Samsung SSD 845DC EVO Solid State Drive Review

Name: Samsung SSD 845DC EVO Solid State Drive Review
Brand: Samsung

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, August 07, 2014, 03:00 PM EDT

Performance Summary: Samsung SSD 845DC EVO series of solid state drives performed very well throughout our entire battery of tests. Whether using synthetic benchmarks, trace-based tests, or highly-compressible or incompressible data, the Samsung SSD 845DC EVO series of drives put up class-leading numbers—in read heavy workloads. Write performance was also competitive, but not quite as strong, which was to be expected. Note that the 960GB drive offered better write performance overall than the 240GB drive, though that too was expected.

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The Samsung SSD 845DC EVO series of solid state drives are available now. And while the drives performed among the best we’ve seen in this class, their prices are highly competitive. Samsung is pricing these drives right around $1 per gigabyte, which is higher than consumer-class products, but towards the low-end of the scale for enterprise-class SSDs.

Overall, there is a lot to like about the Samsung SSD 845DC EVO series, provided their performance characteristics fit the intended workloads. These drives are geared towards mixed, read-centric applications—keep that in mind if you’re considering a drive of this type. Though TLC NAND flash technically doesn’t offer the same kind of write endurance as more durable MLC NAND types, in the year or so since the 840 EVO arrived—using the same NAND—reliability hasn’t been an issue. Samsung is also offering the industry standard 5-year warranty on the SSD 845DC EVO series, which is another plus.

In the end, if you’re looking for an affordable, enterprise-class SSD for read-heavy applications, the Samsung SSD 845DC EVO should be a good fit.


Strong Read Performance Affordable Pricing Low Latency Consistent Performance	Decent, But Not Class-Leading Writes TLC NAND Not As Durable As MLC

Tags: Samsung, SSD, Storage, SATA, Enterprise, solid state, EVO, 845dc

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com