Comments on: Samsung 850 EVO mSATA SSD Review (120GB/1TB) – Another Form Factor Option For A Great-Performing Drive

By: pp

pp — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 02:06:00 +0000

Please HELP with this question:
I have a samsung ativ book 9 (ultrabook) that has an internal 128GB ssd that is also a msata. I also have the samsung EXTERNAL 500GB msata ssd. I was wondering if I can open the external ssd cover and switch the ssd with the one inside my lapotop so I can upgrade the memory from 128 to 500GB. Is this possible? Thanks.

By: Ian McInnis

Ian McInnis — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:37:00 +0000

With a Samsung EVO 850 500Gb mSATA SSD, I tested “Rapid Mode” from Samsung Magician v4.9 on a HP Z15 laptop (i7-4700MQ 3.2 Ghz – Windows 7 x64). Using ATTO v3.05 to benchmark. I had a solid 548mb read / 420 Mb write starting at 32kb all the way to 64Mb whereas with rapid mode on, it peaked at 562Mb read / 478 write at 1Mb file size then went down from there – by 64Mb was 373 read / 304 write! Of course to fully understand the stats, you need to see the results bar graphs but wow…rapid nerf performance is really what “rapid mode” does! And as another article on this site about rapid mode proves that Windows already does a good job at caching and I am good with that! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hyv8zgjl45lyf2d/AAD0Juvw7aIBWJ_IV_3l5b0Ga?dl=0

By: GE

GE — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:13:00 +0000

In reply to Donny Stanley. Thanks for the reply Donny. With the recent release of the Intel PCIe ssd, I'm just wondering whether I should have waited to buy the Kingston HyperX Predator!

By: Donny Stanley

Donny Stanley — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:59:00 +0000

In reply to GE.

Hi, Thanks for the comment!

Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure what your question is. You mentioned the HyperX Predator, so I’m assuming you’re comparing that to the drive in this report.

While both drives are very good and have their uses, they can’t be compared 1-1 as the Samsung 850 drive in this report is is an MSATA, which is meant primarily for use in mobile devices such a ultrabooks and tablets, etc. The Kingston drive is an M.2 PCIe SSD which is meant for use in desktop environments where either a full on PCI Express 3.0 or M.2 slot is available.

Both drives are also priced differently as well, which further places them at different sections of the market.

Again, we appreciate your feedback and hope we were able to answer your questions and provide helpful information.

By: GE

GE — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 07:04:00 +0000

It would appear, thus far that the Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 SSD. Is that a safe assumption?

Of course I’m only asking this because I purchased the Predator secondary to your stellar review last week!