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Samsung 860 QVO

Samsung 860 QVO
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alaScore 95

13 reviews

Jun, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 reviews of Samsung 860 QVO. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the reliability and price, but many are less positive about the design.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Samsung 860 QVO is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 95/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by : Mark Pickavance (techadvisor.co.uk)

Samsung 860 QVO

 

As SATA SSDs go the Samsung 860 QVO is a fine, but hardly revolutionary design. It might sport new 4-bit NAND memory modules, but the performance and price combination won't be turning any heads.

Dec, 2018
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Expert review by : Tom Brant (pcmag.com)

Samsung SSD 860 QVO

 

Thanks in part to the latest flash-memory technology, the Samsung SSD 860 QVO offers a lot of fast storage capacity for minimal money. It's a winning internal solid-state drive for budget-minded upgraders.

Very affordable on a cost-per-gigabyte basis. Comes in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. Supports hardware encryption. Excellent reliability ratings.

Relatively short warranty. SATA only; no PCI Express version.

Bottom Line: Thanks in part to the latest flash-memory technology, the Samsung SSD 860 QVO offers a lot of fast storage capacity for minimal money. It's a winning internal solid-state drive for budget-minded upgraders.

Dec, 2018
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Expert review by : Jon L. Jacobi (pcworld.com)

Samsung 860 QVO SSD review: Big capacity on the cheap, and fast the majority of the time

 

The Samsung 860 QVO QLC (quad-level cell/4-bit) SATA 6Gbps SSD sets a new low in terms of price per gigabyte, at least in its 2TB and 4TB flavors. It's also a very good performer until you run out of secondary cache.

Great cost per gigabyte in larger capacities ; Available in up to 4TB capacity ; A svelte 7mm thin

Sustained write speed plummets to 70MBps after secondary cache is exhausted

The 860 QVO is a great SSD most of the time, but there are a number of cheaper 1TB competitors that don’t slow down. The 2TB and 4TB drives, on the other hand, are a couple of hundred dollars less than the competition and don’t fall out of cache nearly...

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Expert review by : Billy Tallis (anandtech.com)

The Samsung 860 QVO (1TB, 4TB) SSD Review: First Consumer SATA QLC

 

The introduction of four bit per cell (QLC) NAND flash memory continues with Samsung's launch of their first consumer SATA SSD with QLC NAND. The new 860 QVO establishes a new entry-level tier in Samsung's highly successful SSD product family. Unlike...

Samsung plans for the 860 QVO to be available for purchase starting December 16. By then, the holiday sale pricing and related shortages should have settled down, and Samsung will have had the chance to re-consider their pricing. In the meantime, the...

Nov, 2018
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