# Samsung 870 EVO

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-870-evo
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/internal-ssds
- Placement: #12 of 16 in Internal SSDs, F tier
- Brand: Samsung
- LP on this board: 196
- Last researched: 2026-08-20T14:36:58.856Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

The best SATA SSD for mainstream users, offering high endurance and a price that is still competitive with newer NVMe options.

## For

- High endurance
- Long warranty
- The last great SATA drive
- Multi-year field record arguably the best of any consumer SSD ever made
- Still a mainstream recommendation for systems without M.2 slots

## Against

- SATA is a dead-end interface for new builds

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 1 of 8 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 39 cited sources across 35 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Facebook | Maxime Arnault Wertheimer | B | https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapidcommunity/posts/2111340189677658/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Reviewsinside | Reviewsinside | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts4PmdHJgrM | fetched and confirmed |
| Gizmodo | Brittany Vincent | B | https://gizmodo.com/samsung-quietly-offloads-the-870-evo-2tb-ssd-now-cheap-enough-to-retire-any-old-hard-drive-2000790686 | fetched and confirmed |
| CineTech | CineTech | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB1ec1xp1_U | fetched and confirmed |
| Kotaku | Brittany Vincent | B | https://kotaku.com/samsung-870-evo-2tb-ssd-at-52-off-breaks-away-from-rising-storage-price-trends-during-amazon-prime-day-2000709696 | fetched and confirmed |
| Tweaktown | tweaktown.com | D | https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112624/fake-2tb-samsung-870-evo-ssds-are-floating-around-that-are-actually-120gb/index.html | fetched and confirmed |
| Gizmodo | Brittany Vincent | B | https://gizmodo.com/samsung-cuts-62-off-the-870-evo-2tb-ssd-on-amazon-offering-relief-from-rising-storage-prices-2000788085 | fetched and confirmed |
| Gizmodo | Brittany Vincent | B | https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-2tb-870-evo-ssd-is-62-off-and-cheaper-than-the-1tb-models-list-price-despite-the-ai-storage-crunch-2000796881 | fetched and confirmed |
| Ryan Reviews | Ryan Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbb0J849o48 | fetched and confirmed |
| Brutal Reviews | Brutal Reviews | D | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Iuj8oc8Cw | fetched and confirmed |
| Reviewsinside | Reviewsinside | - | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZlthynibk | fetched and confirmed |
| Wanneroo | Wanneroo | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMgi5g-OjQ8 | fetched and confirmed |
| PC HUB | PC HUB | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e3mnE2dND8 | fetched and confirmed |
| USP REVIEW | USP REVIEW | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fEVRn3GxXg | fetched and confirmed |
| Askdeb Reviews | Askdeb Reviews | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gUOn0YNik | fetched and confirmed |
| Product Pulse 🛒📦 | Product Pulse 🛒📦 | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fULfV3jNeBU | fetched and confirmed |
| Tech Deals Hub | Tech Deals Hub | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXzIGZYCPw | fetched and confirmed |
| LightsExtras | LightsExtras | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7HF02F3ti0 | fetched and confirmed |
| bstej_TechReviews | bstej_TechReviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsJNwWeoT0 | fetched and confirmed |
| Tech doc | Tech doc | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW_7rp9yrg | fetched and confirmed |
| DVM NEWS | DVM NEWS | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGYapQEZEE | fetched and confirmed |
| NanoHub | NanoHub | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJgTdjDrdo | fetched and confirmed |
| Nhi Bui | Nhi Bui | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzWmDT9Xp3g | fetched and confirmed |
| Rock Reviews | Rock Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGi2LFi6wbk | fetched and confirmed |
| only Bestpicks | only Bestpicks | D | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFern3zQvCQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Linustechtips | linustechtips.com | D | https://linustechtips.com/topic/1626612-which-ssd-brand-and-model-serial-should-avoid/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Stephane Thirion | Stephane Thirion | B | https://www.archy.net/diagnosing-and-fixing-truenas-performance-issues-a-complete-case-study-homelab/ | fetched and confirmed |
| XDA | Jasmine Mannan | B | https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-killing-off-sata-ssds-next-upgrade-got-more-expensive/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Diyssd | diyssd.com | C | https://diyssd.com/product/samsung-870-evo | fetched and confirmed |
| GPCB | Jesper Berg | B | https://www.gamingpcbuilder.com/4tb-ssd-roundup-all-4-tb-solid-state-drives/ | fetched and confirmed |
| OnlineBizMasters | OnlineBizMasters | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s4_vZo6bXQ | fetched and confirmed |
| TechEyeShot | Adnan | B | https://techeyeshot.com/kingston-kc600-vs-samsung-870-evo/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Pcmag | Tony Hoffman | B | https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-cheap-ssds | fetched and confirmed |
| While not as speedy as its NVMe cousins, the... | - | B | https://www.facebook.com/ZDNET.official/posts/while-not-as-speedy-as-its-nvme-cousins-the-samsung-870-evo-2tb-ssd-is-still-a-g/1406447974684230/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Tom's Hardware | tomshardware.com | B | https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsungs-870-evo-sata-ssd-quietly-gets-8tb-variant-despite-ai-storage-struggle-new-model-spotted-in-europe-for-eur1-300-with-higher-cache-and-endurance | fetched and confirmed |
| PC HUB | PC HUB | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e3mnE2dND8&vl=en-US | fetched and confirmed |
| track | track | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-PyUCa0gfo | fetched and confirmed |
| ElectronicGadgets | ElectronicGadgets | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvFgL98fUU | fetched and confirmed |
| PCWorld | Jon L. Jacobi | A | https://www.pcworld.com/article/407542/best-ssds.html | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Samsung 990 Pro | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-990-pro |
| 7 | Lexar NM1090 Pro | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/lexar-nm1090-pro |
| 8 | WD Black SN7100 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/wd-black-sn7100 |
| 9 | Samsung 9100 Pro | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-9100-pro |
| 10 | Biwin NV7400 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/biwin-nv7400 |
| 11 | Corsair MP700 Pro XT | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/corsair-mp700-pro-xt |
| 13 | Orico O7000 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/orico-o7000 |
| 14 | Samsung 990 EVO | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-990-evo |
| 15 | Kingston NV3 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/kingston-nv3 |
| 16 | Crucial P3 Plus | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/crucial-p3-plus |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/internal-ssds.

## What this tier means

- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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