptop, and until I take the next step to NVME (back to that empty Optane slot – you see), everything works to my satisfaction. For 85% of us, this drive will do just fine and provides a lot of space at an attractive price point.

Works like any other sata ssd. Normal write and read speed. Not much else to say.

Works great no problems and my son has not had any issues

Most laptops now use internal SSD's but they do not have a lot of storage. I am currently using this drive as a secondary drive in a gaming laptop. It adds a large amount of storage to my laptop. I am now able to run my operating system on my main drive and use this drive for storage. It is not as fast as some other Solid States however it is lighting fast compared to any HDD and it comes in at a decent price. Another possible use for this drive would be as an external drive. You could easily get an adapter to turn this into an external drive. I have used many of the Samsung SSD drives and they are very reliable, fast, and all around great drives.

Seems to be very good. No problems as of yet. Guess we shall see

We clone our c drive with windows 10. Happy with ssd drive.

So far so good I’ve had no problems with this drive thusfar

Good always perfect to make an update on your computer.

So, the first thing you should probably know when looking for an SSD is that when it comes to performance, power consumption, and noise, solid state storage is always better than what you can get with a mechanical drive. Unfortunately, another thing that you’ll quickly discover is that the reverse is true when looking at overall longevity, system compatibility, and price. Samsung’s QVO (Short for Quality Value Optimized) drives hope to fix at least one of those problems and, so long as you use it properly, I’d say they’ve done a pretty good job of doing it. The way they’re doing this is by making use of a new type of flash memory known as QLC, which allows you to store more data within a single chip than you could with previous designs. While this type of memory is less expensive to produce and offers extremely high read speeds, it does come with a pair of very noticeable downsides: writing to it is very slow, and it’s extremely prone to burning out. While the spec sheet quotes speeds and endurance on par with other SATA SSDs on the market, which predominantly use TLC or MMC memory, that’s not really telling you the whole story. The write speed they’re quoting isn’t the actual write speed of the drive, but the write speed of a very large high-speed cache they stuck into it to store incoming data until it can be written to the actual storage. And they got around the durability issue just by making the drives very big, so that wear and tear can be spread out over as much hardware as possible. Under ideal conditions, you’ll never be able to tell the difference. But the moment you saturate the cache by trying to write hundreds of tiny little text files to a folder or start re-imaging the drive every weekend, it’s going to be clear that Samsung worked around the problems with QLC rather than removing them. And this is where the disclaimer I included at the start of this review comes back into play. This is a case where ideal operating conditions are very achievable. This may not be the best choice if you’re looking for a boot drive or a fast photoshop scratch disk, but if all you need is a storage drive for movies or games then going with one of these should be a no-brainer. Nine times out of ten you’ll get the performance of a more expensive SSD and massive amounts of space. I’d also recommend it as a cheap way to extend the life of an aging laptop, since as mentioned earlier it’ll still beat a mechanical disk and it’s probably not worth spending twice as much on a high end SSD for a computer that’ll likely die halfway through the disk’s life.

working fine nice drive. would recommend to a friend.

Not the fastest SSD around but it's a good data drive.

This budget solid state storage device is the perfect fort for someone trying to get rid of their hard disk drives but doesn’t want to spend on higher end SSDs. I ended up replacing one of my gaming HDDs with this, and I am enjoying the faster and quieter performance (relative to a HDD). Now, this will not be replacing my m.2 NVME, but it wasn’t competing with it in the first place. This is a solid product that allows for higher capacity solid state drive performance at a lower price point which is always welcome!

I have been building my own computers for decades, and have always used hard disk drives, first in 5400 rpm and later, in 7200 rpm, so I read a lot before jumping into the Solid State Drive market. My research led me to believe that Samsung was the best choice at this time, and the prices for these SSDs have come down substantially (and will continue to come down). You can get the Samsung 1TB drive for $129.00, a price comparable to a normal disk drive and 2TB is only $259 at this time, which is amazing. I have an older computer from 2011 with SATA connectors (An HP P-7-1147C from Costco, 2.9 Ghz AMD chip, 16GB RAM and Windows 7 64 bit), and it has been a good, reliable computer. The technical articles said that there would be a noticeable difference in boot up and access times for programs. I worried most about migration of the data from my existing boot drive to the new SSD. I intended to simply clone the new Samsung drive from my existing boot drive by connecting the Samsung SSD to the second SATA connection terminals. The connections are the same as they were for the older hard disk drives. Samsung gives you a simple program, available on line, called "DATA MIGRATION" which makes it simple to clone the Samsung drive to become your new boot drive will all programs and settings just as you had them before. This program worked great. You don't have to format or prepare the drive in any way. Just turn off your computer, attach the Samsung drive to your secondary SATA connectors (as it it were a backup drive), then turn on the computer and start the Data Migration program and it does the rest. When done, turn off the computer, and substitute your new Samsung drive in place of the existing boot drive on the primary SATA cables. Voila, you are done. So what about performance? My older 7200 rpm hard drive took about 1 min and 45 seconds to get to the Windows home page, and even after that, the drive was still very busy loading background programs for another 3-5 minutes. This new Samsung SSD gets to to the home screen in 15 seconds and it's done with all that other stuff too. Seeing that is worth the price of admission. Other programs also seem to open faster and respond quicker, but I am not a power user, so I can't attest to arguments about I/O speeds for various types of heavy duty programs if you are on an older machine like mine. I can just say that it's blazingly fast. This might be one of the best upgrades you can buy for an older machine. The drive makes no noise, so my computer is quieter than with the hard disk drive, which is always a good thing. It uses far less power and is much smaller in size. I don't think you will be disappointed. These SSDs are clearly the future of computing and Samsung made it easy to change over. I've only had it a day, but it will be interesting to see long term reliability of these new drives as the years pass. Like with all drives, solid state or disk, I make regular backups and you should too. ( I actually clone the drive as it's easier to simply plug and play when disaster strikes). The cloning program I like is Disk Wizard by Seagate (Disk Clone feature), but now you also have the Samsung Data Migration program.

With many brands of SSDs on the market these days, it can be difficult to "figure out" which one is "best" for your own use. Samsung is generally known a reputable company with SSDs. With that said, although this particular SSD might be a little slower when it comes to moving around large amounts of gigs, I would imagine that the average person would not notice any significant difference with it's speed with everyday use. I would suspect that most people moving from a HDD (hard disk drive) to any SSD would notice a significant difference with performance, though. In a nutshell, this thing is just the SSD itself - no SATA cables (nor SATA USB cable to transfer data), but that just about all SSDs. For computer use, if you are installing this on a laptop, you likely don't need anything else other than a SATA USB cable, if you are looking to "clone" or transfer everything currently stored on your laptop. However, if you are installing this on a desktop, you will likely need to make sure that your computer case has an open bay and a 3.5" to 2.5" SSD adapter, which will hold the SSD. As a side note, for extra "hold", you may also need the tiny screws, too, to hold the SSD. When it comes to performance, as I previously eluded to, this SSD gets the job done and at this price point, you really are paying more for the storage than the speed of the SSD, which is still faster than a HDD. For myself, an average computer user who has some music, about 10+ games (25-100gb) installed on my computer at any given time, this thing gets the job done, does it well, and allows me to have extra room for other things. 2 TB for the average person, everyday person is more than enough. Overall, I would say that for the price of this SSD, it is definitely attractive and would suit the needs of the majority of computer users, even casually-moderate gamers and computer users, such as myself. Great product here, Samsung!

Samsung is one of the top name brands I am well familiar with and am usually confident in recommending to friends and family, for their home appliances and computer electronics needs. And this Samsung 860 QVO Internal SATA Solid State Drive certainly does live up to my previous experience with their line of products. Replacing my laptop’s previous standard disk drive with this new solid state drive was easy enough - the procedure involved removing the back panel of my laptop, and being careful not to lose any of the screws. Once all that was done, and the computer was back together, I reinstalled Windows and got to work. In comparing the internal hard drive I replaced with this Samsung solid state drive, everything seemed to respond much quicker. Doing basic computer tasks appeared to be faster, smoother, even more so than when I originally got the computer and set it up for the first time. Even logging into games and waiting on loading screens, was nearly instantaneous. And running a benchmark test showed this SSD performing at or above optimal/recommended levels. Based on my personal experience with this Samsung 860 QVO Internal SATA Solid State Drive, I can definitely recommend. The brand quality is there, the performance is solid, and the price is most certainly reasonable for this piece of hardware.