CONCLUSION

   The entire 850 line of SSDs (both EVO and Pro) has been leading the charts for quite some time now both in terms of performance and durability so when Samsung announced the availability of the 2TB model we didn’t expect that to change. True performance levels vary from model to model but usually the higher capacity models perform better than the lower capacity ones and although we didn’t have the chance to test the 1TB variant the 2TB did incredibly well in all our tests. Of course it did fall behind to some of the other drives in various tests but overall its read/write performance numbers are excellent. In terms of durability the EVO line still has a TBW rating half of what the Pro line has but in the end this is not something consumers should be concerned with (even 150 TBW is enough for someone to write 40GB worth of data on the drive every single day for 10 years).

   3-4 years ago getting a top of the line 512GB SSD would push you back almost USD800/800Euros so with that in mind the current price tag of USD796.93 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 788.13Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) for the Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SSD doesn’t sound bad at all. Of course not everyone will be willing to spend that much for an SATA III SSD and to be completely honest with all of you I don’t think that SSDs were ment to be used just for storage so 2TB might just be too much for the majority of the consumer base. The decision however is up to you since it always comes down to what you need and/or want. Our job is to rate products based on what we see and since the 850 EVO 2TB has everything going for it from excellent read/write performance and the highest capacity for a consumer oriented SSD up to durability and a 5 year warranty it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Build Quality / Durability (150 TBW)
- Excellent Overall Performance
- Features (TurboWrite/RAPID Mode/eDrive Support)
- Samsung Magician Software
- 5 Year Warranty
- 2TB Capacity

CONS

- Price (For Some)