Hey everyone today, we're gonna take a look at the Samsung 860 Evo a one terabyte solid-state drive
I've got it installed here in my laptop
I'll show you how quickly it boots up as well as we'll look at the benchmark performance
And the software that Samsung gives you so check it out
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So today we're going to be talking about the Samsung 860 Evo one terabyte solid-state drive. It's also available in other sizes
I've got it installed in my Lenovo Y520
This is running intel's I5 7300 HQ as well as I upgraded the ram to 16 gigabytes
so what we'll do today is i'll quickly show you the enclosure that I used to clone the hard drive as
Well as how quickly my laptop boots up and then we'll show you the software that Samsung provides you as well as the benchmark performance
That I have with the new hard drive. So let's get right into it
So I picked up this work Orico USB C hard drive enclosure on Amazon. It was quite inexpensive and it's really easy to use
I'll put a link down below if you are interested in it
You'll need it to clone your your new hard drive. Basically the back just slides off and
Your hard drive just goes in there at an angle. You could put your evo in there when you're gonna clone it
This is my old hard drive from there that I use as a backup for now
Just slide the cover back on plug it into your computer and you're ready to go
So let's get right into the boot up of my computer so you can see how quick it is
So I'll go ahead and push the power button and get the timer rolling
And there you go thirteen point eight six seconds from the time
The button was pushed till you get to the windows main screen and you can see Google loads up right away in Chrome
It's really fast, especially coming from a standard hard drive
So let's have a look at the software that Samsung gives you if you want to find it on their website
Head on over there to Samsung.com find the right hard drive and scroll right to the bottom
And you're gonna see the software section. And the first one you're looking for is the data migration software
That's the one you're gonna download. I've already got it downloaded
So we'll look at it here in a moment. And the other one is the magician software
That's where you can do the performance checks on your hard drive. So let's open up the data migration tool basically
You have your solid-state drive in that hard drive enclosure
You plug it into your computer open up this software and down here at the bottom. It's gonna clone your original hard drive
So it's all ready to put into your computer. So it runs perfectly when you're ready to go
Samsung truly did a good job in making easy software to use to clone your hard drive
Let's head on over into the other software, which is the Samsung magician software. There's a few categories here
There's system compatibility. You can check your hard drive that is gonna work properly
But the one we're looking at today is the performance benchmark tab down here at the bottom
I ran these tests earlier today and here are the results in the sequential test. Megabytes per second. The reading was
547 and the writing was
495 and in the random iops test the reading was
64,941 and the writing was
44,189
so if you're in the market to buy a solid-state drive, I highly recommend the Samsung Evo 860
I've been really happy with it
It's really easy to use with the Samsung software that they give you for free as well
As this hard drive enclosure was really easy to use as well. It was quite inexpensive both of these products
You'll find the links below in the description if you're looking to pick them up
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