The Samsung 850 EVO 500GB is an extremely impressive SSD that provides class-leading technology and speeds to the market. Through our benchmark results, we found the drive to perform consistently well and above all its competitors.

Today we're looking at the M.2 version of Samsung's popular 850 Evo SSD. We've already benchmarked the 2.5-inch 840 Evo and 850 Evo , so we're curious to see how this smaller form factor shapes up. Thanks to Samsung, we've got our hands on a unit to serve in our XSR test rig, so let's take a look!

Pretty fast; Super tiny

Not the fastest; Limited to SATA speeds

I bought this drive because I heard I could get my computer to be faster and boy is it ever!! Definitely get one of these for your laptop and you'll wish you had done it sooner like I do!!

Switched SSHD in my b?rbarPC with SSD from Samsung after reading tests and recommendations and are very satisfied. Old fashioned hdd limiting productivity in a modern PC. All new PCs must have at least one SSD to OS and preferably be without hdd as it consumes more power and is slower.

Samsung is a market leaders when it comes to SSD performance, and its flagship 850 Pro ratcheted the bar even higher. It offered stonking speed, and provided ample evidence that controlling the research, development and production of a drive provides the best results.

Consistent; fast read and write speeds; Cheaper than 850 Pro; Decent warranty

850 Pro drive is faster still; Lesser endurance rating; No extras included

If you're on the fence about an SSD, pull the trigger and buy this drive. Worried about the 150TB lifecycle of writes I was. Let me put your mind at ease: I reloaded my entire OS (Windows 10), reloaded X-Plane, a ton of orthographic scenery, and all my daily-driver programs.

This drive is everything you have heard

None; Well, maybe that its price-point seems to have stalled I bought it at a great price, and this product's price is pretty stable

HDDs are heavy and require a lot of room. I used to run two 2TB and one 4TB HDDs in my desktop machine for data drives and had a set of four more backup HDDs for each data drive in my computer: two in each set were kept onsite (aka home) and the other two in the set were kept offsite in my safe...

High capacity; inceased speed; lower weight; smaller size; lower power consumption; runs cooler than HDDs; dead quiet; five year warranty

Price is higher than a kite

I use this as my game drive with a 250 Pro as my boot/OS drive; load times are super fast and it hasn't given me any issues in a year.....would recommend.

Fast; reliable; decent price

not the cheapest drive out there?

I managed to find this drive on a Rakuten special price for $110. At that price this is an absolute steal. This drive is lightning fast and blows away other quality SSDs. It literally transfers data at twice the speed of my PNY SSD drive and that one flies!

Fast and reliable with industry leading tech and 5 years warranty. Highly recommended!

A little expensive for now and keeps going up